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HEALTH NOTES

from page 196

The University of Michigan Compre-
hensive Cancer Center will offer free
prostate cancer screenings on the
evening of Sept. 24. To schedule an
exam, call (800) 865-1125.

The Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Oakland County will hold a general
meeting 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
24, at Beaumont Hospital in Royal
Oak.

To have an event included in the
Notes column, please include the
name, time, day, date, location
and subject of the event as well as
a contact name and phone num-
ber. Send all information at least
two weeks in advance to Alan
Hitsky, Detroit Jewish News,
27676 Franklin Road, Smithfield,
MI 48034.

From Michael, Debbie & Rachel Wolfe
And The Staff At

WOLFE TRAVEL
CORPORATION

Crosswinds Mall
4301 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 180
West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323
248-855-4100

A WISH FOR HEALTH,
HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY
IN THE COMING YEAR

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AND THE STAFF OF BOOK COUZENS TRAVEL

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Excercise Helps
Older Adults

San Diego (CNS) — If young chil-
dren can never get out of bed, many
older adults have difficulty getting a
sound night's sleep. Help for them is
as simple as regular exercise, accord-
ing to a recent issue of the Journal
of the American Medical Associa-
tion.
Researchers at Stanford University
School of Medicine in California
found that regular, moderate-intensi-
ty exercise improves the quality of
sleep for people over 50. Study par-
ticipants who exercised 30 to 40
minutes four times a week over a 16-
week period slept almost an hour
longer than participants who didn't
work out. The exercisers also cur in
half the time it normally took them
to fall asleep.
Low-impact aerobics and brisk
walking are good examples of the
type of moderate-intensity exercise
that promotes better sleep.
These findings are encouraging
because poor sleep is one of the most
common complaints among middle-
age and older adults. According to
the researchers, "While only consti-
tuting 12 percent of the population,
older adults in the U.S. receive 35
percent to 40 percent of the seda-
tive-hypnotics prescribed, the major-
ity on a long-term basis." But regular
exercise is a healthier, drug-free alter-
native. ❑

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