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Mobility Episodes

March 11, 2025

Weight Loss and Bone Loss with Dr. Kristen Beavers

Send us a text In this episode, Dr. Mia and Dr. Kristin Beavers discuss the relationship between weight loss and bone health, emphasizing the importance of exercise, nutrition, and monitoring bone density through DEXA scans. ...

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July 23, 2024

39. Top Tips For Healthy Aging

Send us a Text Message. Summary In this episode, Dr. Mia discusses five things that can help with healthy aging: exercise, diet, sleep, stress and mental health, and positive age-related perceptions. She emphasizes the import...

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Oct. 4, 2023

What to Do About Preventing Falls

Dr. Mia talks about the other main reason why people end up in nursing homes- "legs not working" aka falls, especially the factors that affect people's balance and what to do about each of the risk factors. New format of epis...

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