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Take meds? Then read this! by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee If you have been a reader of this blog, you know I do not take kindly to what are called the Big Pharmas...Yet even I can be disgusted more than I already was as I just finish ... Read on »
The "fat and uglies" by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee I had a good friend, one of those who died last year, who would say she was having "one of those fat and ugly" days. She was neither fat nor ugly but I knew what she meant - ... Read on »
My take on healthy 90-year-olds by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee People in their 90's were obviously born in the 1910's and on. They survived the flu epidemic of 1917 and the various childhood diseases that killed many. My mom was such a ... Read on »
An open letter to AARP's Bill Novelli by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Dear Mr. NovelliI have emailed you many times about my displeasure at your support of Medicare Part D and a request for an apology. I have sometimes been emailed back that my ... Read on »
Today my son turns 30! by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee If you are a parent - you are likely familiar with one of the following phrases:How can my kid be 30? I remember his birth with vivid detail - it couldn't have been that long ... Read on »
More about finances and aging by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Read this today and got mad [at the politicians in charge] and sad [as it will get worse when winter arrives.]These are tough economic times for people of all ages, but few ar ... Read on »
Aging and Finances by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Every time I open the paper or log onto my computer I see articles about prices. Gas will never go low again, home heating oil will go up lots this winter, food costs more du ... Read on »
Silent Strokes by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee This news is a bit scary if you are over 65.Routine brain scans in a group of middle-aged people showed that 10 percent of them had suffered a stroke without knowing it, raisi ... Read on »
More on exercising by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Last week after I wrote what I did - my son suggested that maybe it was a need for a different assortment of exercises.I went "duh!" of course....bodies, mine, adapt to doing ... Read on »
Exercise and Age by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee 1 Comment I've had the same conversation with several friends of late - about age and exercise. It seems we all have the same ideas.Not sure why each of us is thinking of this now as w ... Read on »