Tag: disease
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The Power of Peer Support in Your Health
“As dear as my cardiologist is, he just doesn’t have heart disease.” A patient said this after completing my study in which women with heart disease were connected to other women. Her quote truly captures the power of peer support Peer support occurs when two or more people share their experience, knowledge and skills to…
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Optimism and Health: The Benefits
The pessimist may be right in the end, but the optimist has more fun along the way. That positive mindset may be doing more than just providing a bit of fun. Optimism can improve your health too. We’ve known for a long time the connection between the mental and physical states, but the mental side…
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Is obesity a disease, or is it something else?
In the world of health, not much gets the attention or stirs up emotion as obesity. From the media telling us what to eat and how to lose weight to scientists telling us how big of a problem it is, to “entrepreneurs” wanting to make a buck off of the issue. Everyone seems to have…
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How Active You are Now Can Effect Your Ability to Live Independently Later
Take a moment to think about your death. It’s one of the few things in life we know will happen. How do you picture it? Are you surrounded by family and friends? Are you at home? Are you asleep (this is what I hope for)? Few of us will picture ourselves in a hospital with…