Healthy Myths

July 5, 2009

If you are like me, you’ve grown up with all sorts of sayings about your health.  These are saying and “truths” passed down to use by our Mothers and Grandmothers, and meant to keep us healthy, as well as giving us a reason to do as we were told. I specifically recall:

Don’t go outside [...]

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Shouldn’t you see a Nurse Practitioner?

March 25, 2009
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Do you leak?

February 28, 2009

I know…it’s not a topic to talk about in polite company…but it’s a topic that needs to come out of the closet.
Millions of women (and men) experience incontinence. Urinary incontinence (UI) is the involuntary loss of urine. For some women, it’s a few drops when they cough, run or lift. For others, it may be [...]

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Can a 90 year old marathon participant inspire you to exercise?

November 24, 2008

 Here is an excellent example of healthy aging!
At an age when most people are settling into a retirement home, one Waikiki woman shows no signs of slowing down, as she prepares for her fifth Honolulu marathon.
She’s known to many in the community as the “Gladyator.” And this year, as she celebrates her 90th birthday, she [...]

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Want to win a cruise?

October 24, 2008

Okay, so it’s not exactly about aging, but it is about health.  We all need down time, and here is a way you may be able to get it for free. 
Joanie Winberg is the found of the National Association of Divorce for Women. She has put together a cruise for women you are Single Again [...]

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Mammogram time!

October 21, 2008

It’s that time of year again when we see pink ribbons everywhere. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is something I talk to women about all year…not just in October.  I’d like to share a few tips that I discuss with women in my practice.

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Back Pain, It’s not Inevitable.

October 15, 2008

This is a complaint I literally hear on a daily basis. While sometimes there is something structurally wrong in the back, often times there is little to offer someone outside of exercise, massage, acupuncture, physical therapy and medication. While most people get better,

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Depression and Baby Boomers

September 8, 2008

The CDC released statistics today showing that 80% of Americans aged 12 and over have Depression.  The rates of depression are higher in women and baby boomers as well as African-Americans.
As a primary health care practitioner, these numbers don’t surprise me.  This is something that I see absolutely every day in my practice.  And just [...]

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Getting Healthy with Weight Loss

September 1, 2008

I see lots of people every day in my practice. Most of them have health issues, and just want to maintain their current status. Only a few really want to become healthy.  But the ones that do, inspire me to do my best work…not only with them, but with myself.
Case in point. Over the last year, [...]

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Need Exercise Inspiration?

June 4, 2008

6 months ago, a non-athletic woman (who was not a regular at the gym), decided she would do a bike ride. She is not sure why she wanted to do it. And it was just any bike ride… it was Aids Lifecycle Ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles (California) in 7 days.
That ride is taking place right [...]

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