Golden LivingCenter - Thomasville

• Low Carb Plant Sourced Diet Better Than Animal Sourced One

  Sep. 07, 2010

  If you want to live longer, you are better off on a low carb diet which is vegetable based, rather than one whose proteins are sourced from animals, according to a study involving 129,716 men and women published this week in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine...

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• Facts about hair transplants if you are bald or have thinning hair

  Sep. 04, 2010

  More from myOptumHealth More>> Facts about hair transplants if you are bald or have thinning hair Thinking about a hair transplant for baldness or thinning hair? Here are some things you'll need to keep in mind.

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• Why Fish Oils Work Swimmingly Against Diabetes

  Sep. 03, 2010

  Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the molecular mechanism that makes omega-3 fatty acids so effective in reducing chronic inflammation and insulin resistance. The discovery could lead to development of a simple dietary remedy for many of the more than 23 million Americans suffering from diabetes and other conditions...

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LivingCenter Newsletter

• GOLDEN LIVINGCENTER STAFF

  Jul. 01, 2010

  PATTY FOWLES	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  LYNN WALDRON	DIR. OF NURSING SERVICES
  TERESA BLANKENSHIP	BUSINESS OFFICE MANAGER
  KIM JOHNSON	DIR. OF CLINICAL EDUCATION
  KELLEY POITEVINT	SOCIAL SERVICES
  JENNY BLANTON	REC. SERVICES DIRECTOR
  KIM HESTER	MED. RECORDS/CENTRAL SUPPLY
  JEANNIE MCGOVERN	DIR. OF DINING SERVICES
  CHARLES JACKSON	MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR

• Wit & Wisdom

  Jul. 01, 2010

  "The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage."; —Thucydides

  "Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?"; —George Carlin

  "There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free."; —Walter Cronkite

  "Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them—and then, the opportunity to choose."; —C. Wright Mills

  "You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free."; —Clarence Darrow

  "The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with."; —Eleanor Holmes Norton

• Before A/C

  Jul. 01, 2010

  Use this discussion topic to reminisce about your past. Talk with friends and learn how everyone's experiences were similar or different.

  The idea of circulating cool air through a building dates back to the Chinese Han Dynasty, in the 2nd century, but it was not until the 1940s and '50s that air-conditioning window units became widely available. Did your past homes have A/C?

  What did you do to stay cool during summer days? Swim? Sip lemonade in the shade? Relax on the porch swing?

  Willis Carrier developed the first commercial A/C system and convinced Paramount Pictures Corporation in the 1920s to install it in the Rivoli Theater on Times Square. This started the summer box-office boom, as thousands flocked to experience the cool-air comfort. Do you remember seeing a movie for the first time in an air-conditioned theater?