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Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of Philosophy Vote Now! Vote for Dr. Lynn Dorman!

Specialty: Developmental Psychology
Portland, Oregon
I am a native New Yorker whose background includes a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology and a law... Full Bio
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69 going on 70 by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I've been mulling over the meaning of being 69 and I will post my thoughts as soon as I have finished thinking them. In the interim - post comments on being some certain ages ... Read on »
A pet peeve of mine by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health As advertising of medications is all over the media - every TV station, the daily paper, the Internet, magazines, etc. I do wonder how much less meds would cost if the big pha ... Read on »
AARP Member? United Health Care Customer? Look where your money goes! by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health United Health Care – the CEO makes more in a day than most people make in years! But they are best known for denying coverage to clients AND for being the company that AARP so ... Read on »
AARP Member? United Health Care Customer? Look where your money goes! by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health United Health Care - the CEO makes more in a day than most people make in years! But they are best known for denying coverage to clients AND for being the company that AARP so ... Read on »
Abbot and Costello 2009 by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health A friend sent this to me – although younger than I am – he’s a luddite….we here know that you are never too old to understand computers … but still – this is funny….********* ... Read on »
Abbot and Costello 2009 by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health A friend sent this to me - although younger than I am - he's a luddite....we here know that you are never too old to understand computers ... but still - this is funny.... * ... Read on »
About Wellsphere and Mavens by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I am a health blogger and health maven on Wellsphere [see logos to the right] Below is a press release about the mavens from the chief medical officer at Wellsphere.Recession ... Read on »
After the rainstorm by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I usually miss the start of the rainbows when they are brightest – especially the double ones – but today I was lucky Read on »
Aging and Finances by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health 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 »
Aging and Homelessness by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I was chatting with a neighbor the other day about wine - when she just blurted out that she had met with her financial advisor last week and was told in no uncertain terms t ... Read on »
Aging and Resveratrol by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health When I first read this New York Times article about resveratrol I was intrigued. Seems resveratrol is in red wine but I had just read about it elsewhere so I looked thru my c ... Read on »
Aging and Weight Gain – is it a given? by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I've had a few discussions with friends lately about aging and weight gain. I think it's a myth that you MUST gain weight as you age yet many I know believe that getti ... Read on »
Ah - what we learn as we age : - ) by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I've said before that it takes me longer to recoup after body stress but saying it and actually knowing it are apparently two different mind sets : - )Last week we went from s ... Read on »
An open letter to AARP's Bill Novelli by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health 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 »
Arctic Winds and Burst Pipes! by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health For the last few days I have had frozen pipes which of course burst yesterday. So no water and no fun. I realized how much we rely on running water for our comfort. Luckily ... Read on »
Back to cycling class by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking It's a more strenuous hour than I'd do on my own bike:-) Read on »
Baseball memories by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health My son asked today what my feelings were about the end of Yankee Stadium... To be honest, I knew it was ending, but did not pay attention to the fact that today was the last ... Read on »
being thankful by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I love Thanksgiving – now that I am an adult. As a child, I did not like it - we spent the day with relatives and I was bored – it was the pre-TV days.Most of those relative ... Read on »
Belly Fat! by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health From the news:A European study suggests that people with belly fat -- even if they're at a healthy weight -- have a higher risk of dying during a 10-year period than their sa ... Read on »
Belly Fat! by Dr. Lynn Dorman Doctor of PhilosophyHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss From the news:A European study suggests that people with belly fat -- even if they're at a healthy weight -- have a higher risk of dying during a 10-year period than their sam ... Read on »