Tag: disease
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How Active You are Now Can Effect Your Ability to Live Independently Later
Take a moment to think about your death. It’s one of the few things in life we know will happen. How do you picture it? Are you surrounded by family and friends? Are you at home? Are you asleep (this is what I hope for)? Few of us will picture ourselves in a hospital with…
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Chronic Diseases Begin Early in Life- Years Before any Diagnosis
Having worked in cardiac rehabilitation for over twenty years I learned early on that many patients are in the best shape of their lives the day they complete the program. That makes sense, to some extent, because they’ve just spent the last four months in a supervised exercise program. They also feel better for it.…