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Dr. Matthew Edlund, MD, MOH
Found in: Mental Health, Sleep and Rest
Las Vegas at night cools outside, but not inside. The desiccated desert air does not affect environments designed and run as separate worlds where the temperature, the atmosphere and the staff’s friendly glare never change. There are no clocks...
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Lisa Byrne
Found in: Exercise & Fitness
There’s so much room we give ourselves to avoid accepting what we need to do to be healthy. If there’s a gap, we make it a ravine and allow ourselves to drop into it. It really boils down to one thing: accepting responsibility.
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Mary J. Yerkes
Found in: Mental Health, Chronic Illness
Simple living can seem elusive. Despite the proliferation of products guaranteed to simplify, most of us continue to hurry through our lives, pursuing activities and making purchases that ultimately add to life’s clutter. There has to be a better way.
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Diane Carbo
Found in: Intergenerational Issues, Geriatric Care
Having family meetings to plan elder care gives families a chance to communicate issues and concerns on a regular basis, to make educated and appropriate choices—and to bond and develop relationships at a new level.
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Dr. Matthew Edlund, MD, MOH
Found in: Depression
Many who have been diagnosed with depression are on a laundry list of medications, and in hard economic times want to do something on their own. What can they do to get better, particularly without medications, by themselves? Lots.
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Dr. Matthew Edlund, MD, MOH
Found in: Safety and Security, Exercise & Fitness, Diet & Nutrition
Cyclists in Britain are using inexpensive cameras to document ill-mannered driving by car and truck drivers. And there are a lot more uses for portable cameras—to improve health, diet, and public health, among many others. Let’s get the lowdown on a few.
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Lisa Byrne
Found in: Exercise & Fitness
Those past fitness accomplishments that came so easily don’t serve you anymore...so stop the desire to “get back on track.” That track is overgrown with grass. That train has left the station. So why are you trying to get back on it?
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Mary J. Yerkes
Found in: Chronic Illness
For many, the most distressing consequence of chronic illness is social isolation. Basic needs for intimacy, belonging, and acceptance remain unmet...and the onus rests on friends and family to take the initiative and begin to meet these unmet needs.
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Dr. Matthew Edlund, MD, MOH
Found in: Exercise & Fitness, Cardiac Health
More and more studies demonstrate that sitting down is hazardous to your health. Yet moving, even standing for a minute, marks a positive change. So it’s time to stand up and take charge of your health.
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Dr. Matthew Edlund, MD, MOH
Found in: Medicine and Technology
Social communication can be very healthy for you: generally the more social contacts you have, the longer you’ll live. So what forms of social communication work best for health?
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