26th July, 2010 - No Comments
A little while ago, we learned that extra body fat was correlated with smaller brain volume and possibly linked to increased rates of Alzheimer’s disease. Across the city, ice cream spoons were sadly set aside. Not that anyone wanted to be overweight, but being overweight and hopelessly confused was just more than we could bear. Now » Read More
8th July, 2010 - No Comments
806,000 hip and knee implants were performed in the US in 2007 – that’s double the amount done a decade earlier. However, a 2007 study demonstrates that 7% of Medicare patients who underwent a hip replacement required another replacement hip within seven and a half years. That number, small as it sounds, translates into thousands » Read More
26th May, 2010 - No Comments
An age old dilemma, – which is more powerful and important – brains or beauty? Would you rather be hideously ugly and brilliant, or stunningly beautiful and unable to carry a conversation? Of course none of us really wants to be either of those things. We want to be brilliant and stunningly beautiful. And rich. And » Read More
17th May, 2010 - No Comments
As one who passionately builds brands for a living, it saddens me when I am forced to bear witness to the downward spiral of a once-strong brand. The recent troubles faced by Tylenol and other huge brands from McNeil Consumer Healthcare bear witness to the fact that, while the identity of a brand can help » Read More
1st May, 2010 - No Comments
As we work with administrators to help navigate the world of Long Term Care it is hard not to be hyper-aware of our own mortality and the eventuality that we, too, are likely to reach a point where we will need some level of assistance in getting through the tasks of day-to-day living. This awareness, » Read More
1st May, 2010 - No Comments
I am admittedly not the trendiest girl around. I don’t have designer shoes or a luxury car or get my hair blown out. Actually, where I live getting your hair blown out means you drove with a window open, but I don’t do that much either. The NYC crowd would have a field day with » Read More
11th March, 2010 - No Comments
According to Jarett Berry, a cardiologist at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, one must be vigilant about keeping physically active. Yes, in what they used to call “Middle Age.” Wasn’t that the time we thought would be a little slower, a tad less “vigorous,” an entitlement to ease up a bit? » Read More
7th January, 2010 - No Comments
Stress is a part and parcel of our frenetic lives, but chronic stress is not what the doctor ordered. Too much stress hikes up your blood pressure, causes body inflammation and can result in heart problems. So what do we do to slow down? Here are some ways to manage your stress. • Be realistic about your » Read More
24th December, 2009 - No Comments
With the number of U.S. seniors with Alzheimer’s skyrocketing, much research is underway to determine how to stave off this mental deterioration, keeping people physically and mentally sound as they age. A recent report in the December Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences found that older women who volunteered for Experience Corps – tutoring elementary school children, » Read More
29th November, 2009 - No Comments
There is a definite association between “covert coping” in the face of unfair treatment in the workplace. Men who tend to walk away from conflict at work could be setting themselves up for a myocardial infarction and cardiac death. In a prospective study of Swedish workers, those who used “covert coping” techniques when they felt they » Read More