Oral health issues affect the current and the long-term quality your lifestyle. Major obstacles concerning seniors and dental health include finances, transportation and location.

According to studies, increased risk of heart disease and diabetes in women can be traced to drinking too many sugary beverages.

Are you overwhelmed by the number of anti-wrinkle products on the market? Here's a look at what they can and cannot achieve.

Try out one of these fabulous dessert or drink recipes, each prepared with your heart health and your taste buds in mind.

Men and women with diabetes report increased instances of sexual dysfunction and inability to perform. Learn what you can do about it.

If spotted early, cancer can often be quickly treated. Men should watch for common symptoms to spot cancer early on.

Find out what recent studies are telling us about the potential link between poor heart health and poor tooth health.

There is emerging awareness and concern today, as more women now die from coronary disease in this country each year than do men. In fact, when women show up with their first heart attack, 52 percent of them die from sudden cardiac death. Men, 42 percent. This is true even if women don’t have significant blockages in their vessels.

The New Year has many of us searching for ways to lose weight, but for Missouri seniors with chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart failure, excess weight and obesity are especially serious concerns.

Diabetes doesn’t have to break you. Read up on some helpful tips to make your health food shopping experience more thrifty.

Experiencing Mardi Gras in Louisiana not an option this year? No worries, St. Louis has plenty of good times and food to keep the good times rolling.

Caregivers are often frustrated with trying to navigate the senior environment of insurance, hospitals, doctors, and services. Many times when a health crisis happens with an older adult, it is the adult children driving the care and they have no experience with what their parents are going through and what alternatives would provide the best outcome. They are also taking care of families and working fulltime so time is limited. That is what Diane Keefe experienced with her mother who had mini-strokes and then developed Alzheimer's disease. After she and her brother went through the experience of managing care, she felt they could have done a better job if they had known where to go for resources, services and understood the senior environment better. It impassioned her to work on her Masters in Gerontology; start her own geriatric care management business and then later to decide to work on education and advocacy for family caregivers.

It’s not too late to celebrate the New Year, that’s Chinese New Year. January 23 marks the Year of the Dragon. So brush off those resolutions and celebrate with a family dinner.

Learn how you can effectively manage your diabetes while dining out with friends, family or co-workers.

Movie lovers no longer have to go without when it comes to snacking at movies. Here are some heart healthy snack ideas for movie night.