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Strengthen muscles and improve balance through exercise and dance. The focus in Stepping Up is on fitness and fun and includes group movement to music and exercises, helping reduce fall risk in adults. Activities are designed to improve flexibility, strength, endurance and balance and are customized to each participant’s specific needs and abilities. Stepping Up is offered weekly. How can I participate? Persons with memory loss are referred to Stepping Up through the Smith Alzheimer's Center's Memory & Aging Clinic. Criteria to participate in Stepping Up: Must have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s

Unique mobile app offers burn survivors help toward healing Aspects Volume 38 No. 4 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson Kari Elliott was only five miles from her parents’ home in Macomb when the accident occurred. “I don’t remember the crash, but I will never forget the pain,” says Kari Elliott. The October 2014 accident engulfed her car in flames upon impact. Elliott survived a long list of injuries, multiple surgeries, including skin grafts for second and third degree burns, and a lengthy hospital stay. Elliott was in St. Francis Hospital in Peoria for a month and then

If you’re one of the 80 million Americans who suffer from seasonal allergies, then this spring has brought you watery eyes, sneezing fits and more. Learn what causes this seasonal allergies - and how you can fight back.

Understanding and Addressing Physician Mental Health Well-Being Risk Factors Why Some People Get Burned Out and Others Don't