The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of the Red River Valley, sponsored by the University of Minnesota-Crookston, recently received $1,000 from Roseau's LifeCare Medical Center's LifeCare Health ...

BRATTLEBORO -- A new RSVP Bone Builders class has started in Vernon. The class meets on Mondays and Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. at Vernon Senior Housing, 82 Huckle Hill Road. Bone Builders classes are ...

The Monday morning Bone Builders exercise class at the Morgan Park Community Center doesn't usually end its sessions with a dance party. But the usual senior-focused strength and stretch exercise ...

Trish Zimmer is perhaps more fit than many people who are in their mid-40s. Except, Zimmer, of Rochester, is 80 years old. Carol Fishbune, center, volunteer instructor, leads a small group in a low ...

When Sue Degallier of Common Good Retired and Senior Volunteering Program hosted an informational meeting about a free Bone Builders class in Winona, she expected a handful of people to show interest.

Many great people and innovative ideas can trace their origin to Vermont. Vermont was home to President Calvin Coolidge. Rotary International founder Paul P. Harris was raised here. John Deere was ...

Osteoporosis occurs when your body loses too much bone, makes too little bone, or both. The disease is often described as silent because your bones may weaken overtime without causing outward symptoms ...

Many people think of bones as static and unchanging, but bones are actually dynamic, living tissues. They constantly undergo a process called remodeling, where old bone tissue is broken down ...

An 8-month high-intensity resistance and impact training program (HiRIT, Onero) led to greater gains in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) and leg/back strength than a low-intensity Pilates-based ...