- It's Heart-Healthy
Get your heart pumping through Zumba's Latin-inspired dance moves. These fun movements provide an easy way to strengthen your cardiovascular and respiratory systems. - A Great Way to De-...
Multiple strokes, diabetes, a heart attack – even Lupus – aren’t enough to keep the 63-year-old CHF member from her goals.
Life has been dealing Ana Maria Maresca tough cards for most of her adult life –...
For 75-year-old Center for Health & Fitness (CHF) member Bob Caplan, hip arthritis threatened to derail two important life goals: adventure travel and hiking with friends and family. To get back on the trail, Bob followed medical recommendations...
Although she was born and raised in Minnesota, Marcie Dean made Manhattan Beach her home in the early 1960s. Working as a stewardess for United Airlines at the time, she asked for a transfer to be close to her then boyfriend, Ed Dean, who later became...
South Bay native Rick Rasnick, once one of the most promising young coaches in college football, is now struggling with the debilitating effects of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
When you meet Rick Rasnick, 58, the first...
A vital component of cognitive health involves nourishing your brain with the nutrients it needs to function at a high level. According to acclaimed neurologists, Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai of Loma Linda University Medical Center, it's best to get...
by David Mendez, Easy Reader News
The Beach Cities, as a whole, continue to be at the top of rankings indexing regional well-being across the country.
Although overall well-being in Manhattan, Hermosa, and Redondo Beach is statistically...
by David Mendez, Easy Reader News
At the Beach Cities Health District’s 2018 Spirit of Wellness awards last Thursday at the Portofino Inn Hotel and Marina, personal trainer Derick Malit told the story of Rick “Razz” Rasnick.
“Whenever I...
Seventy-year-old Richard Lawson has the heart of a 21-year-old.
A 45-year resident of Manhattan Beach, Lawson developed congestive heart failure and ventricular fibrillation in 2016 and his heart was quickly failing. He needed a heart...
From volunteering as a Restaurant Ambassador for Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) to managing the choir at her church, Laura Petros certainly keeps herself busy in her retirement.
Though originally from Chicago, Laura considers herself a...
