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Notable News
Mental health providers should prescribe exercise more often for depression, anxiety, research suggests. Exercise is a magic drug for many people with depression and anxiety disorders, and it should be more widely prescribed by mental health care providers, according to researchers who analyzed the results of numerous published studies. Workout in Less Time with HIT…
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Ten Things You Didn’t Know Are In the Health Care Bill
I’m sure it’s not so simple, so please read with your own comfort level of skepticism… Menu labeling. Restaurants with over 20 employees must include calorie counts and other nutrition information on the menu. SWAG reporting. Doctors must report valuable goodies they receive from health vendors. Right to Pump. New moms must be given space…
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Visiting a National Park
So why don’t we eliminate the junk food machines from schools and add in a simple 30-minute break for fitness during the school day. Even if it meant extending the school day for 30-minutes, most evidence has shown that allowing kids a break during the school day to burn off stress and energy would result…
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Flexible Spending Accounts Getting Slightly Less Flexible
Something we should all be aware of… lawmakers have changed the way flexible spending accounts are treated in order — they say — to discourage wasteful health care spending at the end of the year. The government will now cap annual contributions to FSAs at $2,500 and consumers will no longer be able to use…
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What’s a healthy breakfast for a picky kid?
…Skipping breakfast has been linked to childhood obesity, diminished health and nutrition status and compromised school performance. Breakfast quality is just as important as consuming breakfast regularly. Research shows that eating a lower glycemic index breakfast (one that raises blood sugar levels more gradually), can improve school performance and may also help with blood sugar…
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Good Morning Saturday
Good Morning! The weather today in DC is supposed to be amazing, so I am planning on doing some gardening/mulching and maybe even organizing the garage! Very exciting life! I went for a run outside today because when the weather is this beautiful, it’s a waste to run on a treadmill. I did about 4.5…