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April 5, 2021

Owning Your Health

Owning Your Health Created inNewsletter Library,Breaking Bad Habits Recent discussions in the scientific literature are focusing on monitoring and possibly improving cardiovascular health in children. There’s been a lot of conversation and a lot of controversy. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association1 argued that universal screening of children could result in…

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April 1, 2021

Out of the Past

Out of the Past Created inNewsletter Library,Wellness In “Out of the Past”, one of the greatest film noir ever made, Robert Mitchum’s past inevitably catches up with him and dire consequences ensue for all involved. Are we, in terms of health and disease, also in danger of having our past – that is, our genetic…

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March 28, 2021

Osteoporosis: Not Just An Elderly Disease

Osteoporosis: Not Just An Elderly Disease Created inNewsletter Library It used to be that osteoporosis was considered a disease that affectedonly the elderly. We particularly associated osteoporosis with older womenwhose backs were slightly hunched over or those who could no longer standup straight. Today, the truth is that an estimated 20 million Americanwomen suffer from…

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March 24, 2021

One, Two, or Three Miles?

One, Two, or Three Miles? Created inNewsletter Library,Staying Motivated Even experienced exercisers sometimes find it difficult to know how much to do. For the beginner this uncertainty represents a significant stumbling block. Fortunately well-established guidelines and protocols exist to provide assistance to all exercisers, regardless of your skill level. In general, the beginning exerciser requires…

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March 16, 2021

New Beginnings

New Beginnings Created inNewsletter Library,Wellness The time is always right to begin returning to good health. Regardless of whether your issues involve weight, exercise, diet, blood pressure, diabetes, or chronic pain, now is the time to begin taking action on your own behalf. You are not alone. Literally hundreds of millions of people worldwide have…

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March 12, 2021

Neck Pain: Chiropractic Can Help

Neck Pain: Chiropractic Can Help Created inNewsletter Library Who hasn’t had neck pain at one time or another? What’s more, many of us have experienced on-going neck troubles at some point during our lives. Looking at humananatomy, it’s no wonder pain strikes us so often in this vulnerable area. While the neck structure gives us…

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March 8, 2021

Mission Possible

Mission Possible Created inNewsletter Library,Staying Motivated Everyone knows what he or she “should” do to obtain good health. But the mere knowledge of what we should be doing is never enough. If we’ve not been in good shape for some time, if we can’t remember the last time we did any meaningful exercise on a…

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March 4, 2021

Mind and Matter

Mind and Matter Created inNewsletter Library,Mind-Body Connection Scientists and philosophers have pursued the notion of mind for thousands of years. [Of course, being able to think about the mind’s origins and place in the universe presumes having a mind, but that’s a separate piece of this puzzle.] Regardless of mind’s origin, we are well aware…

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February 28, 2021

Meditation and Me

Meditation and Me Created inNewsletter Library,Wellness For many of us, the practice of meditation seems like a totally foreign notion. In an era of full-time, morning-to-night distractions and distractibility, the concept of quietly sitting with nothing else to do seems impossibly ridiculous. Why would anyone do that, we ask, as we text message with one…

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