EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE Medically established ways that a routine of regular exercise provides physical and mental health benefits. · Exercise controls your weight by burning calories. · Exercise reduces your risk of cardiovascular disease by improving your heart’s function. It lowers the risk of both heart attacks and strokes. · Exercise reduces your risk for […]
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Happy New Year! We understand it’s the most optimistic time of the year. You’ve made many New Year’s resolutions, usually related to smoking cessation, eating better, lowering your levels of stress and starting an exercise routine. We’re here to help. The next several posts will feature our best advice to educate and motivate you as
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A guide to help you complete you new year’s resolutions You call them New Year’s resolutions. We call it getting your health (and life) on a higher plane! Most resolutions involve healthy eating, exercise routines, smoking cessation and stress reduction. None of these endeavors are easy. All too often, they involve starts and stops with
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STATE OF MIND = STATE OF BODY Research from the Harvard School of Public Health (Go, Crimson!) led by Laura Kubzansky, Associate Profession of Society, Human Development and Health, identified personal attributes that actually do translate into better health. Specifically these personality traits have been shown to help avoid or healthfully manage depression, diabetes, heart
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We have been in the midst of a prolonged surge since the delta variant arrived. We are over 805,000 confirmed deaths in the U.S. The American death lottery is still claiming nearly 1300 of us a day. Many of us will be traveling and engaging relatives from not just other households but far-flung places from
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Fortunately, by far the common course of holiday heart syndrome is benign. The abnormal heart rates will slowly resolve as the levels and effects of alcohol and/or other substances decline. That said, the risk is such that you don’t just want to sleep off an occurrence. The symptoms you’d have are pretty obvious, given that
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Join the men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity for the year’s final webinar of the Surgeon General Initiative. Set your calendars: this Thursday at 7 pm EDT, our General President Dr. Willis L. Lonzer, III and the Surgeon General team will discuss national priorities, challenges, and how our efforts will evolve in the upcoming year.
When it comes to toys and gifts, it is critical to remember to consider the safety and age range of the toys. Â
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It’s that time of year……. If you’re shopping today, don’t you want to make sure you’re buying safe toys? We review the literature and give you the goods. While you’re out and about shopping for toys, print out this list to help you select safe toys, then post it in your home to be reminded
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Signs and Symptoms of HIV and AIDS While the virus itself can sometimes cause people to feel sick, most of the severe symptoms and illnesses of HIV disease come from the opportunistic infections that attack the infected individual’s compromised immune system. When HIV infection progresses to AIDS, many people begin to suffer from fatigue, diarrhea,
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