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Submitted by Quad City Health Initiative & Bi-State Regional Commission Moving more and maintaining good mental health have never been so important. A year+ of COVID-19 has certainly taught us that. The good news is we’ve got a FREE resource to help you do both right here in the Bi-State Region of Illinois and Iowa. Its […]
Women and ADD — The Hidden Disability
What You Need to Know About Attention Deficit Disorder By Kimberly Blaker According to Sari Solden, in her book Women with Attention Deficit Disorder, “Almost all women find that life today is complex, upsetting or frustrating, but they are still able to meet most of [life’s] demands reasonably well…. For women with untreated Attention Deficit […]
Flex Your Brain
By Alexander Germanis As we age, the fight to stay fit and strong can certainly get harder and harder, but it also becomes more and more vital. Not engaging in regular physical activity can lead to muscle atrophy, or the loss of muscle tissue, in as little as three days. A workout regimen and proper […]
Meet Mako:
MVSC brings the FIRST SmartRobotics™ total joint surgery system to the Quad Cities with the ONLY team of surgeons certified to use it. Imagine your average day. Now think about what it would be like without the use of technology. It’s impossible to picture, right? That’s because carefully engineered machines and software are now integral […]
Music to Pluck Your Heartstrings
By Alexander Germanis Going back thousands of years, the heart has been directly linked to emotion. Plato, Aristotle, Descartes and other philosophers believed our feelings indeed originated from that vital muscular organ. This was such a popular belief for such a long time the term “heartstring” was only first used in a non-anatomical sense in […]
Provides Compassionate Advocacy & Resources for Every Senior
The COVID crisis has brought unprecedented turmoil to the country over the past 9 months, and while this virus has affected everyone in one way or another, one population that has been hardest hit is the low-income senior population in our community. Without financial resources to pay for their care as they age, options for […]
The Rewards of Working at Overlook Village
The Quad Cities has long been a community where people live out the milestones of their lives. A great many of our Quad Citizens are born here, have childhoods here, go to school here, get married here, have kids here, nurture homes and pursue careers here, and, eventually, retire here. At every stage of life […]
Pandemic Pastimes: Your New Hobby Might be Doing More Good Than You Know
From American Heart Association News Maybe it was the meme that pointed out how Shakespeare used his time in quarantine to write “King Lear.” Maybe it was all those photos of sourdough bread in your social media feed. Maybe you’re just bored. Whatever the spark—you’re ready to take on a hobby. Good idea, experts say. […]
Not All Philanthropists Look Like Bill Gates
By Heidi Huiskamp, Founder and CEO of Huiskamp Collins Investments, LLC Huiskamp Collins Investments, LLC was founded in 2017 and I am very proud and so grateful to my clients who have recently voted my business as one of the five Honorees in the 2020 Quad-City Times Readers’ Choice Awards in the category of Financial […]
Demystifying Hospice
By Dr. Kuljit Kapur, Transitions Hospice and Palliative Care As a Hospice and Palliative Care physician, many people have asked me if providing end-of-life care, day in and day out, is excruciatingly sad. Do I come home and cry each day from seeing death? “Quite the opposite,” I respond. “End-of-life care is highly satisfying and […]