Tag: health
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Cancer Screening at Home
Health assessments conducted at home are becoming more and more popular. At-home pregnancy tests hit the market 45 years ago, now we have cholesterol, HIV and many more tests that can be performed from the comfort of your home. A sign that the at-home-health trend is not letting up, executives at Twitter and EventBrite invested in a new Silicon Valley start-up playing…
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Chime in for Change
Chime for Change, founded by Gucci, is asking women everywhere to speak up for change all over the world. The kind of change that benefits girls and women everywhere. “Education. Health. Justice. For every girl. Every woman. Everywhere. Because none of us can move forward if half of us are held back.” Pick a cause and donate…
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Women’s Health
Did you know it was National Women’s Health Week? This week comes with an array of healthy recommendations: Visit a health care professional to receive regular checkups and preventive screenings. Get active. Eat healthy. Pay attention to mental health, including getting enough sleep and managing stress. Avoid unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking, texting while driving, and…
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How Do You Move?
Our Fabulous First Lady wants to know how you move! Facebook it, Tweet it, Instagram It, Vine it… just be sure to use the hashtag #letsmove. If the movement gets enough momentum, she promises to use her “pull” to get the POTUS and the VPOTUS to show us their moves! Watch Mrs. Obama on The…
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The Traffic Light Diet
This is not a real diet. I made it up after reading a story on NPR suggesting that using colors from a traffic light (green, yellow, red) encourages people to make healthier choices at meal or snack time. How does it work? The idea is to assign a color to each food, “Green circles with the words…
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