You’re Getting Older and Want to Continue Working, Consider Using Pot

Older Americans are either choosing or are being forced to work past retirement age due to their financial situation. If you’re one of them or you know someone who this applies to, you or this person can now be helped to work longer by using medical marijuana.

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health did a survey of over 100,000 people over the age of 50. They found, in states where medical marijuana is legal, that the survey respondents who were using marijuana reported a nearly 5% decrease in reported pain levels and a 6.6 increase in feelings of wellness.

I’ve recently been using a CBD cream topically on a groin pull and I’ve been very impressed with the cream’s ability to quickly reduce or even stop the pain. I tried one cream that had 500 mg of CBD and it worked to a degree. When I switched to a cream having 1,000 mg of CBD cream it made a major difference in reducing my pain level.

So…if you’re in a state where it’s legal, experiment with CBD cream or oil to reduce your pain. If you’re in a state where medical marijuana is legal, you can explore even further. You may be pleasantly surprised with the reduction in pain you’ll experience. And if you want to or need to work longer, it will be a piece of cake (or at least a cookie) to be able to do that.
(Reported AARP Bulletin July/August 2019)

Reducing Readmission Rates For Hospitals

When you have had a heart attack and you’ve been successfully treated at your local hospital, you’re not out of danger. One in five of these patients will be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of their heart attack. It turns out one of the contributing factors causing these readmissions is caused by confusion the patient winds up having over the discharge and recovery instructions they’re given. The patient can be overwhelmed when they are being discharge with all the things that they’re supposed to do and when they need to do it. There’s a now an app for this and it’s already being used by John Hopkins Medicine. The app is called the Corrie Health kit and the app works on Apple and Google cell phones.

The app is designed to hold the doctor’s instructions, track the patient’s meds and follow-up appointments. It sends the patient reminders about all of these. It also spells out the patient’s fitness and diet needs. The great news for the first cardiac patients using this app is that the readmission rate has dropped by 70%! So…if you’ve had a heart attack, even before you leave the hospital, ask if they use the Corrie Health kit since it’s your life that may be on the line.
(Reported Prevention.com, May 2019)