Social isolation becoming an epidemic health threat, experts warn | Gustafson

Social isolation becoming an epidemic health threat, experts warn | Gustafson

Some of this may contribute to both physical and mental health problems not recognized in this context before. … People are hesitant to admit they need greater interaction with others, writes Jessica Olien of Slate magazine in an article on the subject.

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Angelina Jolie Pitt Empowers Women to Make Health Decisions

Critics, however, have missed the point of Ms. Jolie Pitt's articles, claiming that by sharing her story and her medical choices, she has wrongly incited a population of women to consider unnecessary genetic testing and surgery. Ms. Jolie Pitt's …

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Rosmann: Caring for children and farmland have commonalities

Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Robert Block, recently said, "Adverse childhood experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public health threat facing our nation today. … The ACEs examined were the following …

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To Your Health

Nope… this was a physical issue, resolved only by surgery. Could it have been caused by any of the other medications I was taking at the time? No. (Note, particularly to singers: Birth control pills do indeed lead to the relaxing of the lower …

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Social media posts say Michelle Obama is mandating that all day care kids be …

First Lady Michelle Obama's initiative on healthy eating and physical activity may have been intended to be noncontroversial, but it hasn't turned out that way. She has faced pushback from critics who assail her call for healthier school lunches …

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Widows may have fewer social and financial problems than in the past

In both studies, the participants were asked to rate their own physical and mental health and to describe any difficulties related to the loss of a spouse, such as losing a sense of purpose in life, needing to do everything alone, feelings of …

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