Fitness

  1. Nutrition and Aging: Drink Water, Eat Fruits and Veggies, and Keep on Moving!

    Nutrition and Aging was the topic of a recent gathering at Thornton Oaks Retirement Community in Brunswick, Maine as part of the Ounce of Prevention series. This article is shared from the blog of Deb Nelson from … Continue

  2. Healthy Weight for a Lifetime: Lose Weight

    Mid Coast Hospital’s Center for Weight & Lifestyle Change has been renamed Healthy Weight for a Lifetime. The name change reflects the program’s content and assists with setting realistic expectations for class participants. Members of the community … Continue

  3. How much water should you drink?

    How much water should you drink? It’s summer, and that means warmer weather, outdoor activities, and perhaps increased exercise. According to the Mayo Clinic, every system in your body depends on water. For example, water flushes toxins … Continue

  4. Preventing hip fracture: how to stay bone healthy

    Preventing hip fracture becomes increasingly important as we age. Here’s some important information to share with your loved ones over holiday visits!  Hip fractures are serious injuries that most often occur in people aged 65 and older. Women … Continue

  5. Fall Alert: Reduce Your Risk of Falls

    Each year, more than 1.8 million people over age 65 are treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries associated with, among other things, stairs, bathtubs, furniture, and rugs/carpeting.  Thousands of these injuries are related to falls.  In … Continue

  6. Young at Heart

    Young @ Heart, an internationally-famous group of singing seniors, made its first Maine appearance in March 2011 at Merrill Auditorium in Portland. The rocking choral group hails from Northampton, Mass. Formed in 1982, over the years they’ve collaborated nationally and internationally with … Continue

  7. Finding Balance with Diabetes

    Diabetes.  Nearly 24 million Americans have it.  A quarter of them don’t even know it.  If it is ignored, diabetes can be serious.  Very serious.  Kris Freeman knows just how serious. An incredible athlete, an Olympian cross-country … Continue

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