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Why Anti-Aging Fitness at 50 Can Save Your Life By Jane Farrell article By Marni Andrews As millions of baby boomers cross the 50-year threshold, the perception of the dreaded ΓÇ£half-centuryΓÇ¥ mark is … Read More→
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Breast Cancer Month: Mammography Controversy Update By blog Most of you probably go for annual mammograms, but currently the experts disagree as to when and how often you […]
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_ Health System Not Meeting End-of-Life Needs By article The U.S. health care system is not properly designed to meet the needs of patients nearing the end of life … Read More→
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I've Fallen in Love with Someone New ΓÇô Happy Grandparents Day! By blog September 7th is Grandparents Day!!!!!!!!!!!! On August 8th 2014 in Seattle, Washington, our daughter Sarah and her husband Sol brought a beautiful pink bundle of joy into this world. I am a grandma! Now, I understand why grandparents go on and on, bragging about their grandchildren.
_ Medical Care An Effective Treatment for Ebola By Sondra Forsyth article A leading Ebola researcher from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has gone on record stating that a blend of three monoclonal antibodies can completely protect monkeys against a lethal dose of Ebola virus up to five days after infection, at a time when the disease is severe.
_ Mental & Emotional Health 7 Tips to Maintain Class and Control Through Any Life Challenge By Sondra Forsyth article By Sherrie Campbell PhD We all have moments when we don't love how we responded to a situation or how we acted. When you are grounded in who you are, you have a certain essence where people can feel that not much can shake you. To be elegant essentially means that you know who you are and are grounded and comfortable in that person. Many of us are emotionally out of control, lacking presence of mind, allowing life to take us on an emotional roller coaster where we feel crazy and at the mercy of our life situations, people, and emotions.
How Competent Are You? By blog Competent is a word that describes people who know what they are doing. When everyone raves about your apple pie compared to other apple pies theyΓÇÖve eaten, you become known as an authority on the subject of apple pies. But what about the baker who thinks her apple pie is just as good as yours, maybe even better, in spite of evidence to the contrary? This is a sign of incompetence, according to a study done by researchers at Cornell University.
Five Lessons I Learned From My Years as an Alzheimer's Caregiver By Jane Farrell blog Why is life so much clearer in retrospect? With the passage of time, it is easy to look back, see the big picture and think: ΓÇ£If IΓÇÖd only known then, what I know now.ΓÇ¥ I often hear caregivers voice this sentiment. And, as a long-time AlzheimerΓÇÖs caregiver myself (for my mother, father and other relatives ΓÇö now all deceased), I feel the same way. In the rear view mirror, the decisions and choices that I agonized over at the time now either seem so obvious or so trivial. I wish IΓÇÖd not been so caught up in details that were unimportant.