If you or someone you know is taking multiple medications and has trouble remembering to take them, then they may be able to participate in our MedManager study.  Participant will receive a FREE MedManager medication organizer kit (see picture above) to help organize their medication.  Please click the link to find out more! 

This week in the Housecall: 

• Meditation: Take a stress-reduction break wherever you are
  
• Hearing aids: How to choose the right one
  
• Colon cancer screening: At what age can you stop?
  
• Heart healthy for life: Avoiding heart disease
  
• Dietary fats: Know which types to choose
  
• Slide show: Common skin rashes
  
• Antibiotics: Misuse puts you and others at risk
  
• Heart Health at Mayo Clinic
  
• Useful tools : Heart disease risk calculator, Mayo Clinic healthy weight pyramid

Do you suffer from hearing loss or dizziness? The Mayo Clinic is now offering their second edition of Mayo Clinic on Better Hearing and Balance in order to give you a helpful insight on the many ways to treat or improve your hearing loss from home. The book offers a range of guidance and advice from choosing a type of treatment for your ear-related problems that will suit your lifestyle, learning what may be causing the problems, and finding tips on how to cope with hearing loss.   For more information or to purchase a copy, please click here. 

Source: Mayo Clinic

This week in the Housecall: 

• Mammogram guidelines: What's changed?
  
• Heart disease prevention: Strategies keep your heart healthy
  
• Alzheimer's prevention: Does it exist?
  
• Migraines: Are they triggered by weather changes?
  
• Hand-washing: Do's and don'ts
  
• Mediterranean diet for heart health
  
• Pilates for beginners: Explore the core
  
• Medication errors: Cut your risk with these tips

This week in the Housecall : 

• Testosterone therapy: Key to male vitality?
  
• Hormone therapy: Is it right for you?
  
• Heart disease prevention: Does oral health matter?
  
• Chocolate: Does it impair calcium absorption?
  
• Slide show: Guide to portion control for weight loss
  
• Cold urticaria
  
• How fit are you? See how you measure up
  
• Video: Four steps to heart health
  
• Useful tools: Symptom Checker, LDL cholesterol checker, Heart disease risk checker