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Healthy Monday Tip #6 — Stress less for healthy heart
The Fitness Center - Orlando SentinelThe Healthy Monday Campaign has designated Monday as the day to start and sustain healthy habits. Why Mondays? It’s the January of the week, the perfect time for a fresh start. By setting a day (Monday) every week for people to think about and focus... -
Mental health scars common after cardiac arrest
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A quarter of cardiac arrest survivors suffer long-term psychological problems such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, a new review of research estimates. This additional stress on recovering patients is...Tags: Mental Health, Anxiety, East Carolina University, Cardiologists, Depression
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Help available for firefighters in crisis
After years of personal disappointment and professional frustration, Todd Diercks, a former firefighter, took his own life. Al Diercks, of Gurnee, said his 33-year-old son, who committed suicide in July of 2011, loved being a firefighter. But he injured...
Tags: Fires, Suicide, Injuries and Wounds, Behavioral Conditions, Family
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Tackling the emotional side of obesity
marieg@herald-mail.comHillary Wade spent years trying to hide. She hid from the negative comments that strangers might make. She hid from social situations where people would judge her without knowing her. And, mostly, she hid from her own feelings. But one year ago, a...Tags: Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, High Blood Pressure, Behavioral Conditions, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Poinsettias Aren't Just Pretty: How They're Therapeutic in Salem
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterInside the greenhouse at the Salem Veteran's Administration Medical Center you won't just find flowers growing. You'll find people healing. At this time of year the greenhouse is filled with poinsettias. They're red, ivory, and pink. Some are striped....Tags: Salem (Salem, Virginia), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , High Blood Pressure, Behavioral Conditions, Science and Technology
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Could Health Care Reverse Drop In Life Expectancy?
Short of an epidemic or a war occurring, developed countries almost never experience a dramatic drop in life expectancy among a significant segment of its population. But that's happened in for women living in one-fifth of American counties between 1999...Tags: Obesity, Weight, High Blood Pressure, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Study: Heart Attacks increase this time of year
The holidays are a wonderful time of the year for many of us, but the stress and overindulgence could catch up with you if don’t watch out. Studies indicate heart attacks increase during the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s more than...
Tags: Heart Attack, Cardiologists, Movies, Entertainment, Medical Research
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Simple meditation helps in many ways
A simple form of mindful meditation can help breast cancer survivors stave off the symptoms of depression, new research suggests. But the potential benefits don't stop there. Meditation may help wipe out some of those repetitive thoughts about the past...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Medical Research, Behavioral Conditions
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In Theory: How can we lower the rate of military suicides?
Although the U.S. military's presence in Afghanistan is winding down, with combat troops scheduled to be withdrawn by the end of 2014, suicides in the U.S. military have risen sharply this year. In the first 155 days of 2012, 154 service members have...Tags: Mental Health, World War II (1939-1945), Afghanistan, U.S. Army, Religion and Belief
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Thank you, Florida Hospital
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelSince July 1, I have lost twelve pounds. I visit the downtown YMCA four to five times a week. I have tried yoga, bar stretching, and now spinning has become my happy place. I sat with a professional counselor to evaluate my ministry load and stress level.... -
Additional heat deaths bring total to 22 in Cook County
The Cook County medical examiner’s office has determined today that three people have died of heat-related causes, increasing the number to 22 people who have died since the beginning of last week’s heat wave. Dorothy J. Short, 68, of the...
Tags: Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Behavioral Conditions, Irving Park
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Fight club reawakens and channels veterans' warrior spirit
SAN DIEGO — Todd Vance — Iraq combat veteran, bar bouncer, and social-work major at a local university — is lecturing two dozen of his fellow veterans on the techniques and joys of the chokehold. "You want the blade of your forearm on...
Tags: Alprazolam (drug), Anxiety, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Veterans Affairs, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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