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Can exercise dial back some effects of Parkinson’s Disease?
[media-credit name="Helen H. Richardson" align="alignnone" width="495"] Participants in Gary Sobol’s exercise class work three times a week, 90 minutes each time, to counter the effects of Parkinson’s...
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Is he pregnant? Or could he have cancer?
A positive pregnancy test may also show a positive result for the presence of cancerous cells. (Denver Post file photo) You might’ve heard the story: A young man came across an ex-girlfriend’s OTC...
View ArticleA few tips for caregivers whose loved ones have dementia
Home Instead Senior Care offers a free four-week workshop for people (including those who are *not* Home Instead clients) who are caregivers for spouses, parents and others with Alzheimer’s disease and...
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Could mental games and physical activity prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?
[media-credit name="Workman Publishing" align="alignnone" width="425"][/media-credit] Alzheimer’s Disease, which scatters microscopic deposits throughout the brain that impair memory and other mental...
View ArticleLose weight but fatten your bank account.
Want to slim down in 2013? Are you currently more comfortable with a computer than with a gym locker? Then take a look at Kaiser Permanente’s free Weigh and Win program. It’s free, and you don’t have...
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Tips for cancer caregivers from people who’ve been there
[media-credit name="Bardolf & Co." align="alignnone" width="160"][/media-credit] Deborah J. Cornwall’s “Things I Wish I’d Known” compiles advice from spouses, relatives and friends who have been...
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Summit to question guns as public health issue
[media-credit name="2040 Partners For Health" align="alignnone" width="495"][/media-credit] Community members discuss issues at last year’s 2040 Health Summit UPDATE: The Health Summit has been...
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Let’s Pitch Breast Cancer #1
Media releases sometimes only nominally related to National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, like the one above, litter my inbox from late September into mid-November. I find most of them more...
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Let’s Pitch Breast Cancer #2
Today, we have another example of a pitch seeking to take advantage of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This time, our marketing correspondent wants to advise women to “walk away from breast...
View ArticleLet’s Pitch Breast Cancer, #3
There’s a growing backlash against the opportunistic marketers who use October/National Breast Cancer Awareness Month as a vehicle to pimp their clients and their client’s products. That’s pretty much...
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