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A good way to do deep breathing exercises is while sitting on a bench outside. If that’s not an option, doing it at a desk works.

Deep breaths can reduce stress and anxiety

A good way to do deep breathing exercises is while sitting on a bench outside. If that’s not an option, doing it at a desk works.

December 3, 2024, 6:01am Health

A simple, uncommon ritual starts each staff meeting at Myosin Marketing. When everyone is gathered on Zoom, and before they get to the meat of the agenda, CEO Sean Clayton leads his team through a deep-breathing exercise. Read story

Researchers get $11 million to study dementia causes

December 3, 2024, 5:57am Health

The National Institutes of Health have awarded an epidemiology professor at the University of Pennsylvania $11 million to study the link between chemical exposures and dementia. Read story

Battling barriers to transplant surgery

December 3, 2024, 5:57am Health

Each year, there are thousands of people waiting for a kidney or liver transplant in the U.S. Some of those transplant candidates are living with diabetes, high blood pressure or obesity, which can sometimes complicate transplant surgery. Read story

Expert advice from orthopedic specialist to care for achy knees

December 3, 2024, 5:56am Health

Chronic knee pain is just a matter of time for many adults. With tips from a treatment expert, however, you might be able to soothe the pain — or prevent it. Read story

A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?

December 2, 2024, 8:47am Business

It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus. Read story

FILE - Smoke rises from a fire burning on the slopes of the mountains surrounding Nemocon, north of Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 23, 2024.

Wildfire smoke increases risk of dementia, UW study finds

FILE - Smoke rises from a fire burning on the slopes of the mountains surrounding Nemocon, north of Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 23, 2024.

December 1, 2024, 10:35am Health

The wildfire smoke that blankets much of the American West each summer is likely more harmful than previously understood, especially to older people, scientists found. Read story

FILE - An anti-abortion supporter sits behind a sign that advises the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic is still open in Jackson, Miss., July 6, 2022.  A report finds the total number of monthly abortions in the U.S. increased after state bans started kicking in in 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V.

Abortion bans could reverse decline in teen births, experts warn

FILE - An anti-abortion supporter sits behind a sign that advises the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic is still open in Jackson, Miss., July 6, 2022.  A report finds the total number of monthly abortions in the U.S. increased after state bans started kicking in in 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V.

December 1, 2024, 6:00am Health

Houston OB-GYN Dr. Hillary Boswell says she has seen how abortion bans affect teenage girls: More of them are carrying their pregnancies to term. Read story

Mobile phone with Strava app in use.

What researchers found after studying Strava’s effects on mental health

Mobile phone with Strava app in use.

December 1, 2024, 6:00am Entertainment

For millions of people, using the Strava fitness-tracking app is as much a part of an exercise routine as a decent water bottle or the correct shoes. Strava goes where you go. Read story

A free blood pressure machine is used at the public library in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 19, 2024.

Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US

A free blood pressure machine is used at the public library in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 19, 2024.

December 1, 2024, 6:00am Health

The Aurora Health Care Mobile Medical Clinic team waited patiently at a table in the main hallway of the Milwaukee Public Library’s sprawling downtown branch, a blood pressure cuff and mental health questionnaire at the ready as they called out to patrons who paused: “Do you have any questions about… Read story

Regulators cracked down on sweet vapes after use by kids spiked – now the Supreme Court is wading in

November 28, 2024, 9:43am Business

Vaping is coming before the Supreme Court next week as federal regulators ask the high court to uphold its block on sweet, flavored products following a spike in youth e-cigarette use. Read story