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Expert_badge Dorian Martin

Functional Exercise Can Help Make Aging Easier

“Dorian, please pick up this jug of distilled water and bring it into the house for me,” Dad asked. Now in his mid-80s, Dad has difficulty lifting things and also has worries about his balance so I’m his go-to person for all things lifting, reaching, and bending. Dad’s situation has got me thinking – what exercises... Read moreChevron
posted 12/30/2010, comments (0)|
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I'm a free spirit and a work in progress

Creating Healthy Connections

With Christmas fast approaching, I've been thinking a lot lately about the connections I've made with people I've grown to love...the ones that make the holidays worth celebrating. Over the past year, I have been working hard (but sometimes hardly working) to change my eating and exercise habits for the better, and for good. Although I have not... Read moreChevron
posted 12/07/2010, comments (0)|
Expert_badge Dorian Martin

Exercise Has Big Role in Brain Health (Including Staving Off Alzheimer's Disease)

Exercise has been touted to help lower blood pressure, manage Type 2 diabetes, and ease chronic pain. But recent research also points to the benefits of exercise to brain health and, importantly for the many Baby Boomers who are entering the “danger zone,” to staving off Alzheimer’s disease. This last bit of information is... Read moreChevron
posted 12/07/2010, comments (0)|
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I'm a free spirit and a work in progress

New Year's Resolution Blogger: Thanksgiving Day Parade...of Food

Ah, the holidays. Treasured memories of time spent with friends and family, cheerful music and decorations, the fun of shopping for the perfect gifts...and the inevitable internal battle against the most delicious food available all year. We all say the same thing. "Well, it's the holidays.  I'll just start eating better on New Years." ... Read moreChevron
posted 12/07/2010, comments (0)|
Expert_badge Christina Lasich, MD

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A Recipe for the Most Successful Exercise Program

With this year coming to an end, you might be wondering what happen to that New Year's Resolution to exercise regularly that you made 11 months ago. If you started to exercise regularly, life might have gotten in the way and caused you to fall off the "treadmill", so to speak. If so, maybe you did not have the right exercise program. Only one... Read moreChevron
posted 12/06/2010, comments (0)|

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