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CONTENTS
SPECIAL
Mind Shift
At just 48, Robert
Spekman, PhD, a professor
at UVA Darden Graduate
School of Business, learned
he had Parkinson’s.
Eighteen years later, he’s
not sure he’d trade his life
for one without the disease.
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DEPARTMENTS
2 Life in Balance Get
stronger and healthier
as you age. It just takes
setting an attainable
goal, then finding
exercises you love.
46 Virtual Health
Sun-smart apps,
subject-specific social
media, serious insights
about cereal, and
much more!
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FEATURES
Are Hot Flashes Disrupting
Your Life?
Learn what works and doesn’t work
from a UVA menopause expert, who
cuts through the celebrity hype.
Put to the Test
Have worrisome heart symptoms but
were cleared by conventional cardiac
tests? You might need a more powerful exam.
The Ultimate Backto-School Checklist
This timeline will help you get your
child prepped for the new year.
Join the Movement
Strengthen all your major joints with
these easy at-home exercises.
Stroke Stories
Stroke can happen to anyone. Learn
from these four inspiring stories.
5 Steps to Better Bone Health
A guide to help you dodge
osteoarthritis.
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Gut Instinct
The source of your tummy troubles
can be tricky to pinpoint. We help you
identify yours.
Prostate Playbook
Read how survivors have tackled prostate cancer—and how you can decide
which treatment is best for you.
The Main Ingredient
Five simple yet tasty recipes for
people with diabetes (or without).
Looking Ahead
Advance directives can save your
family stress should illness strike.
Inspired Running
To honor her mother and her patients,
a UVA cancer doctor laces up each
year for the Charlottesville Women’s
Four Miler.
Defy Your Age
Make your fourth, fifth, sixth or
any decade your strongest—and
sexiest!—ever.
COVER PHOTO BY CORBIS
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MORGAN FREEMAN
At 75, the legendary actor just keeps getting better with
age. Learn how he eats well, keeps his mind sharp, and has
an A-plus attitude to polish the performance of his life.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Summer 2013 - University of Virginia
Vim & Vigor - Summer 2013 - University of Virginia
Contents
Life in Balance
Are Hot Flashes Disrupting Your Life?
Put to the Test
The Ultimate Back-to-School Checklist
Join the Movement
Stroke Stories
5 Steps to Better Bone Health
Gut Instinct
Morgan Freeman
Prostate Playbook
The Main Ingredient
Looking Ahead
Virtual Health
Mind Shift
Inspired Running
Defy Your Age
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