• The dangers of junk sleep0

    Do you use your smartphone as your alarm clock? If so, you may be hurting your chances of getting a good night’s sleep. Clinical psychologist, Michael Breus, makes this point: Using electronic devices before bed, whether it’s your phone, laptop or the TV playing in the background, can affect your body’s natural sleep cycle.

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  • The Cyclist Who Beat Diabetes0

    Jade Wilcoxson, a physical therapist turned pro-cyclist and U.S. Olympic gold medal winner, shares her story on how cycling helped her to ward off diabetes. When her doctor told her she was pre-diabetic, Wilcoxson bought a new bike and hit the road to prevent the onset of diabetes, only to find that she was also genetically prone to endurance athletics and has a passion for cycling.

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  • The Cost and Benefits of Emotional Honesty0

    Learning to let yourself be open about your emotions with both yourself and your significant other is a difficult task, but the joys of connection and fulfillment that come with being real and authentic are beyond measure.  After all, how can you trust that someone loves you for who you are if you've been too

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  • The College-Aid Shuffle0

    Here's some advice for navigating a classic quagmire for the many families considered too wealthy to qualify for college aid but not wealthy enough to pay full freight. The Wall Street Journal, 1/21/2012

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  • The class of 2000 ‘Could have been anything.’ Until opioids hit

    The class of 2000 ‘Could have been anything.’ Until opioids hit0

    A must read NY Times story: “In all of the interviews, one thing was clear: Opioids have spared relatively no one in Scioto County; everyone appears to know someone whose life has been affected by addiction.”

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  • The buzz in health: Can celebrity news teach us anything?0

    When Peirce Brosnan’s daughter, Charlotte, died from ovarian cancer this summer, the actor revealed that both Charlotte’s mother and grandmother had died from the same cancer. Charlotte’s death is a reminder of the importance of learning about our genetic history and the health risks to which we are prone.

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