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Life after Bariatric Surgery: Achieving the New You!––Mika Bradford

Each year thousands of Americans make the difficult decision to undergo bariatric weight loss surgery. This life changing decision they have made is simply the beginning of their journey towards achieving and maintaining weight loss goals. Achieving and maintaining weight loss goals requires long-term life style changes––specifically, altering eating habits. […]

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Neck Pain––Dr. Richard Jackson

Neck pain is a common problem, affecting 40 to 75 percent of adults at some time during their life. Neck pain is more common in females than males. Oftentimes, neck pain is a self-limited or temporary condition responding favorably to simple treatments such as rest, over-the-counter medications and topical application of ice or moist heat. […]

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The Changing Face of Personal and Professional Value––ValuSum

Economic shifts, market uncertainty and a changing employment landscape are forcing many people to think––like Apple Computers––differently. One entrepreneur, Tom Krueger, a former Intel executive, is helping people all over the world better understand their personal and professional value. Krueger is a partner in ValuSum.com, a free and intuitive online platform that attempts to measure a person’s value using technology and a “brilliantly simple” online assessment. […]

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Colorado Springs Senior Center––“Where Everybody Knows Your Name”––Colorado Springs Senior Center

  Colorado Springs Senior Center––“Where Everybody Knows Your Name” By Mendy Putman and Jody Barker, Colorado Springs Senior Center, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine Remember the old TV show, “Cheers”? We like to think of […]

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My kids were skeptical––Fountain View Village

The day had finally come. I could hardly believe it was here. We were retiring and about to start a new chapter in our lives. We had decided years ago that when this day came, we were going to split our time between Arizona and Michigan. Our main home was in Arizona and we had a small cabin on the lake in Michigan. Our grandkids could come and visit and we would have a wonderful summer on the beach. It seemed like the perfect life and for a while it was. But, then it became too much for us to travel back and forth, so we decided to stay in Arizona––you don’t have to shovel sunshine. […]

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Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica)––Dr. Katharine Leppard

A lumbar radiculopathy is a pinched nerve in the low back. Typically, this causes low back and buttock pain, with pain radiating into one or both legs, which can be associated with numbness and weakness. A common lay term is sciatica. Leg pain can commonly be worse than low back pain. The pain is caused by compression of the nerves as they exit the spine. […]