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Affirmation of the Week
When you ask for advice,
are you looking for
an accomplice?
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Health Tips of the Week
- Don’t Like Exercise? Try a Hot Tub Soak. Research from the American Physiological Society suggests that soaking in a hot tub for 60 minutes may provide similar post-activity cardiovascular benefits as 60 minutes of cycling. This news could help people who are not able to exercise due to their health.
- Men experiencing vital exhaustion are more likely to have a heart attack according to research presented at the scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.
- Chest pain is misdiagnosed in women more frequently than in men according to research presented today at the scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.
- Duke researchers describe a new vaccination strategy that they think could re-program the body to fight off the bacteria that cause urinary tract infections. Stay tuned.
- Studies representing nearly 2 million adults worldwide show that eating about five daily servings of fruits and vegetables in which 2 are fruits and 3 are vegetables is likely the optimal amount for a longer life according to the Heart Association.
- Postmenopausal Estrogen Drop May Increase Taste for Fat, Drive Weight Gain.
- During a regular day, the average person sits for 8 to 10 hours. These high levels of sitting time seem linked to an increased risk for both cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Researchers found that 3 hours of sitting results in a lower blood flow in the brain and decreased vascular function in legs. However, these effects were absent when sitting was interrupted by 2 minutes of walking every half hour.
- Findings from a Danish study show that children who have been exposed to less green surroundings in their residential area in early childhood have an increased risk of receiving an ADHD diagnosis when compared to children who have been surrounded by the highest level of green space.
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Article of the Week
How To Become More Resilient
Human beings are engineered to adapt. Spring is the symbolic as well as the real season demonstrating resilience. However, you can’t tell people who feel sad, downtrodden and diminished to tap into their resiliency factor. This is analogous to telling someone who is highly stressed to relax which usually has the opposite effect.
In order to bounce back or spring forward, depending on your perspective, concrete strategies are needed for a boost.
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Addicted to Stress: A Woman's 7 Step Program to Reclaim Joy and Spontaneity in Life
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Stress will always land on your doorstep, but you don’t have to constantly open the door. It’s time to build immunity to external pressures and cultivate an inner peace which does not depend on outside influences. Shed that endless to-do list. Leave the straight lines of your personality to enjoy the surprising detours life has waiting for you.
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