• It's Normal to Forget

    Being a little forgetful is common as we age. By the time we hit our mid-30s, it’s normal for our memorie ...

    Being a little forgetful is common as we age. By the time we hit our mid-30s, it’s normal for our memories to begin to fade and continue to do so as the years pass. The human brain works slower in old ...

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  • Dance for Good Health

    Dancing is a great workout for the mind and body. A 150-pound adult can burn about 150 calories doing 30 ...

    Dancing is a great workout for the mind and body. A 150-pound adult can burn about 150 calories doing 30 minutes of moderate social dancing. And by concentrating on your dance steps, you’ll boost brai ...

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  • 10 Memory Boosters

    When we reach our mid-30s, our memories begin to fade and we’ll continue “forgetting” as we age. That’s n ...

    When we reach our mid-30s, our memories begin to fade and we’ll continue “forgetting” as we age. That’s normal. As we age, we become busier and have more to remember. Here are 10 tips to boost memory: ...

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  • The Hippest Chorus

    No shortage of choirs for seniors in the Lower Mainland exists, but there are none quite like the PALS Ch ...

    No shortage of choirs for seniors in the Lower Mainland exists, but there are none quite like the PALS Chorus from the West End of Vancouver. What sets this chorus apart is not talent, though they hav ...

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  • The Middle Kingdom

    Twenty years ago, a small group of women from British Columbia went on a trip to China specifically to me ...

    Twenty years ago, a small group of women from British Columbia went on a trip to China specifically to meet Chinese women working in science, at home, in politics, on farms and in factories; and to to ...

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  • An Artist Never Dies

    When I found out one of my columnists had terminal stomach cancer and would not see the end of this year ...

    When I found out one of my columnists had terminal stomach cancer and would not see the end of this year the news hit me hard! I cried… The universe was playing a provocative game of pile-on, and it s ...

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  • Heavy Metal Headache

    Every day, the news is filled with information about environmental toxicity, multiple allergies, autism, ...

    Every day, the news is filled with information about environmental toxicity, multiple allergies, autism, cancer, depression, diabetes, fibromyalgia, infertility, irritable bowel - it's enough to make ...

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