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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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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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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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Bromelain’s Unique Role in Oral Wellness

Designs for Health

It has been shown in research to help support the inflammatory response , cellular health, cardiovascular function, and a normal immune response. Evidence suggests that bromelain may also help support certain aspects of oral wellness. Bromelain is a proteolytic enzyme derived from pineapple ( Ananas comosus ) fruit and stems.

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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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5 Components Of Physical Fitness

PLT4M

There are 5 components of physical fitness that are essential for overall health and well-being. These components are cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. Achieving a well-rounded program that addresses the 5 components of fitness is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

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Tween Misses Old Heart but Grateful for New One After Transplant

Stanford Childrens

Instead of going home that day as we anticipated, Zoë was sent straight to the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) ,” says Melissa Roesler, Zoë’s mom and a longtime preop and recovery nurse at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. The team is leading national efforts to impact results at other institutions as well. “By