Tag: dancing
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Helena Blumen, Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Dancing and Dementia Prevention
Don’t want to exercise? How about a dance instead? Helena Blumen, assistant professor in the department of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, gets us moving and shaking. I’m a cognitive neuroscientist with particular expertise and training in cognitive and motor aging, magnetic resonance imaging and clinical research methods. I completed my Ph.D…
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Lisa Stegall, Hamline University – Moving to the Music May Reduce Fall Risk in the Elderly
Dancing isn’t just for the young. Lisa Stegall, Assistant Professor of Biology at Hamline University, reports the elderly also see a benefit. Dr. Ferguson-Stegall is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Hamline University in Saint Paul, MN, and directs the Integrative Physiology Laboratory. She earned her PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Texas…