Bloom Archives
Category: Health & Fitness
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Alzheimer’s Patients Partake in a Storytelling Circle
BY CARROL KRAUSE An elderly Alzheimer’s patient, part of a storytelling circle, examines a black-and-white photograph of a woman watching an artist paint. “It…
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The Science of Love Is IU Prof’s Specialty
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS “My goal is to get people to take seriously the science of love,” says Justin Garcia, an assistant professor of gender…
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How Yoga Got Its Start Years Ago at the YMCA
BY CARMEN SIERING In Bloomington, where there seems to be a yoga studio on every block and yoga pants are de rigueur, it’s hard…
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Positive Link Sponsors 11th Annual AIDS Walk
BY JULIE GRAY Four years ago, medical problems brought Tom here so he could be closer to IU Health Bloomington Hospital. At first, Tom…
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AsaBela Studio: Taking Fitness to New Heights (Photo Gallery and Video)
‘Pull yourself up and flip over!’ BY HARLEY WILTSEY Aerial fitness instructor Kristina Downs coaches a student through daring new moves, twisting and spinning…
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Synergetic Farming Fish and Plants Puts Fresh Food on Table All Winter (Photo Gallery)
BY MOYA ANDREWS It may be frigid outdoors, but vegetables growing in a greenhouse owned by Designscape Horticultural Services are still turning up in…
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Jennifer Titus: Competitor with New, Faster Wheelchair (Photo Gallery)
BY BARB BERGGOETZ Jennifer Titus has always found a way. When she played Little League softball, she batted from her wheelchair and a teammate…
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Who Are Those Guys in Black? IU Women Basketball Players Take on Men in Practice (Photo Gallery)
BY MIKE LEONARD Old Westerns popularized the notion that bad guys wear black, and if you watch the Indiana University women’s basketball team practice…
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SIRA Has Come a Long Way in Radiology in the Last 50 Years
BY JANET MANDELSTAM Time and technology have brought many changes to the field of radiology since four doctors incorporated as Southern Indiana Radiological Associates…