Aging Untold: Skin cancer warning signs you may miss as you get older

Skin cancer warning signs you may miss as you get older

Skin cancer does not always show up in obvious ways, and it can appear in places people do not think to examine.

Dr. Rhea Rogers, a board-certified physician, says some easily missed warning signs include sores that fail to heal or moles that bleed easily.

While many people are told to pay attention to sun-exposed skin, Rogers says the disease can also develop in other areas.

For aging expert Amy O’Rourke, the warning sign appeared on her scalp. She shares her experience.

When a promise made in love collides with caregiving reality

Telling someone you care for that they will never be placed in a home, or that they can always live with you, often comes from a place of love.

But those promises are frequently made before families have fully discussed what caregiving may require, and guilt can surface when care needs change over time.

The Aging Untold experts offer advice on handling these difficult conversations and suggest what caregivers can say instead.

A shrinking veterinarian workforce could put the food supply at risk

For Dr. Rachel Miner, a mixed-animal veterinarian in Kansas, a 60-mile drive to a farm call is not unusual. She treats everything from family dogs and cats to cattle herds.

Even so, veterinarians like Dr. Miner are becoming harder to find.

The doctors who protect the nation’s livestock and, by extension, its food supply, are a dwindling force, leaving a major gap in the first line of defense against disease and food insecurity.

Inside a remote Vermont bakery hidden in the woods

Top of the Mountain Farm and Bakery may be the most remote bakery in Vermont.

George Peak and Colleen Willette operate it from a converted barn off a long dirt road, surrounded by state forest.

From their small outpost, they make homemade whoopie pies with local maple syrup and plenty of love, along with other treats.

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