Lifelong Learning will present Antioxidants and Aging: The Blueberry Connection on April 28 at 3:30 p.m. at Catalina Springs Memory Care, 9685 N. Oracle Road. To reserve your space RSVP to 520-297-2500 or email marketing@catalinaspringsmemorycare.com. Antioxidants are often marketed as a superfood against diseases that can progress and develop as we age. Blueberries contain some…
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Generals, April 2016
2016 Health Fair announced
Phyllis Ketring The 2016 Health Fair will take place October 15, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to noon at SaddleBrooke One. Volunteer Coordinator is Sally Sample. Contact Sally Sample at samplesaly@aol.com to add your name to the list of willing volunteers who are essential to the fair’s success. You will be contacted later this year with…
Clubs & Classes, April 2016
Stroke/Neuro Support Group to meet May 20
Are you caring for a loved one who has stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or other neurological conditions? Or are you your own caregiver? Our monthly lunches provide an opportunity to share concerns and solutions in a supportive atmosphere. The next lunch will be on Friday, May 20 at 11:30 a.m. at the Preserve…
Features, April 2016
Strength training for everyone
Susan Dawson-Cook The words strength training may conjure up images of muscle-bound men grunting and sweating through a grueling circuit of machines set at heavy weights. In reality, there are nearly as many ways to approach strength training as there are stars in the sky. People can get stronger using machines, hand held weights, resistance…
Features, April 2016
Understanding loss and grief
Dolores Hutchinson Robu When does grief start? When we first hear the diagnosis? When we first believe that it is a terminal disease? Or do we stay in some wave of denial until the patient says—“no more, I’ve had enough.” What happens in the pit of our stomach or the middle of our heart when…
Features, April 2016
2 Your Health: Sciatica: A “Pain in the Butt” and leg
Craig W. Brue, D.C. Sciatica is often associated with pain, numbness, tingling and aching in the lower back, hip, buttock, leg, calf and foot. The sciatic nerve is the longest and largest of all the body’s nerves, running from the lower back (the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae), through the buttocks and down the back…
Clubs & Classes, March 2016
Stroke/Neuro Support Group
Are you caring for a loved one who has stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or other neurological conditions? Or are you your own caregiver? Our monthly lunches provide an opportunity to share concerns and solutions in a supportive atmosphere. The next lunch will be on Friday, March 18 at 11:30 a.m. at either the…
Clubs & Classes, March 2016
Adult Loss of Hearing Assoc. news
The Adult Loss of Hearing Association (ALOHA) Oro Valley Support Group monthly meeting will be held Thursday, March 10, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. in the Cholla and Ocotillo meeting rooms at Santa Catalina Catholic Church, 14380 N. Oracle Road. Our speaker is Phyllis Allen of Savvy Canines, which was founded by a group of experienced…
Clubs & Classes, March 2016
Changes to the Tai Chi schedule
Carol Emerson Beginning March 1, the schedule for Tai Chi classes will change. There will be one beginning class, one intermediate and one advanced class each week, all on the weekend. We hope you will be able to take advantage of this wonderful way to keep fit. Tai Chi has always been a key component…
Features, March 2016
Health: Heredity or choice?
Susan Dawson-Cook, M.S. How often have you heard someone say in a defeated voice, “It’s in my genes,” when referring to diabetes, heart disease and/or carrying excess pounds? Research is starting to reveal lifestyle choices determine current gene expressions more than birth parents. An article entitled Epigenetics and Food in the January 2016 issue of IDEA…