• Generally Speaking...

    Family caregivers often struggle with not knowing how to speak up and get their message across to key peo ...

    Family caregivers often struggle with not knowing how to speak up and get their message across to key people involved with the person for whom they are caring. ...

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  • Dust Off Your Dreams

    How many of your days have gone astray and what are you going to do to make sure the upcoming days don’t ...

    How many of your days have gone astray and what are you going to do to make sure the upcoming days don’t get the opportunity to do so? Here is a suggestion to take up so the year does not get away aga ...

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  • The Kick Ass Women of Silver Star

    Patti Wild peers over the edge of Kirkenheimer, a double black downhill ski run on the dark side of Silve ...

    Patti Wild peers over the edge of Kirkenheimer, a double black downhill ski run on the dark side of Silver Star Mountain Resort. At 66, the petite, passionate skier, who has undergone two knee surgeri ...

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  • Not Your Average Alaskan Cruise

    A boat cruise to Alaska is a dream many aspire to take, fantasizing about calm seas and glacial relaxatio ...

    A boat cruise to Alaska is a dream many aspire to take, fantasizing about calm seas and glacial relaxation. The members of Team Sistership had a different Alaskan tour in mind... ...

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  • Pumping Up Strong Bones

    Training with weights can promise much more than strong muscles – it can strengthen bones as well. Osteop ...

    Training with weights can promise much more than strong muscles – it can strengthen bones as well. Osteoporosis is a gradual deterioration of bone, leading to brittle, porous bones that are easily fra ...

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  • New Treatments - and Hope - for Mental Illness

    We've come a long way baby when it comes to the subject of mental illness (to use a dated but still relev ...

    We've come a long way baby when it comes to the subject of mental illness (to use a dated but still relevant expression). In 2016, with extraordinary advances in knowledge and treatments regarding all ...

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  • Finding Clarity

    Behind every great yoga teacher is a mentor. If thunderous cheers and outpourings of affection from stude ...

    Behind every great yoga teacher is a mentor. If thunderous cheers and outpourings of affection from students are any sign of greatness, Gloria Latham makes the ranks. Just returning to her Semperviva ...

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  • Treadmill vs. Outdoor Running

    With fall approaching, many runners will soon be taking their workout indoors. Fortunately, researchers s ...

    With fall approaching, many runners will soon be taking their workout indoors. Fortunately, researchers say there are only subtle biomechanical differences between treadmill and outdoor running. Runni ...

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  • Exercising Your Personality

    Choose an activity suited to your personality. You're more likely to enjoy it and therefore stick with it ...

    Choose an activity suited to your personality. You're more likely to enjoy it and therefore stick with it longer. Most of us realize this, but character traits are often overlooked when we're searchin ...

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  • Healthy Habits for Healthy Skin

    Even in the unforgiving light of mid-day, her skin looks soft, wrinkle and blemish-free. What it doesn’t ...

    Even in the unforgiving light of mid-day, her skin looks soft, wrinkle and blemish-free. What it doesn’t reveal is that she is 55 years old. To that, Judy Borsato attributes a bit of genetics, a stric ...

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  • Carb is not a Four-Letter Word

    We need carbohydrates (carbs). They are our chief source of energy – like gasoline is to a car. Carbs fue ...

    We need carbohydrates (carbs). They are our chief source of energy – like gasoline is to a car. Carbs fuel your body and your brain, too. The richest sources are anything that grows from the earth; fr ...

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  • Eating Slowly Assists Weight Loss

    In our faced-paced lifestyles, many of us eat our food quickly and mindlessly. However, eating slowly can ...

    In our faced-paced lifestyles, many of us eat our food quickly and mindlessly. However, eating slowly can help you feel fuller and lose weight. People who eat quickly tend to be heavier and gain more ...

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  • Restoring the Gift of Sight

    Dr. Hugh Parsons, chief of surgery at Surrey Memorial Hospital, chafes at being called a miracle worker, ...

    Dr. Hugh Parsons, chief of surgery at Surrey Memorial Hospital, chafes at being called a miracle worker, but to 67-year-old Don Carter and others like him, BC’s pre-eminent eye surgeon is definitely a ...

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  • Protein Needs as You Age

    Aging can negatively affect muscle mass and strength, but that’s not a big concern for older adults who r ...

    Aging can negatively affect muscle mass and strength, but that’s not a big concern for older adults who remain active. A 75-year-old who continues to exercise and eat healthy can have more muscle and ...

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  • How Fit Are You?

    If your health is generally good, but you suspect your fitness level needs work, ask at your local gym or ...

    If your health is generally good, but you suspect your fitness level needs work, ask at your local gym or recreation centre if they offer fitness appraisals, or where you can have one done. You’ll get ...

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