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Helpful Ways For Seniors To Beat The Summer Heat Summer’s in New England offer a large variety of activities for seniors, the warm weather invites everyone outside, but it’s important to make sure you’re staying safe in the heat.

Adults over the age of 65 are at a much higher risk of heat stroke, and it’s important for seniors to be aware of how to avoid it, and how to spot it. Symptoms for seniors to be aware of and to look out for include throbbing headache, dizziness and light-headedness, lack of sweating despite the heat. As well as red, hot, and dry skin, muscle weakness or cramps.

Seniors should also watch out for nausea and vomiting, rapid heartbeat, which may be either strong or weak, rapid, shallow breathing, behavioral changes such as confusion, disorientation, or staggering, seizures and fainting or unconsciousness. This doesn’t mean that seniors shouldn’t take advantage of the gorgeous weather, taking special precautions can make a huge difference.

Hydrate

Drinking enough water is the number one way to avoid any heat related health issues. 8 or more 8 ounce glasses of water a day is a good amount. Seniors should also try to avoid sodas, alcohol and caffeinated beverages as they can be dehydrating.

Protection

Wearing the right clothing can make a huge impact for seniors. Loose fitting, light and breathable clothing items can help seniors keep cool. Sunblock, and hats or staying in

shady areas can also help protect from the harmful effects of the sun.

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Avoiding any vigorous activity is important for seniors, if you must do any kind of strenuous activity, it’s best to do it during the coolest parts of the day, this is usually early in the morning between 4 AM and 7 AM, or late at night, usually after 7 PM.

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products we consume. Never mind the cortisol from their stress caused by their way of life which gets into their blood stream and passes into their meat which gets consumed by us. Then there are GMO’s which are banned in Europe and Russia that hide in our produce because the government allows it.

Mankind as we know it has been around for a few 100,000 years. We have morphed and mutated over those millennia into who we physically are today. Our organs, systems and brain work pretty much the same way they did thousands of years ago. Not much has changed. What has changed over the last 60 – 80 years is the introduction of pesticides and herbicides into our food supply. Flu shots and pneumonia shots, Hepatitis A and B shots, to name just a few, never mind what they put into infant children – mandated by law.

Unfortunately, after thousands of years with bodies functioning the way they have been, over the last 80 years, we have not mutated and morphed into beings whose bodies have the ability to constructively deal with these foreign poisons. Our body, in its infinite wisdom, has to some how come up with a way to process all of this and still maintain the stasis of “good health.” Know that your body is truly doing the very best it can – that is the way the body was designed.

But, it desperately needs your help.

Then there is what is done to our food supply. Cattle and sheep, pigs and cows are raised in farms in cubicles too small to move and fed food that their systems are physically not capable of digesting without creating serious bacteria in their gut which gets passed on to their meat and dairy

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There is a lot of talk about coffee. It helps wake you up in the morning and can even be a part of your beauty routine. Coffee even has a ton of health benefits, but there’s more to coffee than you may have even realized.

Coffee dates back to 800 AD.

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The amount of children with obesity is astonishing and overwhelmingly high. One and five school aged children (ages 6-19) have obesity (www.CDC.com/childhood obesity facts, 2017). Now, we are all pretty much aware of the effects of obesity can have on the body. It can lead to heart disease, diabetes, pulmonary disease, and even cancer.

The point of this article is to bring awareness not just to childhood obesity, but why it is happening and what can be done about it. A majority of cases of childhood obesity can be contributed to motivation, education, and accountability.

From my experience with training a variety of clients ranging from athletes at the middle school level all the way up to college and non-athletes of all ages, the number one barrier is motivation. What motivates kids to become healthier?

There are two common types of motivators, extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. An example of extrinsic motivation would be like offering a reward to a child after he/she gets their work done. This may be pretty familiar with most parenting styles or school systems. However, research has

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shown that extrinsic motivation isn’t a good motivator for creating lasting results and adherence to a task. In fact, this may lead to greater and more lavished rewards in order to get a job done. Intrinsic rewards would come from within.

An example would be someone becoming more motivated when they see themselves in the mirror getting results.

Their image becomes internalized and produces a desire to exercise more. Ways to improve intrinsic motivation is through completing small goals and building upon them over time.

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their health or health risks. Routine health assessments and information on those health risks should be thoroughly explained to children on how to better themselves. I think we can do a better job at explaining why this information is important and how it can benefit them rather than telling them what to do. Mentoring can be an effective form of education through after school programs and community projects such as volunteering at 5k races. These types of activities can keep kids more active and involved. It has been established and well documented that children at almost any age can engage in any level of fitness with appropriate progression.

Accountability is a hard task to have when working with kids.

Expectations have to be clearly defined and shown. I find by setting examples and being held accountable to yourself helps kids become more accountable. Fully expressing what is expected such as the ACSM’s recommendation for healthy exercise of kids is 60 minute a day of vigorous movement. If we do not set an example of ourselves and

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lead by those examples, then how can we hold our kids accountable to those same expectations? Accountability is reinforced by leading by example. I am a driving force for my clients. I set clear expectations and do the very same things I want my clients to be doing. If I say small amounts of exercise every day is good for you, then I should be doing the same. Kids are most impressionable by seeing what others do. In order to hold them accountable they must have clear expectations and examples.

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About five weeks postpartum, I was determined to lose all 30 pounds of the weight I gained during pregnancy. For the most part, this was a successful mission; however, losing the last five pounds and getting the toned, lean body I desired was not happening. My energy levels were low from sleepless nights and not eating throughout the day. When I did eat, I was not making healthy choices or consuming proper water amounts.

My exercise routine consisted of weight training and cardio, which was a plus. Now I had to work on my eating habits, water intake and supplementation. All with a newborn and school.

So how do you incorporate clean eating and fitness with a busy schedule and a newborn baby? It’s all about planning…

1. Set a goal: While setting goals, you don’t want to go to

the extreme. Start with a light amount of weight loss or smaller areas of the body you are looking to improve. Focusing on large goals that are not attainable in a short amount of time can lead to disappointment, leading to the yo-yo effect. Making smaller goals will allow you to reach them in a small amount of time, leading to increased confidence and motivation.

2. Plan ahead: Planning ahead leaves little room for the

“snack attack” or cravings to take over. Set a meal plan that works with your lifestyle. Cooking for the week allows moms with busy schedules to still eat healthy and in necessary time frames to maintain your metabolism. It is recommended that you eat every 3-4 hours, with a balance of protein, complex carbs and vegetables for your main meals. Snacks should contain a half serving of protein along with a half serving of a healthy fat, fruit or vegetables.

Focusing on large goals that are not attainable in a short amount of time can lead to disappointment, leading to the yo-yo effect.

Stock your fridge with cooked chicken, brown rice and sweet potatoes so you can just grab and go as needed. For vegetables, use frozen or fresh. Pop in a microwave for four minutes or steam and place in containers. For fruit, always buy fresh, not canned. Canned fruits tend to have extra sugars and sweeteners, which can lead to weight gain. Staying fresh, you get natural sugars and energy.

3. Fitness: Plan a fitness schedule that works for you, is challenging and gets results. Incorporate weights and cardio.

A lot of people make the mistake of putting all their energy into cardio. If this is you, get out of that habit! The more muscle you build, the more fat the body burns, and you’ll get better results.

As a new mother, it’s hard to find time and making excuses seems to be the norm. However, it’s good early on to set aside an hour or two for yourself each day. This may seem selfish and as though you are neglecting your child, but this is not the case. I learned myself that self-care is a necessity in motherhood. Being physically fit makes you both emotionally and psychologically fit.

4. Water consumption and supplementation: The human body needs water. If you’re not drinking water consistently throughout day, you’re dehydrating yourself and not allowing proper digestion. Drink water! Supplementation is also key to successful weight loss. More often than not, we do not consume all of the nutrients needed from food alone.

Supplements can help aid in nutritional gaps, allowing the body to release fat instead of retaining it. After every workout, you should always have a protein shake to help allow the repair of muscles and growth.

Stephanie is a graduate of Political Science from the University of Rhode Island and mother of one child.

She has competed in Miss Hawaiian Tropic Nationals, WBFF and Fitness Universe.

Five and half months postbaby, she competed in Fitness Universe and won second place. She does not have a trainer, nor is she a certified trainer/nutritionist.

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Meditation, what can be so damned effective with just sitting and breathing? Why do so many successful people partially credit meditation for their success? I am no expert, but I can say that meditation helped me successfully win a battle with depression and end a vicious cycle of behavior that I believe would have eventually killed me. It now helps me cope with the day to day life stress of being incarnated in this human form.

For me the intention of Meditation is to allow oneself to do nothing but breathe and pay no attention to anything else besides breath. By doing so we allow our minds to have a

single locus of concentration on an action which is done automatically and requires no additional focus. Simply put, we are moving our attention from outside of us, to inside of us. This is not something I did intuitively, but was taught in a meditation workshop presented by David Nichtern at what was once Freedom Yoga in Barrington.

Since then I have obviously become very fascinated and interested in the benefits of meditation. The way understand it, it comes down to achieving peace through clarity and acceptance.

If we picture our mind as a lake and each thought process a pebble thrown from the shore, or possibly even a gust of

With clarity in the lake, what lies beneath can now be seen. If the lake is unclear, we can become afraid, anxious or apprehensive with what hides in the darkness.

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us be brave wind. If no stones are thrown and no wind blows, no ripples are created in the water, and no dirt is thrown to cloud the top. With clarity in the lake, what lies beneath can now be seen. If the lake is unclear, we can become afraid, anxious or apprehensive with what hides in the darkness.

Some of us when we are children create the “boogeyman”.

Whether it was under our bed, or in a dark closet; in some area of our room in which we could not see we assumed there must be something scary behind it. Now while many of us no longer require someone to look under our bed before we go to sleep, consciously and more so subconsciously we practice this same behavior in the dark places of our minds.

breath. Although sometimes I do like to chase the thoughts and see where it leads, my most beneficial realizations occur when I give up that mental control and sink deeper into my breathing.

What occurs is a liberation from the fear of the unknown. In Dr. Tim Warren’s book “Lessons from Everest” he creates a genius acronym which signifies this idea perfectly: F.E.A.R False Evidence Appearing Real. When we bring to the light what was once hidden, we realize it is not as bad as we made it out to be. We can accept it and manage it for what it is, instead of overreacting or not reacting at all to the scary boogeyman we let live in our head.

Thoughts, feelings, experiences, or uncomfortable realities of life are pushed to those dark places in our minds. Not “dark” like some may perceive in a negative sense, but cloudy like the lake. The constant stimuli we bombard ourselves with on a daily basis, and the stimuli happening during our sleep keeps us from acknowledging this place.

It creates ripples in the water.

Many of us are afraid of the silence and the existential and often times uncomfortable thoughts which bounce around in our minds when we are not distracted. This will not silence them, but rather we will create improper and dysfunctional thought patterns. Much like we would create improper movement patterns if we ignored and only tried to “turn off” the signal from our body that something needs attention. (That is a topic for another day)

When we are in a meditative state, we first acknowledge that there is indeed things we have been hiding. We look and acknowledge the darkness. As we go deeper and things come up, we continue to breathe while simply acknowledging the thoughts but focusing back on the

So let us be brave. Get out from under our covers. Pull open that closet door and look that boogeyman in the eye.

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awareness of the addictive nature of prescription pain killers.

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This lack of awareness has resulted in some rather staggering numbers.

Of the 21.5 million Americans age 12 or older who had a substance use disorder in 2014, 1.9 million had a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain relievers. Also in 2014, more than 14,000 people died from overdoses involving these drugs, with the most commonly overdosed opioids -- Methadone, Oxycodone (such as OxyContin®), and Hydrocodone (such as Vicodin®) 1.

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LUTION FOR PRESCRIPTION OPIOID USERS Island. “These are all conditions that can be lessened and possibly prevented with conservative chiropractic care that can reduce spinal stress (subluxation)--without the need for drugs.”

While providing a drug free solution for many conditions, chiropractic has an economic benefit as well. According to Optum, a leading information and technology-enabled health services business dedicated to helping make the health system work better for everyone, it costs twice as much to treat musculoskeletal conditions by methods other than chiropractic.

For companies, this means tremendous savings. For every $1.00 spent by a company to have a health care plan that includes chiropractic, there is a savings of $2.00 from the health care plan’s medical expenditures.

That takes on greater meaning with the newest estimates on the cost of opioid abuse to U.S. employers. Modern Healthcare magazine estimates those costs to be at $18 billion in sick days, lost productivity and medical expenses.

As for Patient X, the benefits of chiropractic extend far sustaining her sobriety and a reduction in pain, “I feel better physically and but it also improves my overall mood, as well,” she said. “Truth be told, I think it makes my husband the

happiest because he was the one taking me to the emergency rooms all those times. Come to think of it, not having to go to the emergency room makes me pretty happy, too.”

Adds Dr. Gottfried, “With the terrible crisis in opioid addiction and the overdose epidemic, RI Medicaid is being urged to expand the program beyond the very limited population within Medicaid that currently is allowed access the program.

Citizens are urged to contact their legislators and the Governor to request expansion of this vital program that is saving lives, improving health outcomes, and reducing the tax burden on RI citizens.”

For more information on how chiropractic can be part of your pain management program, you can find a chiropractor at the Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island website at www.richiro.org.

Dr. Clive Bridgham is a member of the Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island and a practitioner at Barrington Chiropractic and Sports Medicine Clinic (www.barringtonchir.com) in Barrington, RI. For more information or to find a chiropractor near you, visit www.richiro.org.

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INJURY & PREVENTION

Beware of The Critters That Bi

by Tony C. Wu, M.D,, University Medicine

Summer is a wonderful time to enjoy the outdoors. From the city to the suburbs, it’s important to protect yourself from the health hazards that exist as you venture out and about.

Whether walking in the city or puttering around your garden or backyard, critters of all types can be found within our Rhode Island borders. Some are miniscule in size, such as deer ticks, but their bite can cause long-term illness and even lead to death. Others can cause medical interactions from a scratch or a sting. Here’s a run-down of the most common pests and the basic treatments you can administer (as always, be sure to seek proper medical care from your physician for any animal or insect bites):

Mosquitoes: Mosquitoes can carry West Nile Virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, malaria and yellow fever. The Zika virus is another mosquito-borne disease that has been connected to deformities in newborn babies. The Rhode Island Department of Health reports that the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus are not established in the state, but travelers to regions where the virus is prevalent can be carriers.

Treatment: Mosquito bites go away on their own. Calamine lotion and hydrocortisone cream can help ease the itch. Try not to scratch the red itchy bump at the site of the bite as that can cause additional irritation to your skin. See your doctor if you experience symptoms such as but not limited to fever, headache, body aches, stiff neck, vomiting, or nausea.

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Ticks: Deer ticks, which can cause Lyme Disease and

Babesiosis, are prevalent particularly in Jamestown and Northern Rhode Island. Ticks can bite humans and other animals. Typically a tick bite causes minor itching and irritation.

Treatment: Use tweezers to pull the tick up and out of the skin, then wash the bite with soap and water and watch for signs of infection. See your doctor if you experience symptoms such as but not limited to a red spot or rash near the bite site or elsewhere, neck stiffness, a headache, muscle or joint pains and aches, and a fever.

Gypsy Moth Caterpillars: According to the RI

Department of Environmental Management, a significant gypsy moth caterpillar infestation is anticipated. They don’t just defoliate our trees; they can also cause a rash or allergy-like symptoms in some people. You could be sitting on the grass without touching any caterpillars, but could still develop an itchy rash or welts similar to poison ivy. The caterpillars’ small hairs, which cause the reaction, can be carried by the wind onto your skin or clothing.

Treatment: Your doctor may recommend topical creams such as those containing cortisone to relieve the itching.

Bees: Wasps, bees and yellow jackets can sting, especially

if they are protecting a nest built in or near a home or if they are near a food source such as a trash receptacle. Bee stings usually cause only mild pain, itching and swelling, but people with bee allergies are at risk of a severe, life-threatening reaction such as anaphylactic shock.

Treatment: Scrape the stinger off the skin, as pulling it out may cause more venom to go into the bite. Apply ice or cold compresses to reduce pain and swelling. Anaphylactic shock must be treated quickly with epinephrine for people who are allergic to insect venom or it may cause death. A kit which

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ite contains the proper treatment drugs must be kept nearby or carried at all times.

Snakes: According to the RI Department of Environmental

Management, there are no venomous species of native snakes in our state. You may recall a man in East Providence was bitten by a venomous copperhead snake a few years ago while watering his yard, which turned out to be an escapee from an exotic pet owner. There are, however, rattlesnake populations in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Watch where you step and use sticks to turn logs and rocks. Wear proper footgear. Stay calm if you encounter a snake. Snakes do not care to encounter humans and will generally flee if given the opportunity.

Treatment: Any snake bite should be treated as an emergency because many people do not know what kind of snake has bitten them, and even nonpoisonous snakes can cause infection or allergic reaction from a bite. Wash the bitten area with soap and water and see your doctor as soon as possible.

Spiders: Most spiders are harmless. Most are shy and

like to hide under rocks, leafs, in woodpiles and dark places, or even in or around water. Occasionally they are accidentally transported by humans in cars and luggage. Two types of rare, venomous spiders have been found in Rhode Island: the black widow and brown recluse. They will bite if they are threatened or trapped.

Treatment: Spider bites can cause pain, nausea, fever and cramps but the majority cause only swelling and a blister.

Following a brown recluse bite, the skin around the bite may quickly become warm and swollen and within 15 minutes, dizziness and nausea set in. There is no known antidote, so treatment involves antibiotics, antihistamines and steroids for up to eight weeks. Seek medical attention immediately if you notice any tissue breakdown near the bite site or have trouble breathing.

SOURCE: www.HumanIllnesses.com Dr. Tony C. Wu specializes in primary care, internal medicine and general practice at University Medicine. A graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, he has office hours at the University Medicine Patient Center in East Providence and East Greenwich Primary Care in East Greenwich. He is also affiliated with Rhode Island Hospital.

Established in 2000, University Medicine is a nonprofit primary care, specialty outpatient and sub-specialty medical group practice with over 200 physicians and multiple patient care locations across the state of Rhode Island. One of the largest physician groups in Rhode Island, University Medicine is affiliated with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and employs most of the full-time faculty of Brown’s Department of Medicine. Specialties and clinical divisions include: general internal medicine; primary care; diabetes and endocrinology; infectious disease; hospital medicine; hypertension and kidney diseases; hematology/oncology; nephrology; pulmonary, critical care and sleep; gastroenterology; rheumatology and geriatrics. The three-part mission of University Medicine is highlevel quality medical patient care, state-of-the-art clinical research studies, and dedicated teaching of more than 400 Brown University medical students, residents and fellows trained by University Medicine physicians annually. University Medicine is headquartered at 17 Virginia Avenue in Providence, RI 02905-4406; phone: 877-771-7401; web: http://www.umfmed.org

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University Medicine offers patients more choices in convenient locations. Our 200 physicians in 20 locations can provide seamless, connected primary care and specialty services.

Our mission is to provide the most comprehensive, personalized care available – from pediatrics to geriatrics. And our affiliation with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University means you’ll also have access to the most advanced medical research, clinical protocols and technology.

Along with offering primary care services, University Medicine integrates diagnostics and treatments in the specialty fields of Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Infectious Disease, Kidney/ Hypertension, Rheumatology, Geriatrics, Oncology, Pediatrics, Primary Care, and Pulmonary.

One call connects you to the area’s most advanced, comprehensive medical network for all of your healthcare needs. Call 1-877-771-7401.

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