_ Flu Get Set for a Healthy Winter By Jane Farrell article Here, experts from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) share tips on how you can get through the cold-weather … Read More→
_ Exercise Why Doesn't Every Older Adult Exercise? By Sondra Forsyth article Some think that it’s too late to start or they’re afraid they don’t have the stamina required or that exercise … Read More→
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_ Study: Caffeine Linked with Reduced Risk of Dementia By Jane Farrell article Good news for female caffeine consumers: Higher caffeine intake in women is associated with reduced odds of developing dementia or … Read More→
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_ Memorial Service By Jane Farrell blog I attended a weekend of memorial services with my dad. They were for a very beautiful 45-year-old woman who died […]
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_ Taking Good Care of Myself By Jane Farrell blog Button up your overcoat when the wind is free, take good care of yourself, you belong to me!┬á I remember […]
_ Mental & Emotional Health Finding Beauty in the Broken Pieces By Sondra Forsyth article ΓÇ£HeartbrokenΓÇ¥. ΓÇ£ShatteredΓÇ¥. ΓÇ£Fall apart into a million piecesΓÇ¥. ΓÇ£FracturedΓÇ¥. ΓÇ£Broken spiritΓÇ¥. These are just a few of the many commonplace … Read More→