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_ Mental & Emotional Health Do You Have a Healthy Personality? By Sondra Forsyth article What are the most psychologically healthy personality traits? Scholars have been interested in characterizing the healthy personality as long as … Read More→
_ Medical Procedures Some Dementia-Test Results May Be Biased By Jane Farrell article Quick tests known as ΓÇ£brief cognitive assessmentsΓÇ¥ help doctors decide whether a patient should be given a full evaluation for … Read More→
_ Medical Care When Blood Transfusions Can Be Fatal By Jane Farrell article Although blood is meant to save lives in emergency situations, that might not always be the case. Major trauma victims … Read More→
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_ Metabolic Syndrome Very Few People Meet Standards for Metabolic Health By Jane Farrell article Even among people of normal weight, the prevalence of metabolic health in U.S. adults is extremely low, with just about … Read More→
_ Bone Health Beyond Bone Mineral Density: Additional Bone Traits That Predict Risk for Fracture By Sondra Forsyth article Every year more than 2 million older Americans experience a fragility fracture to the hip, spine or wrist. Usually the … Read More→
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_ Aging Well Is the Rise in Blood Pressure With Age a Consequence of the Western Lifestyle? By Sondra Forsyth article Has your blood pressure gone up as you’ve gotten older? If so, you’re far from alone. In fact there’s a┬ácommon … Read More→
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_ Exercise Women Are More Resilient to Extreme Physical Activity Than Previously Reported By Sondra Forsyth article Women that underwent extreme physical training and completed a transantarctic expedition did not show any more negative health effects than … Read More→