ELIXIR OF LIFE
Physical therapist Timothy L. Kauffman
No matter what your age, exercise can be a fountain of youth.
Physical therapist Timothy L. Kauffman, of Kauffman-Gamber Physical Therapy, 804 New Holland Ave., Lancaster, recently spoke at the Royal Irish Academy for the Irish Gerontological Society, in Dublin, Ireland.
His presentation, "Ponce de Leon, Aging and Exercise — The Elixir of Life," dealt with the benefits of exercise on the aging brain and body, quality of life, cancer and heart disease reduction and mortality.
Other presenters included Dr. Catherine Woods, Dublin City University, "Physical Activity and the Older Adult: Why They Do, Why They Don't ... Understanding Motivation"; Bob Laventure, director of Later Life Training, London, "Exercise? Is It Too Late for Me?"; and Martina Mullin, Ireland health-service executive and director of Go For Life, the national program for physical activity and sport for older people, "Go For Life."
The presentations and discussions will be published in the conference proceedings, and the Irish press reported on research findings.
Kauffman-Gamber Physical Therapy has satellite offices in Millersville and Leola.
Kauffman, also an adjunct assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine at Columbia University, New York City, recently co-edited the "Geriatric Rehabilitation Manual — Second Edition" (Elsevier, 2007, $89).
The 576-page, 84-chapter book, with more than 100 contributors worldwide, includes articles by 11 area health practitioners.
For more information, call 396-7766.
THE BEAT
Fight arthritis
This year's Lebanon Arthritis Walk raised $27,353, thanks to 150 walkers.
In conjunction with National Arthritis Month in May, walks were held in more than 400 communities.
Arthritis affects one in five adults and 300,000 children nationwide.
In Pennsylvania, the disease afflicts 2.8 million, including 11,500 children.
For more information, call 274-0754, or visit
www.arthritis.org.
Healthy heart
Changing your diet can be an effective, gentle, inexpensive — and even delicious — way to prevent, relieve or even reverse heart disease, according to columnist Dr. Andrew Weil.
Take steps to reduce your intake of saturated and trans fats by cutting back on red meat; whole-fat dairy foods, like cheese, cream and milk; and heavily processed foods.
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