10.21.2009 4:11 pm
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I spent last week in Lebanon at a conference organized by Saint George Hospital and the University of Balamand. In Lebanon approximately 60% of the population are muslim and the rest christian. While I was there I had the opportunity…

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09.12.2009 7:02 am
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This blog is written from Holland, where I just gave the keynote address at a Conference at Radboud University in Nijmegen. The conference focused on the science of movement. As succinctly put by the organizer, Professor Sander Geurts “The motto…

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09.07.2009 6:28 pm
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My grandchild, Amanda, consistently tells me that “stupid” is a very bad word and it should never be used. However over a lifetime of doing very stupid things myself and watching others being equally stupid, I have become rather enamoured…

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08.14.2009 4:32 pm
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Two important publications appeared in yesterdays issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.The first article found that in persons in New York who ate predominantly a Mediterranean diet had a reduced chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease.They also reported that…

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