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Skin. It protects your body from harmful things in the environment, regulates your temperature, and allows you to feel sensations like pressure, temperature, and pain. Heart. It continuously pumps life-sustaining, oxygen-rich blood throughout your body. Kidneys. They remove waste from the blood and return cleaned blood to the body. It’s easy to see how these...
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12 December, 2024
What are some things in life that most people think are synonymous—but are, in fact, not? Here are a few off the top of our heads: shrimp and prawn (fun fact: one’s found in freshwater, while the other comes from saltwater!), venom and poison (mostly a matter of how they’re delivered), and core and abs. ...
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30 September, 2024
Imagine walking into your doctor’s office, expecting the usual advice about diet and exercise, but instead, your prescription reads: "Join a local hiking group." Wait, what? Yes, you heard that right—your social life might just be the key to better health, and doctors are catching on! Welcome to the world of social prescriptions, where your...
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27 September, 2024
You’ve probably heard that it’s a good idea to “check yourself” regularly for breast abnormalities, but what exactly does that mean? And what should you be looking for? The first thing you should know is that self-exams do not take the place of mammography because of their limitations in dense breasts and masses under one...
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24 September, 2024
It’s 4 am. You’re nestled under your covers where you’ve been snoozing soundly for the past 4 hours — but suddenly, for reasons you can’t explain, you’re awake. Very awake. It’s too early to get up; if you do, your “daytime productivity” will almost certainly run out by lunchtime. And yet … there you are,...
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17 September, 2024
This blog was inspired by Darria Long’s presentation for Ted Health. Check it out here. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more stress-inducing environment than a trauma center. Yet, ER doctors seem to take on every challenge with a calm and focused approach. How do they do it? Let’s take a page out of their...
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09 September, 2024
Paying attention to gut health is all the rage these days, and for good reason. The discovery of axes between the gut and non-gastrointestinal organ systems (e.g., gut-brain and gut-skin axis) has uncovered the links between gut health and the development of various chronic health conditions. Translation: your gut health is vital to your overall...
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15 August, 2024
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of artificial intelligence (AI)? Using ChatGPT to draft work emails, whipping your resume into shape, and data analysis? Or creating stunning visual art from simple, sometimes outlandish, text prompts? Sure. But beyond bettering your workflow and leisure time, AI has also revolutionized almost every aspect of...
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31 July, 2024
Teaching your child healthy habits can set them up for a lifetime of optimal physical and mental well-being. Here are 10 crucial healthy habits to encourage your kids to practice. #1: Stay physically active Encourage your child to move—and love moving—every day. This helps: Improve cardiovascular fitness, concentration, balance, skills development, and flexibility Build self-esteem...
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20 July, 2024
Getting older used to promise good things. The giddy, euphoric feelings of first love. A driver’s license. Freedom. Until…it didn’t. When things like wrinkles, creaking joints, and a fuzzier memory started coming along…that’s when the panic (usually) sets in. But you don’t have to get caught in the undertow; here are 5 tips that’ll help...
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24 January, 2024
Most of us think we'll have to actively do something to achieve wellness. Things like … Sticking to a regular exercise routine Swapping out calorie- and trans-fat-laden ultra-processed foods with nutritious, fresh whole foods Improving sleep hygiene to get at least 7 hours of quality shut-eye every night But what if you could attain wellness...
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17 January, 2024
Want to reach a certain weight? Run a marathon? Age more gracefully? To reach your goal, you must first find your “why.” According to Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why, “Regardless of WHAT we do in our lives, our WHY—our driving purpose, cause or belief—never changes.” Your “why" is the core reason, purpose, or...
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01 September, 2023
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