Build a Better Boomer with Stephanie Stephens
Mind Your Body TV Episode 38 with Barbara Meltzer. It can start so innocently. A caregiver—a relative or paid employee—has access to a senior’s checkbook or other financial resources. As statistics prove, temptation is just too powerful and soon, …
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Mind Your Body TV Episode 36 with Denise Winston. Maybe you dread having to talk money with aging parents, but you know it may be necessary now or in the future. I’ve come to realize that at a certain point in their lives, seniors including our …
Mind Your Body TV Episode 35 with Carol Orsborn, Ph.D. If you‘re a boomer woman who’s also a caregiver for a parent or other loved one, you may feel challenged by repeat visits to that person. You want to be there, to “do something” meaningful, and …
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It’s here again: Another World Elder Abuse Awareness Day today. Here on Mind Your Body TV, we’ve made elder abuse a focus for boomers taking care of parents or other loved ones, either on the scene or from afar. Both have their own sets of …
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Mind Your Body TV Episode 34 with Scott Cunneen, M.D. Welcome to our second Mind Your Body TV video with Dr. Scott Cunneen, director of bariatric surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Yes, we’re talking weight loss surgery or …
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Not everyone believes climate change exists. It’s hard to ignore the hard data contained in the report, “The Killer Summer Heat,” from the Natural Resources Defense Council. It says that by 2100, more than 150,000 Americans may die due to intense …
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The “American Idol” finale time lived up to its hype. What a trip! A quick glance around the 7,000-seat Nokia Theater yesterday revealed that we baby boomers were well represented even as the audience was heavily populated with long-legged and …
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So what’s a coffee drinker to do? Maybe, tip that cup. According to a National Cancer Institute study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, when men drank 2 to 3 cups a day, they had a 10 percent chance of living longer than those who …
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“Sun, sun, sun…here it comes.” So goes the 1969 tune from the Beatles “Abbey Road” album, a perennial reminder that when the sun comes (out), we need to slather sunscreen (on). Here’s what we still know, as echoed by the Environmental Working …
Breaking tradition, I’m posting Friday’s blog on Sunday, on purpose. Did you see last night’s Supermoon? The big, white luminous ball looked to be more than 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than other full moons, which are never half bad. …
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Mind Your Body TV Episode 31 with Barbara Meltzer. In 2007, Los Angeles public relations professional and aging advocate Barbara Meltzer told NBC’s chief medical editor, Nancy Snyderman, about a fear millions of baby boomers share with her. My guest …
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Mind Your Body TV Episode 30 with Scott Cunneen, M.D. Approximately 200,000 people underwent bariatric or weight loss surgery last year. If you’re considering it, meet Dr. Scott Cunneen, director of bariatric surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center …
