Tremors, difficulties with balance and walking, problems with movement, rigid or stiff muscles… celebrities like Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali suffer from these symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) – one of the most common nervous system disorders. PD is both chronic and progressive and most often develops in elderly men and women, though it… Continue reading What is Parkinson’s Disease?

Your child’s doctor or speech therapist may have recommended that you thicken liquids if your child has swallowing difficulty.

Every 48 minutes, someone in the U.S. is paralyzed from a spinal cord injury (SCI). Some of these injuries happen as a result of a traumatic accident.

In the U.S., nearly 13,000 children under the age of 21 are diagnosed with cancer every year. Although childhood cancer rates have been rising slightly for the past few decades, significant treatment advances in recent decades have improved the outlook for many young children fighting the disease.  In 2013, more than 80% of children with… Continue reading Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

A warm thank you to Barry B. from Walnut Creek, CA, for taking the time to share his appreciation and satisfaction as a Shield HealthCare customer.

Stay tuned to our upcoming events with the Shield HealthCare monthly newsletter! This September we are recognizing: Prostate Cancer and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month In September we raise awareness for both Prostate and Ovarian cancers. 1 in 6 men will develop prostate cancer, and 1 in 72 women will develop ovarian cancer in the U.S in… Continue reading Shield HealthCare September Newsletter