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Embrace your inner Winter Olympian: The art and science of enjoying exercise in the cold

Let’s face it: When most of us see the temperature outside fall to minus double digits, our first instinct isn’t to gleefully run outside.


Accelerated aging for some survivors of weather-related events

“While everyone ages, we don’t all age at the same rate, and our lived experiences, both negative and positive, can alter this pace of aging. One negative life experience, surviving an extreme event, can lead to chronic inflammation and the early onset of some age-related diseases, like heart disease.”


Middle-age and older adults get a boost in brain function thanks to daily physical activity

A new study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine adds to the canon of research associating physical activity with cognitive performance, this time using 90 middle-aged and older subjects who wore accelerometers while physically active and completed mobile cognitive testing from home.
 
 
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Come with batteries installed: Brad Cote invests in people first

“I understood the ‘patient success journey’ and cultivated a network of people I could hire quickly,” says Cote. He formed symbiotic relationships with other practitioners, developed multiple streams of income, and invested heavily in marketing. The business grew so quickly that demand exceeded supply, and Cote had to reconfigure processes to ensure patients received excellent and prompt care. » Learn More
 
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MTAM Spring Conference

April 29-May 1
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