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Pick Up the Pace: Walking More Quickly May Improve Your Health0
- Health & Healing
- October 16, 2019
“Since childhood brain health already at the age of 3 years was associated with walking speed at midlife, it looks like the early life function of the brain could affect the long-term function of the body and thus the walking speed.”
READ MOREPhysical Activity Linked to Better Academic Performance0
- Health & Healing
- January 5, 2012
Dutch researchers, led by led by Amika Singh of the Vrije Universiteit University Medical Center's EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research in Amsterdam, recently reviewed previous studies from around the world on the relationship between physical activity and academic performance and found that the data "suggests there is a significant positive relationship between physical
READ MOREPhilip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Sheds Light on Heroin Addiction0
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- February 6, 2014
The untimely death of award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has led experts to sound the alarm on the rising heroin epidemic in America. The number of people using heroin has doubled in the last five years alone, and an estimated 27,000 people have died from heroin use over the last decade. Users say they turn to the drug to help fight off depression, anger, and sadness, but the high only lasts a few hours. Dr. Greg Skipper says it’s possible to be a functioning heroin addict, so many families are left to cope with the harmful effects addiction has on their loved ones and their daily lives
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- Design
- March 6, 2015
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READ MOREPfizer birth control pill mix-up sparks pregnancy fears0
- Medical News
- February 2, 2012
Yesterday, Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, recalled 1 million packets of Lo/Ovral-28 birth control pills and their generic equivalent (norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) due to pregnancy concerns. The pills were involved in a manufacturing mix-up which caused some packets to be distributed with the pills out of order. That means a patient could have
READ MOREPet Therapy: Some Hospitals Allow Patients’ Own Dogs to Visit0
- Making a Positive Difference
- June 27, 2012
A growing number of hospitals have pet therapy programs, in which a trained owner-volunteer will bring a dog to the hospital for patients to enjoy. These programs have been said to help patients with their mood, pain, and comfort levels. A growing number of these hospitals have taken their pet therapy programs even farther, allowing
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