Showing posts with label health life lessons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health life lessons. Show all posts
Saturday, August 15, 2020

Myths about COVID 2

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This was published in Medical News Today. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some in...
Friday, December 27, 2019

Healthy Ageing 1

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Back in 2011, the Ministry of Health for British Columbia looked at what the literature said about healthy ageing. Here is some of what ...
Monday, December 16, 2019

These desires haunt me.

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As we go through life, we find that we desire different things out of life. We may desire love, money, fame, understanding, parental love...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Age Friendly Communities and seniors

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The third topic I think is important is the issue of the concept of Age Friendly Communities. Since 2005, the provincial government has pr...
Friday, October 20, 2017

What can you do with a 30 minutes?

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An interesting question is it not?  Many of us complain we have no time, but I bet you could find 30 minutes in a 24 hour period which has ...
Friday, July 14, 2017

Eat Yogurt, it helps bone density

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The largest observational study to date of dairy intakes and bone and frailty measurements in older adults has found that increased yogurt ...
Monday, June 26, 2017

Brushing your teeth is important

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There is a recent science-that supports the idea that there is some evidence between oral health – (yes, simply regularly brushing your te...
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Friday, May 12, 2017

Sadness

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We live in a society where a high value is placed on being positive, however, occasionally in life, no matter what you do… no matter ...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

We hold faith (revisited)

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Changing a few words changes the meaning and direction and message we want our readers to hear. Words have power and force that go beyond t...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Social isolation and health

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An interesting study by the AARP sheds some light on isolation and health, which I have posted about before, but as we age we lose our sup...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

What everybody needs

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You know what everybody needs? You want to put it in a single word? Everybody needs to be understood. And out of that comes every form ...
Monday, February 22, 2016

Those who are not yet spiritually wise

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Those who are not yet spiritually wise,  simply cannot appreciate, or even recognize, those who are.  Fortunately, you can still blow the...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Snorkeling and life lessons

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Snorkeling is fun and I learned an interesting life lesson from this activity As I was swimming another swimmer who was quite excited sai...
Sunday, March 8, 2015

Decrease Your Risk of Death by Thirty Percent

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According to a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in February of 2014, physical activity can decrease your risk of...
Saturday, November 8, 2014

Key Steps to Decision-Making

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There comes a point in almost everyone’s life when they realize their life has changed. The future is unknown, but there’s a gnawing inter...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

Look Around in Wonder

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This is another beautiful technique that is  simple: for some time come back to the present moment – here and now. Look around you! There a...
Saturday, January 18, 2014

Is Sleep Important to you?

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While more research is required to explore the links between  chronic sleep loss and health, it's safe to say that sleep is  too crucia...
Monday, December 9, 2013

Gingko biloba, protects against stroke-related neurologic deficits

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The information below is about a small study, so the results need to be considered in that light. But the results are promising. The artic...
Friday, November 8, 2013

What a wonderful world

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A wonderful world it is, and as we approach winter many of us thinking of spring and summer and how we need to take off for some time ...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Stories from the Hospital Ward

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When I was in the hospital for my hip replacement this month, I had two interesting   people in my ward. The first person was a lady had be...