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 […]
Sweetpotatoes 101
“Sweetpotato” Is Only One Word? Really? On this one we admit there’s not a lot of agreement. But we believe that “sweetpotato” is correct because—as California Sweetpotatoes points out—a sweetpotato is not, in fact, a sweet potato. It’s not a potato at all, but botanically an entirely different vegetable, gifted with a totally different set […]
Taking Time to Laugh
By Lora Felger, Health Alliance Once we’ve made it to March, it’s usually a good sign winter is almost over. Hopefully this winter, you’ve found some time to laugh a little. I know there hasn’t been much to laugh about these past 12 months since COVID-19 stopped us in our tracks. But hopefully—maybe, possibly—you found […]
Forward Thinking
Submitted by LivWell Cares This past year has certainly been one for the record books. However, March is here at last and we can count on Spring returning once again, no matter what that groundhog had to say last month. Along with that, hopefully by the time you’re reading this you will at least have […]
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 […]
Improving Intimacy
By David Hartsuch, MD, MS I started the Rejuvagent Clinic to address the imbalance between testosterone and estrogen that is common as men age. High estrogen and low testosterone may result in hypertension, diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia, depression, prostate cancer, and fatigue. This condition affects approximately 10-25 percent of men over 40 and is also associated […]
RETIREMENT 101—THE EXPENSES
By Heidi Huiskamp, Founder and CEO of Huiskamp Collins Investments, LLC Welcome back to our “Retirement Basics” series where last month I discussed “The Income” side of the equation along with thoughts, strategies and “rules-of-thumb” on taking income from social security, taxable accounts, and retirement accounts. This month, please join me in looking at the […]
My First Love…
By Sherry Gordon-Harris, Health Alliance My 3-year-old niece, Haddariah Rose, loves the Minnie Mouse talking doll and play costume I got her for her birthday. She holds it, talks to it, tries to feed it, and makes sure her Minnie Mouse doll gets her naps too. She gives love to this doll in the purest […]
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 […]
Retirement 101 — The Income
By Heidi Huiskamp, Founder and CEO of Huiskamp Collins Investments, LLC You hate your job. I get it. You dream of not setting the alarm, pursuing hobbies, traveling and spending time with grandkids. All great. You did it! You hung in there and just had your 62nd birthday: the “magic” age at which you can […]