Aqua Flex'n Stretch

08/11/2024

Star party at Griffith Observatory. Great view of moon and sun spots from our friend’s telescope. Always amazing to see our universe and its billions of galaxies and stars.

10/09/2023

Israel has been violently attacked this morning on our holiday. Over 200 civilians and others killed including children in cities.
We support Israel 🇮🇱 and her right to exist.
Gather in solidarity tomorrow night.

10/08/2023

We stand with Israel!!

10/08/2023

🇮🇱 In a heart-wrenching and high-risk mission, IDF Special Forces have heroically rescued dozens of Israeli civilians from captivity in Kibbutz Be'eri, after a traumatic abduction from their homes earlier today. A profound THANK YOU to our courageous first-line defenders for their unwavering resolve in bringing our people home from the clutches of terror. The Jewish world is relying on your bravery, and you are delivering! 🙌❤️

Support Israel's defenders now - their fight is our future! https://fidf.org/IsraelUnderAttack

09/23/2023

To all our friends and family around the world:

08/27/2023

I’m going to miss our Aperol Spritzes till the company that sells it, Campari, stops selling to Russia. Join me in urging them to stop!

05/07/2020

Looking forward to getting back in the water to empower people!

03/30/2020

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/covid-19-through-air-contaminated-objects

Excellent article. Be vigilant!!

Scientists investigated how long the virus remained infectious on cardboard, metal and plastic.

02/19/2019

Doing a lap or two after our aqua class workout. You go girls!!

04/22/2017

Great rotator exercises with or without bands and on land or in water.

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04/17/2017

Great workout! Wish they were more available.

Whether you call it water running, aqua jogging or hydrotherapy, you can’t beat a workout in water for an array of health benefits, many experts say. Everyone f...

04/01/2017

Stay healthy!

Read and share this infographic about the positive impact of healthy diet and exercise for older adults.

02/07/2017

Surprised? Good information. Exercise alone cannot cause weight loss. You need to look at your food choices and stress level. Not easy but the formula for staying lean and healthy.

http://naturalhealthsherpa.com/do-this-instead-of-exercise-to-lose-weight/522147--What if I were to tell you that exercise is fairly useless for losing weigh...

11/14/2016

Zebrafish Study May Provide Clues for Spinal Cord Repair in Humans (November 9, 2016)

In freshwater zebrafish, their spinal cords are able to heal completely after being severed. From observing this process, scientists suggest a particular protein is responsible and may generate new leads for spinal cord repair in humans.

The Duke University scientists suggest, in their study appearing in the journal Science, that CTGF (connective tissue growth factor) protein is one of those responsible for the repair process in zebrafish.

A media release from Duke University explains that when zebrafish regenerate their severed spinal cord, a bridge forms. The first cells extend projections into a distance tens of times their own length and connect across a wide gulf of the injury. Nerve cells follow. By 8 weeks, new nerve tissue has filled the gap and the animals have fully reversed their severe paralysis.

The levels of CTGF rose in the supporting cells, or clia, that formed the bridge among zebrafish in the first 2 weeks following a spinal cord injury. When they tried to delete CTGF genetically, the zebrafish failed to regenerate their spinal cord, the researchers note.

“We were surprised that it was expressed in only a fraction of glial cells after the injury. We thought that these glial cells and this gene must be important,” says lead author Mayssa Mokalled, a postdoctoral fellow in senior investigator Kenneth Poss’s group.

The human CTGF protein is nearly 90% similar in its amino acid building blocks to the zebrafish form. When the team added the human version of CTGF to the injury site in fish, it boosted regeneration and the fish swam better by 2 weeks after the injury, the release continues.

“The fish go from paralyzed to swimming in the tank. The effect of the protein is striking,” Mokalled adds.

The second half of the CTGF protein seems to be key to healing, the researchers suggest.

However, CTGF may not be sufficient on its own to help humans regenerate their own spinal cords postinjury since healing is more complex in mammals, in part because scar tissue forms around the injury, according to Poss, professor of cell biology and director of the Regeneration Next initiative at Duke University, in the release.

“I don’t think CTGF is the complete answer, but it’s a great thing to have in hand to inform new ways to think about the real challenge of trying to improve regeneration,” Poss states.

[Source(s): Duke University, Science Daily]

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07/18/2016

Cassey of Bogilates at the IDEA fitness expo yesterday. Her programs are great. Fun Expo this year. Lot of new energy drinks and nutritional snacks.

07/11/2016

Wanna take a swim?