Microplastics and Your Health: Small Particles, Big Concerns
You can’t completely avoid microplastics, but you can take actions to reduce them in your food.
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Unplug and Recharge With a Digital Detox
Break free from the digital noise and reconnect with the world around you.
Beyond the Diet: How Small Lifestyle Changes Can Lead to Big Results
How to make healthy habits that last, without the crash and burn of a restrictive diet.
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Regina’s Story
Regina had lost and kept off 70lbs from what she had learned through the Lifestyle Change Program, so the OTC medication and nightly snack combo created an extra layer of discontent for Regina. She knew that this method of managing her pain wasn’t working...
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Exploring Self Care
Self-care involves taking action to support your well-being, as well as having access to the resources and tools that empower you to take care of yourself.
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Medication Management
Medication errors are common, especially among older adults, but they can happen to anyone. So how can you make sure you’re taking the right meds, at the right time, in the right doses?
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Debunking the Myths of Older Adult Falls
To promote greater awareness and understanding here are 10 common myths—and the reality—about older adult falls.
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Around the Basin: Joint Friendly Activities
Try out low-impact exercises and see how you like them. Here are our favorite low-impact exercises and where you can do them in the Basin.
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Take Care of Your Joints with Low-Impact Exercises
We all know that regular exercise is important to our overall health and well-being. Regular exercise reduces anxiety and depression symptoms and can lower your blood pressure and risk of prediabetes. Most doctors recommend 30 minutes of moderate physical activity daily. But where do...
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Health column: Anti-inflammatory diets can help defend against autoimmune diseases
Autoimmune diseases are complicated and diverse. I could name a dozen without even thinking too hard about it, and they each have different causes, medications, and therapies.
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Klamath Cook-Off: Sky Lakes Showdown
The Sky Lakes Wellness Center hosted its very first employee cooking competition! This competition between employees is a lot like Chopped, where teams are given a random selection of ingredients and must create a dish within the time limit using all the mystery ingredients....
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Klamath Trails Challenge 2022!
Join us for the second annual Klamath Trails Challenge! This free challenge runs from May 28 to September 8. Get outside this summer and win prizes. Download the passport by clicking the button below or stop by the Wellness Center to pick-up your copy....
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Sky Lakes Bike to Work Day 2022
“On bike to work day this year we had 31 people bike to work at the Sky Lakes station, and 107 over all 6 locations. At Sky Lakes, we commuted 82.15 miles, and as a community as a whole we did over 300 miles!”