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Get Your Child Ready for School With a Yearly Well Visit

Stanford Childrens

As you gear up for another school year, scheduling a back-to-school well visit with your family pediatrician should be on your to-do list. Well visits are a proactive way to catch any potential health issues before they become actual problems. Another benefit of yearly wellness visits is that they cover potential gaps in care.

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How to Celebrate Black History Month in Health and Physical Education

SHAPE America

This year’s theme, according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is Black Health and Wellness, which ties into the content areas of health and physical education. Share Facts About Black Health and Wellness. Grades 3-5: What are some examples of cardiovascular exercises?

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Sweat Your Way to Wellness: The Top 10 Benefits of Saunas

The Sporting

The Big Benefits of Saunas For Your Health and Wellness There’s nothing quite like sweating out your toxins in a sauna… From helping you relax to boosting your skin health, read about 10 incredible sauna benefits and how it can improve your health. Your cardiovascular system takes a hit when you’re stressed.

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Lifestyle Choices for Cardiovascular Wellness: The Latest Clinical Research

Designs for Health

Modifiable factors such as nutritional status, lifestyle, and toxin exposure can influence cardiovascular health and risk management. Newer research explores the role of certain lifestyle choices in cardiovascular health. Blood sugar balance Evidence suggests that blood sugar homeostasis and cardiovascular health are linked.

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Works of Heart

Stanford Childrens

Luckily, Tawny and her husband, Bo, were well prepared for this moment. To obtain detailed information on Orion’s condition, the cardiac imaging team conducted non-invasive MRI scans that provided a three-dimensional image of his moving heart as well as the blood flowing through it. No one was leaving his defective heart to fate.

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Walking for Life: One Step at a Time

Gopher Sport

Walking can also impact our physical, mental, social, and emotional wellness. Walking can also elevate our heartrates and improve our cardiovascular fitness with lower impact than running or other activities. Connections A walking mini unit helps students understand the value of walking for wellness and for fitness.

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A New Era of Mental Health Care for NICU Parents

Stanford Childrens

While that’s always the primary goal, a handful of forward-thinking hospitals have embraced a family-focused approach to care that also includes the parents’ mental health and well-being. Some parents have therapy individually as well as the sessions they share together.

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