Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Health – NY Cities Electronic Medical Records

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This week we are talking about Efforts of NY Cities Medical Records.

We have talked about electronic medical records before. There are many reasons to use an electronic medical record. However cost has been one of the largest limiting factors.

New York City is one of the sites trying to institute electronic medical records city wide. They have a $60 million dollar city health department project. They are visiting each primary care physician's office and trying to sign them up. The health department will subsidize the cost under certain conditions and will sharing financial rewards for those providing care according to their goals.

This custom system has a lot of bells and whistles in it. These include checks to see if prescriptions have been filled, vaccinations due, suggestions on care and prescription. This could be very helpful to the provider.

One down side seen early is that getting used to the system has slowed down many doctors offices. But over time it is hoped that the slowdown will disappear.

One up side is the possibility that the overall quality of care will increase.

It will be interesting to see how this system works over time.

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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Finance – Healty Food for $1.00

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This week we are talking about Healthy Food for $1.00.

A web site called DivineCaroline created a list of 20 healthy foods for under $1.00. To get these foods you will need to visit the raw food sections of your grocery store. Also is you don't find food you like on the list look for similar foods in the same section of the store. So here is the list:

1. Oats
2. Eggs
3. Kale
4. Potatoes
5. Apples
6. Nuts
7. Bananas
8. Garbanzo Beans
9. Broccoli
10. Watermelon
11. Wild Rice
12. Beets
13. Butternut Squash
14. Whole Grain Pasta
15. Spinach
16. Sardines
17. Tofu
18. Milk
19. Pumpkin Seeds
20. Coffee

Remember to save money you will need to spend more time preparing food in your kitchen.

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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Technology – The Move To Digital TV

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This week we are talking about The Move To Digital TV.

D-day is February 18th this year. That is the day all TV signals will be digital only.

So what does that mean for you? If you currently get your TV stations through either cable or satellite, you do not need to do anything. If you only use in indoor or outdoor antenna to get your TV signal, you need to act fast or your TV will not work after February 18th.

If you need to upgrade to digital TV you can get a converter box that will allow your TV to continue working after February 18th. The box cost from $50.00 up. You can request a coupon worth $40.00 toward the converter box from www.dtv2009.gov or call 888-388-2009. Recent news is that the government has run out of coupons. It may be worth your time to try anyway. You never know or find someone who has not used their coupon. The coupons, if you can find one, do have an expiration date.

With the converter box your old TV should work. You should not need to buy a new TV. However if the converter box doesn't work, you may need a new antenna. Digital signals are all or nothing. That means if the signal is too weak you will see nothing on you TV. If you got the channel before you may need a new digital antenna to get it now.

Of course you could sign up for cable or satellite TV and not need the converter. All of that is covered by the cable or satellite company's equipment. But if your TV is really old, you may be forced to buy a new one.

President elect Obama has asked for a delay in the mandatory change over to digital signals. So the February 18 deadline may be postponed. We will have to wait and see.

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Update

After we finished recording this post, we discovered that the transition date will most likely be posponed.  For more information go to http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=133683

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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Family – French Paradox

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This week we are talking about French Paradox.

We found an article by Dianne Ronnow titled "The Red Wine Secrets of the French Paradox" to be very interesting. According to the article:

American scientists and other health experts are try to discover the "secret" behind the French Paradox. The problem is that the French consume three times as much saturated fat as Americans and one-third less French people die from heart attacks. The French also have much less obesity than America and other Western countries.

The French eat rich foods high in saturated fats. But they also consume red wine and olive oil. Researchers have found olive oil to be a heart-healthy source of fat.

Some scientists believe the French habit of moderate red wine drinking with a meal is the key to French paradox. Studies show that people who drink red wine regularly have lower rates of cancer, Alzheimers, and heart disease.

Red wine and red grapes contain special flavinoid antioxidants called resveratrol, that can offset some of the effects of gluttony. Resveratrol is shown to help lower glucose levels, help your liver, and promote health benefits to the heart and blood vessels.

Red grapes are one of the richest sources of resveratrol flavonoids, which is why red wine is more heart-healthy than white wine, beer, or other spirits.

Resveratrol, researchers are now finding out that it helps us by preventing the negative effects of high-calorie diets, and it has anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer potential.

Researchers are finding that antioxidants seem to trigger receptors in your upper intestine that tell your brain you're full. Lab animals fed the extracts also decreased their food intake by about 8%. This could explain why Resveratrol- a powerful antioxidant- seems to produce a weight loss effect that many people's experience when they use it.

Resveratrol amounts are very small in most red wines in the United States, because of the way that most grapes are grown and processed.

So it would seem that red wine (French) may be helpful in losing weight, reducing the risk of heart disease, cancer and Alzheimers. But it would be better to drink French red wine because of the higher levels of resveratrol.

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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Family – Taking a Vacation

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This week we are talking about Taking a Vacation.

We have decided to take a vacation. It is the holiday season and so what better time to take a vacation. So we will be back next year.

We want to wish everyone a safe and wonderful holiday season. See you all next year.

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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Health -Touch It

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This week we are talking about Touch It.

Most of us think about our sense of vision, hearing, smelling and taste. All located in our skull. But what about touch? Where is it located?

Touch is located all over our body. It is made up of different types of touch receptors: mechanoreceptors for pressure and vibration; thermal receptors for hot and cold; kinesthetic receptors that keep track of where our body parts are such as arms and legs; and pain receptors for pain. Being located all over our body means that their reactions are sent to the brain via the spinal cord. Our brain is amazing. It can tell where the pain is located on our body.

As good as our sense of touch is, it can be fooled especially if we isolate it from the other senses. For example if you touch a raised line drawing of a screw driver you will probably not be able to determine what it is. No contour, weight, thermal information. We like a lot of different types of information to decide what something is.

But just to give you an idea how sensitive touch is. You can feel a dot the size of a period if it is raised only one micron. Your eyes can only detect something 100 microns in size.

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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Finance – Encore Careers

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This week we are talking about Encore Careers.

An encore career or post career or engaged retirement is a new or second career undertaken after the first career is finished. Over half the Americans between 50 and 70 want to find a career that has a social impact after their primary career ends. Are you one of these?

Finding that social impact encore career can be a challenge. But the non-profit organizations are facing a 600,000 senior management deficit. So there are opportunities especially if you have the experience they are looking for.

Harvard is experimenting with an Advanced Leadership Initiative that is designed to help people who want an encore career focused on a social problem to learn and find that encore career. Interestingly the final task for these students is not a thesis but a business plan.

Now that's getting practical.

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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Technology – The Cloud

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This week we are talking about The Cloud.

Cloud computing has gotten a lot of press lately. There are new small inexpensive computers that are designed for "cloud computing". So what is cloud computing?

Simply it is using the Internet for all of your needs. For example if you need to write a paper, you could use Google Doc's and it is saved on the Internet. This of the Internet as your own hard drive and program platform.

The biggest advantage to the user is that most of the applications are free and you could use your smart phone. So you have access to your work 24 hours a day every day of the year as long as you have an Internet connection.

That is why the new smaller computers designed for cloud computing are so cheap. They don't need a lot of power, the Internet supplies all the power you need.

So consider cloud computing for yourself, family, business. Yes it could work for your business too. Soon you will not need a large IT department only a high speed reliable Internet connection.

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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Family – Too Old?

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This week we are talking about Too Old?

The New York Times had an article about a 73 year old college basketball player – Ken Mink. Ken had played college at the regular college age but was expelled from school before he finished. That always bothered him. So after retiring and still enjoying basketball, he wrote to 8 small colleges in his neighborhood. One accepted him – Roane State Community College. So now he is one of their basketball guards.

He has a goal of scoring in the double digits, not in a game but for the season. Being 6 foot tall and with a good shooting arm, he can make the shots. His usual tactic seems to be to get fouled and make the free throws.

The opposition is not sure what to do but there have been threats that if he scores on you, the team will never let you forget it. Being beat by a 73 year old can be a problem for a twenty year old.

Ken's wife is philosophical about the whole thing. She also has a sense of humor. At one game she dressed as a retro cheerleader and held up a sign that stated "Ken Can, He's Our Medicare Man."

So it may not be too late for you to relive one of your dreams, no matter how old you are.

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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Health – Stretching

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This week we are talking about Stretching.

Stretching before you exercise is good for you. Maybe! It depends upon on the type of stretching you do.

The old fashioned static stretching – holding a stretch for 20 seconds – is not good for you. It actually weakens the muscle for up to 30 minutes.

You need to start your stretching with an aerobic warm up such a jogging. This warms the muscles and dilates the blood vessels, increasing the blood flow. Follow this with dynamic stretching. For example the straight leg march. Stand up and kick you right leg up with toes pointed to the sky. Touch your toes with your left hand. Bring the leg down and repeat with the left leg and right hand. Do 6 repetitions of this.

We don't know if dynamic stretching protects against injury but we do know that static stretching offers no protection at all.

Thanks to Gretchen Reynolds and the NY Times for this information.

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