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Exercise program in senior centers helps decrease participants’ pain and improve mobility

It may seem counterintuitive that exercise could help people with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions, but a new study finds that a low-impact exercise program is improving quality of life for many older adults with these conditions. The program, offered by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in senior centers in...

Veterans’ Day Celebration

Veterans’ Day was originally called Armistice Day and was established to honor those who served in WWI. The name would probably still be Armistice Day if WWI had lived up to the name “the war to end all wars”. In 1954, President Eisenhower, himself a WWII veteran, signed a bill...

Christmas party at the Gables

This year, our Christmas Party will be catered by Barbara Gibson of Specialties of the House. The menu is as follows: Beef Tenderloin with Au Poivre Sauce Oven Roasted Shrimp Garnish Mashed Potato Casserole Southern Green Beans Cranberry Orange Congealed Salad Sour Cream Muffin Individual Savannah Trifles Iced Tea, Water...

Scientists find potential target for dry AMD

Results may lead to first drug targeting the blinding condition. Scientists have good news for patients who suffer from currently untreatable dry age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD). In a new study, researchers identified a potential target for future therapies to slow the progression of the blinding condition. Published in Investigative...

The Center for the Visually Impaired

Nell Robinson from the Center for the Visually Impaired will be here to teach a class on Wednesday, November 18th at 1:30PM. If you are interested and have not yet filled out an application, please see Haleigh ASAP!...

Exercise to maintain a healthy brain while aging

Structural deterioration of the brain associated with old age can be eased by long-term aerobic exercise starting in mid-life, according to research published in PLOS Biology. Exercise from middle age can help prevent dementia later in life. Frailty and cognitive decline tend to accompany aging, and exercise is known to...