By Dr. Shellie L. Rosen, PhD, DOM, L.Ac The lower leg muscles, especially the 'soleus,' can boost metabolic health when contracted repeatedly. This muscle helps regulate blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure after meals. Keeping these factors in check promotes...
By Dr. Gerard Muraida September is Healthy Aging Month. This observation provides an opportunity to reconsider what it means to grow older. Healthy aging is not simply the absence of illness; nor is it a demand that people remain youthful. Rather, it is the effort to...
By Prime Time Staff, Most lives are not recorded in history books. They unfold in kitchens, workplaces, gardens, hospital rooms, neighborhood meetings and conversations over coffee. From the outside, such a life may appear ordinary. From inside the lives it has...
By Donald Ortiz, MD; Family Medicine - Optum New Mexico If you're caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease, you know the experience can be both rewarding and challenging. There may be moments of connection, laughter and love, but there are also days that feel...
By Latha Raja Shankar, M.D., VP of Enterprise Quality, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, a time to learn about one of the most common cancers affecting men. While prostate cancer is highly treatable when detected...
By Clyde James Aragon As I sit here in my semi-easy chair, staring at my 60-cents-off-a-gallon gas coupon, I wonder when I will use it. Shall I wait until my old Chevy sputters to a stop, or pull into the next station I come to? Yes, in this day and age of high gas...
By Latha Raja Shankar, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and VP of Health Care Delivery, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico, Ask a Health Care Professional: The Importance of Urinary Tract Health as We Age As we grow older, our bodies change in many ways, and that...
Part Four of a Six-Part Series on Downsizing Once you have decided what you are ready to release, another question quickly follows: What should you do with it all? Some belongings may be worth selling. Others could help a neighbor, family member, or charitable...
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By Dr. Shellie L. Rosen, PhD, DOM, L.Ac, The lymphatic system moves excess fluid from tissues, helps deliver immune cells where they need to go, clears waste and circulates beneficial fluids into the bloodstream. But the only way the lymphatic system can guide these...
