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September 2010

Hot Weather and Health

With the hot weather we’ve been experiencing in San Ramon lately (and wonderful balmy nights), it’s important to revisit how unusually high temperatures affect health and safety. The most important thing to remember is that young children, especially infants and toddlers are a lot more vulnerable to hot weather.  Their bodies are not mature and [...]

Walking Barefoot to Prevent Back Pain

Image via Wikipedia I’ve been reading about the benefits of walking barefoot from different sources in the media, and believe the concept has merit. There is an assertion that walking in shoes can cause foot, ankle, knee, hip and lower back pain in some people, because it inhibits proper movement of the many internal joints [...]