We Are the World

We lost part of our global family in Haiti.

Please reflect on heartbreaking images you have been watching during the past week, showing the devastation in Haiti. If you haven’t already, listen to your heart and donate whatever you can.

We are the world…We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day…

So let’s start giving”

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Exercise and Children

Children need at least sixty minutes of physical activity every day

Medline Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health offers a collection of evidence-based, documented articles on popular health topics.

This article on Exercise and Children points to the need for Daily Physical Education in our schools. 4,299 additional articles relating to exercise are posted on this comprehensive Medline Plus website

Exercise May Aid Cognitive Function

Moderate exercise proves key to reducing cognitive impairment during aging

Charles Bankhead writing for MedPage Today, reports “Almost any amount of moderate physical activity in mid- or late life reduced the odds of mild cognitive impairment by 30% to 40% in an ongoing cohort study by Yonas E. Geda, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. For more information regarding this study, and for more studies on Exercise and Fitness focused on body brain function, visit MedPage Today.