Carla Eckels news segment

I'm glad that this is the last day of school because we get to go to places like Chuggy Cheese or Wipes Yay. Go on the women and stay. The best part is starting again at school. Let's cause I get to learn tracking now. Hope I make it to the nationals and get like I did last year. Because then we get to go out of town and stuff and then we get to spend time with our families. Mary McGee, I'm a teacher, math science and chemistry and I look forward to going to Kenya for this summer. We'll get about the books and the bills for a little while and look forward for the next coming year.

I'm going to go, have fun. I'm going to go, have fun. I want to go, have fun. I want to go, have fun. On the tape it tells you to close your eyes and just relax and think of yourself somewhere peaceful and just breathe normal and then you breathe a little steadier and it's just

a little bit of relaxing. Among other things, Dr. Reed trains people in deep breathing exercises. This may sound simple, but Reed says it's not what people naturally do. Maybe we'll take a deep breath when we've just had a stressful situation. But for the most part, we usually take shallow breaths and so what I encourage people to do is learn how to take some deep breaths and do that by actually putting their hand on their belly and as they breathe in, make their belly rise and as they breathe out, make their belly fall and also say to themselves a number or word or phrase, something that helps them to keep focused on their breathing, which can lead to relaxation. Melon says the more she listened to the tapes, the more reassured she felt and found that she really enjoyed them. She says she also reduced her stress by reading motivational books, eating healthy and working out more. Dr. Reed says exercise is a wonderful way of reducing stress. If we could put all of the health benefits of exercising a pill, we would want to take

that pill every single day. Exercise can also just help even with stress. In terms of when you go to the doctor, let's say, and you may get a flu shot, that flu shot is to help inoculate you from the flu. Exercise does the same thing for stress. It helps you to cope better with stress. 88-year-old Ruby Copeland says she experienced the effects of stress after the death of her son-in-law and moving out of a spacious home into a small apartment. Copeland says she and her husband of 67 years let a very active life, working at a family owned office, supplying clear water and participating in activities like the Lions Club and Church. But lately, she's experienced deteriorating health problems with allergies and arthritis. Her husband has severe back problems and can't walk long distances. Next year, Copeland says they had to move into an apartment. I wondered what in the world we would do living by ourselves and our age. And if one of us got sick, what would we do?

You know? Because I didn't know how my husband would be able to take care of me. So anyway, we just, I just was so worried all the time. Copeland says financial problems added to her stress, but she says family has helped, including a son in Chicago, who occasionally sends checks. We spent all our money that we had saved on medicines. And so now we're living just all in so security. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I try, but not as good as you.

Oh, listen to that. No, it seems great. Okay. For the take of me anytime. Sure. And I'm going to turn you here in town and I serve as a senator for the 26th district, which is like everything outside of which dog. Hold on one moment for some reason, I'll just be behind here and that's not good. Let me see if that's enough. It's just like that. I don't know. All right. But not as good. Okay. It's okay. We close up and start again. Okay. We want to say that. Now, this is the way it's supposed to look. Here we go. Where are you? You say you're turning in town? Where are you? Well, my office is on North Main. I'm a sole practitioner, have been for 23 years. I do mainly criminal and traffic stuff. So my motto is I'd rather have 10 drunks, so I'm wanting to wash.

I can reason with drunks, but not very many anymore. No, there's hardly any practice in criminal court. Our, like John Vratel is attorney for a bunch of school districts and works at Lathrop Engage was a big firm in Kansas City, Missouri, and I don't believe that the majority leader has time to practice law, even though they don't get paid. And let's see, Mr. Emert is an attorney, Adam McPherson, and he mainly does, I think, probate and settle. Okay. Now, there's a few like Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Michael Neal. He does mainly medical malpractice defense. So they're almost all a moral civil attorney, so I'm like the only one that's all I do is criminal and traffic. Okay. Because parents are the attorney, too.

I thought that was interesting. I was wondering about that. But back to this, I'm going to read to you what she said in regard to this particular bill. She said, this is the most important tool you can give law enforcement to keep violent feelings off the streets, and I want to get your take on the DNA. Well, obviously DNA has provided a great tool for law enforcement, and it certainly has also provided some exculpatory evidence evidence that showed that people were not guilty of the crimes they were accused of. And so it can be a great tool that helps decide cases effectively. The problem with the bill is that it requires the DNA to be taken prior to conviction. Independent law requires DNA to be taken after conviction. I think it is a tremendous temptation for law enforcement. I tried to moderate the bill and require only the DNA to be taken after a finding of probable cause, after they've either waved preliminary hearing or they have been found to have a probable cause finding and bound over for trial, so that we eliminate that temptation for law enforcement just to trump up a charge so they can get DNA and try to solve another

case. And that was my next point I wanted to know what your thoughts were on that because there could be that possibility that that could happen. Well, I think we saw that happen at least in a couple instances in the BTK investigation that law enforcement just tried to find a reason to get that sample. See, that's a major concern. But on the other hand, Patty is saying, you know, we're going to cast these people, it's going to help in the sense that there's probably a lot of people out there that recommit crimes. And in fact, if we have this law in place, then we can give them off the streets quicker. Well, undoubtedly, there are people out there that do recommit crimes and the issue really turns into a due process and probable cause issue about getting that sample. Also another problem with the bill is that it allows for charging of a new criminal charge of refusing to give that sample where current law, if a person is placed on probation for a felony conviction, then they can be held in contempt of court and their probation revoked. So it doesn't create a whole new set of issues of being a new crime for this very private

information to be given to the state. Really? Yes. I didn't know that. Of course, I didn't get a chance to talk about that. There were two amendments that I proposed on the bill that I was unable to get on in committee. One was to change it from time of arrest to time after probable cause finding. And then the other was to change it from a new crime to contempt of court. Because if they get charged with a new misdemeanor, they have no motivation to give that sample up. Where if they're in contempt of court, immediately when they give the sample, they purge the contempt and they're allowed to go back to their lives. Well, sometimes you'll kind of see the way. But if you refuse to give a sample in trouble as well, that would make sense. Right. And I know how it's going to happen in the booking desk. I mean, you know, somebody's going to go, no, you can't swab my mouth and they're going to wrestle them down to the floor and they're going to put their knee on the side of their head and they're going to shove a rubber door stop in their mouth and shove that big cutie bin there. So they can get the sample they want or a far more intrusive method would be to simply get a blood sample, which would require hyperderminal, which is much more intrusive.

What do you think, since you're in terms of how a system can detect themselves from this? Is there no way to pass this? Well, if this thing passes, then if you're arrested, you have to comply. And another problem we've got with the bill, too, is simply the cost of doing the testing. Right now, there is not enough money in the state budget for the Kansas Bureau investigation and hasn't been for a number of years and they have a substantial backlog of DNA database creation. So they have not been able to complete the test they've got. Another problem with the bill is that it allows for a third party to actually do the testing and keep the database. And with the experience we've seen with choice point in particular, which does this substantially for a lot of other jurisdictions, they lost 3 million Americans DNA records from their medical database through hackers, just like they lose credit card numbers. And this DNA information is very useful now for insurance companies to determine your

rates. It's very useful for employers to deny employment based upon a genetic predisposition that would cause their health insurance costs to go up. And it is certainly a basis for the potential of discrimination. I mean, you know, when I was in the hearings, I kept referring to the movie Gatica, which is a society that is in this sci-fi movie, it's a society that everything is determined by your DNA. Well, under the amendment that was put on in the Senate, in the original version of the bill, the DNA would have never been destroyed. And the amendment put on in the Senate, the DNA is destroyed. But if you're found not guilty of the charge, your DNA is not removed from the database. Okay.

My goodness. So it can stay there indefinitely. Yes. It stays there indefinitely. Okay. And if you're arrested and never charged with a crime, which happens very often because, you know, the officer makes a mistake or there isn't enough evidence, then it's never removed from the database even though you're never charged with a crime. Hmm. And I think she's getting the impression that it would be, but you're saying no. No. Okay. No. And the bill's available at KS Legislature.org, and you can look it up. I forget the bill number. I'll top my head. But it's sure. And what about, she mentioned something that would be minimal cost, $40 each time that they do it. You mentioned cost before. Well, but when you multiply that, assuming that the $40 is correct by the probably quarter of a million arrests a year, it starts turning into real money. Any other comment about this? Well, I think that the intent behind the legislation was positive. And I believe that the amendments that were offered improved the bill substantially and protecting individual rights and this very private information. And I was unsuccessful, unfortunately, in getting those amendments placed on the bill.

So we'll keep working on that. Right now, it's in conference. And there are two different versions. One's passed by the House, one passed by the Senate, and we'll see what the conference report comes back. That should be what next wins do sometimes. Yeah, we go back to the legislature next Wednesday, and there are probably conference committee scheduled for this legislation along with dozens of other bills, including school finance. We'll see where they all come out at. Okay. Well, thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. My pleasure. How's the budget coming today? Great. Okay. Well, I think it's an interesting one, and it's really been pretty much off the radar screens here. There have been a couple bills in the Kansas City. There are a couple articles in the Kansas City star because that's where she's from. Right. Lee Wood writes. She's from New York. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm saying this real quick. What do you mean? It's sure you've got to make sure that hard drive is working. I cannot have. Take a chance on losing anything. No. Confirms. Take a look. There are some familiar words. We're for the BTK one of those days.

It's helping. And it's to L's, right? Yes. I was going to be put doctor. No. No, no, that's your stocker. We're not real don't Oh, I don't do it like Phil Klein now Yeah, yeah, my Philip is two L's but when it's Phil it's just why but that's all right Yeah, don't file only stays here. No problem there. Yeah, I'll just make sure I fix that though. I like to spell people's names correct How would you feel about the results? I was shocked I mean, I really mean you don't because you don't feel bad and I knew that I when I had to hit that chair and Dr. Mndu did the exchange said you have broke a couple ribs. I was like, you know, I know they heard But you know, I'd had cracked ribbed as a child and I was like, wow it shouldn't hurt like this, but I Had no idea. I mean, you just kind of think wait a minute. I'm doing everything right

Why would this happen? There's no rhyme or reason that they can find out So you didn't know you had the brother ribs? Well, I knew they hurt so I thought maybe I just kind of fracked You know, you just cracked your ribs when you fall and that's kind of because I just kind of fell into a chair It wasn't like anything I lost my balance and kind of was moving around trying to dance Hit that chair and that hurt and I went in for a checkup and I said, you know, by the way And she said, let's just do an x-ray and when the x-ray came back and she said you actually broke those That was her first indication that that really shouldn't happen, so So after you okay, you started the treatment and so forth Did you try not to allow stress to really you know get you overwhelmed? I mean in terms of your osteoporosis, how did you handle it? You know, what do you do in a day when you take your medications, but you still keep up your exercise? Right. I still keep up your exercise

It's kind of switch from walking to bike riding which they're they're only concerned to me was don't fall off your bike So so I'm real careful about that, but they you know You kind of try not to think about it I teach an arthritis water exercise class daily two of them so I really can see Where it can lead and I see the women who are older than I am and how preventative they are and trying to do this and realizing one day I may be one of those women in the pool So you can do the insecticides is Doing this exercises. I can see the benefits of that for those women especially and I will probably be right there with them Have they given you any indication that once you take the medicine as you mentioned your bones? They can get better. Yes, that's the hope is that it either with this but even the hope is that it either gets better or that it doesn't get any worse Now if there's even a small indication that it's not improving or it's gotten worse Then they'll try the other medications, but that's the encouraging thing is that today There are medications that can do this. I mean when he was the doctor the endocrinologist was showing me the

Results of this shot medication, which I can't remember the name, but he was showing I mean It's unbelievable how it builds your bone density back up I mean it unbelievable where they've come today with the medications for that. We're previously they didn't have that. I mean That's what it gets in here. Yeah, I mean you know, like you say that I can't get better. That's what we're gonna make So you want to smoke or anything like that? No, no now. What about calcium? Yep, I take calcium. I've been taking it for many years and I drink a lot of milk I mean I drink by two glasses at least a day. I'm a big milk drinker But they have me taking calcium 4 tablets a day and also trying that osteobyflex and those kind of things that helps supplement it So I've been taking that I'm taking calcium, you know, like for a long time So it just wasn't enough But you said that what was it osteobyflex? Right. What is that? It is a combination of I want to say glucosamine and Yeah, well, it's an over it's like an over the counter type calcium type supplement for your joints and that kind of a thing

They thought that would help as well. So I was willing to try anything Sure, did they say that osteoporosis can lead to any other kind of thing like arthritis or anything like that? osteoporosis is actually a form of arthritis Yeah, so what it can do is it gets worse and your bones lose their density Which means like if you were to fall if I were to let's say fall off my bike Let's say on my side. There's a very high chance I break my hip So that's where the concerns come in because your joints are more your bones are a little bit more brittle They don't have the solidness to them and they break much easier. Let me see what she says She says something about sneaking up on you. Let me double check her notes here A woman who has found a factory that has a lot of risk of dying in the next year 50% I didn't know that's not Yeah, you know interesting. I mean, I thought whoa I see that every day at our nursing center people that pass away You know once they found break a hip the recovery rate and for the elderly is very short I mean, they just don't seem to recover. That's a major break as you get older

And a lot of women seem to have their daughter. Yeah more women than then See come from two different angles there with you working in that field Let me make sure I covered everything that I wanted to ask you about Are there any other things that the doctors suggested for you to do as you get out of because he you are doing the right things. I mean you're biking you know exercising anything else that they suggested that you do well Your diet is a big part of it. I mean, you know eating a lot of fruits and vegetables and watching your intake of fat and You know increasing your fiber and all those kind of things which we have definitely done eating more fish and kind of watching all that Contributes to it. It's kind of an all-around program that you have to be proactive Is supposed to end up trying to be reactive and I think as we get older we become more wiser and Watching all that kind of intake of those things, but it's hard when sweet's call your name from the box. It's hard No, you don't have any idea you have it. I mean, I had not a clue. There's no signs

There's nothing and it wasn't until when I broke my ribs that you know sheet that Dr. Abindu said You know, we might want to further this a little because You're way too healthy to have this and then when the bone density test came back It was like, okay, let's take the next step and send you to an endocrinologist and let them take it one step farther So there wouldn't be the recommendations for you in terms of what women need to look out for necessarily They just need to stay healthy. That's right to stay healthy watch their way exercise and keep up on and then I You know that you can't say enough about getting regular checkups I mean we all tend to not want to do it and when you turn 50 and you get all those fun tests you think oh But had I not had that bone density test? I would never had any idea So to keep doing those tests and you know stay active with that Stay active with taking those tests and follow your doctor's recommendations That's excellent, okay, okay, because most of this is about hormones and supplements, okay? Well, so you and I took premerin for years which was supposed to be

You know help some of it didn't make any difference So that's what's strange I want to be you know that case is out of the ordinary if you will Yeah, no, your family has anything right in your great shape and still because I think that would make people think Uh-oh, you know because I think it's a lot more common than women actually realizing without getting the proper diagnostic tests Seeing your doctor and that you don't have any idea because you don't you think the assumption is when you have arthritis or osteoporosis You're all hunched over and you're back is bad I mean that's immediately what people think of when people you say I have osteoporosis Well, you're not all hunched over. Well, that's just one Side one symptom of it. There's a lot of different ways that you have that your body shows that you have it Like what? Well, you know like with the breaking of bones easily That's probably one of the primary things That you don't even think about where you'd hit it and it break like the ribs I mean there's no reason if you hit a chair your ribs would necessarily break the crack on which Maybe your bruise then but not break them and it isn't he had some of those smaller things happen

That you realize and again, it's the diagnostic test that gives you kind of the up looking at that Excellent one of the things in terms of are the things that you you know because that's like it's what let me ask you is how old do you feel? On any given day oh I don't I mean I don't feel 50 even though you are 50 is hard to put an age by how you feel You sometimes can't believe when I got to write 52 on a form or plug that into the illitch I want to go. Oh, no, maybe it's just but 35 40 But you know there's a reality to make 50 well you look great and You know like I said the stories about how growing old gracefully so I assume there's some things you'll continue to do into your Lary is into your so-called senior years Throughout this process of having osteoporosis Getting treatments and so forth. I think you would recommend other women, you know We talked about that and exercise how critical it is. Well, and again check-ups getting those tests done that we don't really want to do is We get older and really watching what we eat and probably one of the biggest things is exercising

I mean staying active even if it's just a nightly walk around the block all that makes a big difference As you get older big difference Excellent in your comment You know, okay, this is great and I'm so glad you said that part about Let me make sure it's here To think about it. I teach you now. I thought I just water The other one is independent. Do you want somebody to come in and and change your shoes or dress you? I don't know what happened. Just say change. I love what you just said. Do you want somebody to come in or change your shoe set again? Do you want somebody to come in and change your shoes or change your clothes or help you to the restroom help you with any personal hygiene issues Again, if you stay active and you exercise you will be able to do those things independently for a lot longer

Your clothes or help you to change your shoe set again I'm ready to come in and action on the same level as you did when you was 50 The other one Any other health club is going So they feel comfortable with us. I think that gives a regular fitness It's growing old gracefully. I didn't mention this is men So it's two things that if you're 50 or even younger and you're exercising there's two reasons why you should One is quality of life and two things that if you're 50 or even younger and you're exercising There's two reasons why you should one is quality of life and the other one is staying independent and if you are a Gentlemen of 50 years of age and you're a golfer less And we have three or four different Residents that go golf and leave here pretty religiously and exercise and

Help you to the restroom help you with independently for a lot longer The other one is independent when you're 70 80 years old, you know Do you still want to function on the same level of And so quality of life Your mobility what they want to be able to walk from their room to the kitchen or they want to go to a Different variety of things people can do here that many people show up or we can have as few as four people show up But we do give the 50s if you will who think I could just go on yes if you do not exercise because you got to keep up your Money coming or change your shoe set again The same level as you did when you was 50 So quality of

Dr. Woolie says prostate and lung can't 72-year-old retired school teacher Czech Maloney An ability and age Also, we're around 50 years. Why tennis? Yes, tennis is a lifetime sport you can play it all your life you can play singles for Strenuous exercise you can play doubles for you know less strenuous and they have categories so that you play your The people on your own level and ability and age So unlike some sports you can play rest of your life as long as you can run plus You know

That you mentioned surgery. I'm glad you did because I'm thinking so did you find out you were sick and then went to the doctor or you want to Be down some so you know all 35 I'm especially playing All 35 I'm especially playing tennis and I don't feel old. I had a surgery and you know that slowed me down some so you know But I'm about 80% where it should be but no, I don't I don't feel Oh Younger all 35 I'm especially playing tennis and I don't feel old. I had a surgery Yes It's a surgery a surgery. It's a surgery. It's a surgery I had a surgery

It's a surgery I feel old I had a surgery and you know that slowed me down some so you know, but I'm about 80% You know Oh, you know, but I'm about 80% So I'm sorry, you know, but I'm about 80% where it should be but no, I don't I don't feel interesting Oh Not feeling old is That adds to his healthy lifestyle Maloney says he doesn't feel 72 at all, but a lot younger Oh 35 I'm especially playing tennis and I don't feel old. I had a surgery and you know that slowed me down some so you know But I'm about 80% where it should be but no, I don't I don't feel

Not feeling old is common among people who stay active Douglas wooley Is that right? Douglas wooley the lowest professor of community geriatrics at KU School of Medicine, Wichita says a hundred years ago People looked and felt old by the time people looked and felt Felt old by the people looked and felt old by the time people looked and felt old by the people looked in People look People looked and felt old by the time they reached And felt old and felt old By the time people looked and felt old by the Felt old by the

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And Dr. Woolie says, You could confirm that. You mentioned that. Is this to ask an aged person how old they say active and, you know, in terms of your health, you can. Oh, yes. And you won't even feel your growth. One of my favorite things is to our healthy, will tell me they feel more like 50 or 60. And their, their, their health and their outlook

would confirm that. Feel your growth. One of my favorite dancing and 72 year old retired 72 year old retired school teacher Czech Maloney and his silver here 72 year old retired school teacher 72 year old retired school teacher Czech Maloney and his silver here colleagues played tennis at VK tennis academy in which it's all three times a week. It's an activity that he's

participated in for nearly 50 years in a sport that adds to his healthy lifestyle. Maloney says he doesn't feel 72 at all, but a lot younger. All 35. I'm especially playing tennis. And I don't feel old. I had a surgery. And you know, that slowed me down some. So, you know, but I'm about 80% where it should be. But no, I don't, I don't feel old. Not feeling old is common among people who stay active. Douglas Wooley, the lowest professor of community geriatrics at KU School of Medicine, Wichita says. A hundred years ago, people looked and felt old by the time they reached their 60s. But that has changed over the last few decades. One of my favorite things is to ask an aged person how old they feel. And so often people in their 70s and 80s who are healthy will tell me they feel more like 50 or 60. And their health and their outlook would confirm that. And Dr. Wooley says growing old gracefully

has less to do with medical care than personal care and attitude. For instance, if you're someone who has a habit of giving to others and caring about others and not focusing on yourself. And if you have a spiritual focus and values, you're going to age more slowly and more gracefully than those who are into themselves and not don't have spiritual strengths. And if you have a close family and good friends, that is another positive asset. And if you focus on yourself at least so far as taking good care of yourself, exercising and having a moderate diet, moderation in alcohol, no smoking, and take an assessment of other risks that you might be facing as you grow older. Perhaps by looking at your family risk pattern or your own habits, those issues are probably as important or more important than following recommended medical care.

One of Dr. Wooley's patients, 96-year-old retired attorney Ted Sharp says he doesn't feel much different than he did 10 years ago and attributes part of his good health to good genes. Well, some of it's inheritance. My grandfather died at 96. Sharp says he's made a point of not becoming chair bound. He stays active by participating in a fitness program and by going ballroom dancing. I go to the senior centers and, of course, that people are my age or little less and they're always more women than men. So you've got plenty of partners to dance with. And I enjoy the socialization as well as the rhythm of dancing and the music. Ted is a gentleman I admire very much. Dr. Wooley. He still dances a couple times a week. And what is he doing? He's exercising, he's out with others, he's sharing and he's having fun.

Ted also works out with Rodney Smith, fitness coordinator at Larksville, place in Wichita. Smith says a good fitness routine needs to start early. So quality of life, what do you want to do when you're 70, 80 years old? You know, do you still want to function on the same level as you did when you was 50? The other one is independent. Do you want somebody to come in and change your shoes or change your clothes or help you to the restroom, help you with any personal hygiene issues? Again, if you stay active and you exercise, you will be able to do those things independently for a lot longer. Dr. Wooley says middle-aged and older men may be a very underserved group as far as medical care is concerned. Men go to the doctor about half as often as women do and minority men less often than that. And so they don't have the opportunity for those quick little checkups that a doctor, a good doctor, will perform when a woman comes in for a reproductive issue, a pap smear, birth control, or menopause issues.

The physician can check about smoking, alcohol, bladder and bowel functions, sexuality, osteoporosis. But if a man doesn't visit the doctor, the doctor has a tough time addressing parallel issues such as sexuality or emotional health or addictions or risky behaviors. And so men aren't getting the advantage of the scrutiny of a personal physician who knows them well. And as men grow older, it's important that they pay attention to their health and get necessary screenings. Dr. Wooley, more important than any screening you could ever have is that if you're a smoker, you stop smoking. And if you are drinking more than a drink or two a day for men, cut back down to a drink or two. Then we can start to talk about screening, which can matter. And risks tend to cluster in families so you need to know the experience of your families.

But colon tumors are an issue that's proven there is a positive benefit to having hemicolt cards, sigmoidoscopies, and if you're at high risk, colonoscopies. Prostate and lung cancer are two of the most common malignant tumors that men experience. Prostate cancer is a disease in which the cells of the prostate become abnormal. Dr. Wooley. Now, if you live long enough, every male will have areas in their prostate that on biopsy can be shown to have malignant cells. It's just almost an invariable process of the experience of the aging male. But clearly, only a small portion of men die from prostate cancer. Many more die with prostate cancer, but not knowing it because it's so slow growing and never manifests itself. But it is common. And there is still quite a bit of controversy as to the effectiveness of

PSA screening or prostate specific antigen screening for reducing the community burden of prostate cancer. Another topic held experts are addressing is testosterone replacement. It has been noticed that many men experience a significant drop in antigen, the male sex hormone. And men who have a significant drop in testosterone may manifest early bone loss, drop in muscle mass and strength, a loss of vigor, sometimes a loss of emotional vitality. They might, in other words, become depressed. And there is a concern that they might have a higher risk for cognitive loss, or becoming demented. And if we're focusing on an aging gentleman who has a very low testosterone, and he has testosterone replacement, you may see a reversal of some of these problems.

Dr. Woolie says the question remains whether it might cause a prostate tumor to go from dormant to becoming active, causing a major problem. He says research is still being conducted in this area. osteoporosis is another area of concern. Dr. Woolie says like women, older men will experience thinning of the bones and have risk for serious fractures. Living a healthy lifestyle contributes to a better quality of life down the road. Chuck Maloney has made it a priority. I decided I was going to take care of myself. I plan to play as long as I can move around on the court and I feel good, and I realize that I can't play as well as I did or with as much strength, you know, years ago, so I make those adjustments. Carla Eccles, F-89 News.