Aging Untold: These are the skin cancer warning signs you may overlook as you age

(Aging Untold) — On this episode of Aging Untold, we highlight the easily overlooked warning signs of skin cancer and discuss what to ask during a dermatology exam.

Then, we explore the emotional weight of caregiving promises, examining how commitments made in love can lead to guilt when care needs change.

Finally, we visit a retired Vermont couple who turned their family barn into a bustling bakery, finding a sweet new purpose in their second act.

These are the skin cancer warning signs you may overlook as you age

Skin cancer can appear in ways you might not expect, and in places you might not check.

Dr. Rhea Rogers, a board-certified physician, said some of the warning signs that people might overlook include sores that don’t heal or moles that bleed easily.

And while people often are told to check areas that are exposed to the sun, Rogers warns that skin cancer can show up elsewhere.

For aging expert Amy O’Rourke, it was on her scalp. She is sharing her story.

Read the full article here.

When ‘I’ll never put you in a home’ meets real-life caregiving

Promising someone you are caring for that you will never put them in a home or that they can always live with you might come from love.

But those promises are often made before families have talked through what caregiving could involve, and feelings of guilt can come when care needs change over time.

The Aging Untold experts are sharing tips on how to navigate these difficult conversations and what caregivers can say instead.

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Critical shortage of vets could threaten America’s food supply

Making a 60-mile drive to a farm call is not unusual for Dr. Rachel Miner, a mixed-animal veterinarian in Kansas. From families’ dogs and cats to herds of cattle, she treats animals of all kinds.

But veterinarians like Dr. Miner are becoming increasingly rare.

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

Read the full article here.

This might be the most remote bakery in all of Vermont

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

George Peak and Colleen Willette run it in a converted barn off a long dirt road surrounded by state forest.

From this little slice of heaven, they create homemade whoopie pies made with local maple syrup and “a lot of love,” along with other treats.

Learn more about it here.

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