18th Annual Health Day – Thriving in Retirement

18th Annual Health Day - Thriving in Retirement

8:15-8:30 Welcome & Introduction 8:30-9:30 Pain Resilience and More Rewarding Self-Management Afton L. Hassett, PsyD 9:30-9:45 Break – Move, Stretch and Be Active 9:45-10:45 Anticoagulation for Cardiac Reasons: Irregular Heart Rhythms, Cardiac Clot and Others Jim Froehlich, MD 10:45-11:00 Break – Move, Stretch and Be Active 11:00-12:00 Advances in Translating Fall Risk Reduction for Older […]

Could a grain older than the wheel be the future of food?

Could a grain older than the wheel be the future of food?

One of the things that amazed me most during my visit was how much they know about the ancestry of their cattle. What grain did your family grow up eating? I’m from the United States, where wheat and corn are king. But if I had been born in East Asia, I probably would’ve eaten a […]

Organic Food Evangelists Consumer Reports Declares War On Lunchables

Organic Food Evangelists Consumer Reports Declares War On Lunchables

Consumer Reports , which claims to impartially test products, was a trusted brand.(1) That was before key employees were caught colluding with grifters like Dr. Oz to pick winners and losers in the marketplace. ‘GMOs are unproven’ just happened to be the anti-science belief that got a Consumer Reports employee hired by Dr. Oz as […]

More Muslim Students Are Getting Support at School During Ramadan Fasting | KQED

More Muslim Students Are Getting Support at School During Ramadan Fasting | KQED

While Muslim students remain a rarity in many U.S. school districts, they are a major presence in some communities, prompting public schools to be more attentive to their needs during the holy month of Ramadan when dawn-to-sundown fasting is a duty of Islam. For example, in Dearborn, Michigan — where nearly half the 110,000 residents […]

How to Lose Weight

The human body is an amazing machine. It can do so much. The only problem with it is that it is also an amazing machine, and it can do anything. And when we eat too much, or eat the wrong foods, it can get out of control. But this doesn’t have to be the case. […]