Don't 'Eat then Fall Asleep'
Falling asleep directly after eating can both impede digestion and lead to rapid weight gain, especially if it's a a regular habit around the holidays. Hence, its a good idea to apply some common sense to when and how much we eat and to pay attention to the benefits of exercise.
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Can a diet high in fat ultimately lead to dementia?
I’m middle aged, in decent shape and I don’t have diabetes…yet. I love pizza, bread and pasta and although I’ve cut way back on fried food, I can’t fathom a burger without a side of Five Guys fries. Sound familiar?
Obesity is a huge problem for American adults. Every day is a feeding frenzy from breakfast to dinner, high-fat foods prevail and not one of us gets enough exercise.
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Careless Coral Springs ‘Shrink’ prescribes life-threatening drug
I would be remiss as a journalist in not sharing a recent, life threatening encounter with a local psychiatrist I chose from my BC/BS provider list to assess my bipolar disorder. For those of you unfamiliar with the ‘disease,’ symptoms of bipolar include mood swings, hyper-imagination, unprovoked irritability and some of a more serious nature as manic behavior intensifies.
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Reader's Letter
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The 'Palms at Atlantic' Living with Filth
With just a slight breeze blowing north, you can smell the garbage heap when pulling into the complex from Atlantic Boulevard. A smell similar to passing the dump on Powerline Road. Although garbage collection is all but halted in the neighborhood, residents of the ‘Palms at Atlantic’ keep piling it high.
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Palm Lakes Residents Looking for City Bailout
A victim to America’s declining interest in the sport of golf, the 18-acre parcel along Margate’s West Atlantic Boulevard formerly known as the Palm Lakes Golf Course has remained barren for years. The owner, Palm Lakes Holding LLC, wants to re-zone two acres of the property for a shopping mall and hand the remaining sixteen arsenic-ridden acres over to the city for a passive park.
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Project Lifesaver spares the life of wandering seniors
Two seniors too many in Margate have lost their lives this week to what may be a likely culprit: wandering caused by dementia.
Charles William Takacs, 94, was found facedown in a Coral Springs canal Thursday and Marguerite Fragapane, 71, was pulled from a Pompano canal Friday. Both Margate residents who apparently suffered from the ill-fated progressive brain disorder known as dementia that destroys memory and intellectual function.
Both were last seen wandering away from their homes on foot. Presently, no foul play is suspect in either case.
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Is Margate Rabies-free?
The chances of encountering a rabid animal in Margate are slim to none. Unlike the 60-year-old man recently bitten by a rabid fox in Boca’s South Beach Park, we’re more fortunate here in Margate.
Not only do we have our own animal control department in the city, Margate animal control officers have laid about 1,000 baits so far this year as part of a countywide effort to orally vaccinate raccoons, feral cats and foxes from rabies.
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Chinese Drywall: Fact, Fiction, Political Grandstanding
You’ve read the stories: nosebleeds; dizziness; persistent cough; itchy, irritated eyes and skin; recurring headaches; sinus infection; asthma attacks and runny nose. Your house smells like rotten eggs and the guts of your air-conditioning unit and appliances corrode quickly. It could be Chinese drywall, you could have allergies or you could be a hypochondriac.
Then again, you might just be trying to get out from underneath your mortgage since the house you bought during the boom years is worth a whole lot less.
Caveat Emptor?
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Margate Senior Center helps seniors stay cool for summer
Margate’s Northwest Focal Point Senior Center every year receives grant money from the Emergency Home Energy Assistance Program (EHEAP) to pay the seasonal electric bills of seniors 60 and older whose electricity FPL is threatening to shut off. This year the center received four times its usual $7K allocation, or $28,000.
“It’s so much more money than we usually get,” said Project Director for the Center, Kelly D. Costa “I don’t even know if we can spend it all.”
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The Margate Swine Flu Handbook
Based on reports from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), Red Cross and Homeland Security, there are measures we can take to avoid contracting swine flu. In fact, if we all just follow some simple steps and remain calm, cool and logical, swine flu will pass us by. You may also find peace of mind knowing that every hospital in Florida, including Margate’s Northwest Medical Center, has a tactical plan in place in case swine flu goes pandemic.
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