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Don’t skip a beat on your heart health

Fifteen minutes of exercise a day can help prevent heart disease. This can be as simple as taking a walk, riding a bike, swimming, or even some strength training or stretching while you are watching TV.

Not only does exercise help you maintain a healthy weight and lower your blood pressure, but it also helps you reduce stress and improve your mental health.

Heart disease in women Veterans

Heart disease is the leading cause of death among all adults in the US Traditional risk factors for heart disease include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity and smoking. However, mental health conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, which are common among women veterans, can also increase the risk of heart disease.

Be sure to work with your primary care team to discuss your risk factors for heart disease, especially when coping with stress, PTSD or trauma.

Veteran

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Iron deficiency is often missed in young women, girls, research finds

An underdiagnosed deficiency of an essential mineral may contribute to fatigue, brain fog and concentration problems in almost 1 in 4 adolescent girls and young women in the United States.

Almost 40% of American teenage girls and young women have low levels of iron, an important mineral needed to make blood cells red, a study published this week in JAMA found. It’s the first research to look at iron deficiency in young women and adolescent girls.

For the study, researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School pulled data on girls and women ages 12-21 collected over the last 20 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They found 6% of the survey’s sample had iron-deficiency anemia.

The findings weren’t a surprise to pediatric hematologist-oncologist Dr. Angela Weyand, the lead author and an associate professor of pediatrics at the

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Estate Planning: 5 Things to Consider

If you are preparing to draft your estate plan with your estate planning attorney, there are a variety of issues that you will need to think about before your documents can be finalized.

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Prior to drafting your estate plan, we recommend that you give some thought to the following items:

  1. How do you want your money and assets handled if you die? Do you want any restrictions? If you are married, do you want your spouse to handle all assets? Are you worried about your spouse remarrying and being influenced by the spouse? It is important to know how you want your money to be managed when you or your spouse dies, especially if you have minor children.
  2. If you
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Sweeteners may damage DNA and increase cancer risk

  • A new study finds that a type of common sweetener can damage your DNA.
  • The zero-calorie sweetener in question is sucralose, which is about 600 times sweeter than table sugar.
  • The new study found that sucralose may lead to a leaky gut lining, and increase the activity of genes related to inflammation and cancer.

A study from researchers at North Carolina State University suggests that a chemical formed from one artificial sweetener might also damage our DNA.

The zero-calorie sweetener in question is sucralose, which is about 600 times sweeter than table sugar,

The World Health Organization recently recommended against using certain sugar substitutes to help lose weight, saying there is little evidence of long-term benefits.

Sucralose, known in the United States by the brand name Splenda, is used in thousands of products, including baked goods, beverages, chewing gum, gelatin and frozen dairy desserts.

In addition to DNA damage,

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Can eating more protein help preserve health?

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It is important to get protein from a range of sources, whether they are plant or animal-based. Jordan Lye/Getty Images
  • A new study in mice suggests that consuming a moderate amount of protein may be most conducive to metabolic health.
  • In the study, the sweet spot for moderate protein consumption was between 25% and 35% of a mouse’s daily diet.
  • Older people need more protein due to the body no longer being able to process the macronutrients efficiently.

It only makes sense that a person’s nutritional needs change as they go through life from childhood through adulthood. As we grow, reach maturity, and age, our bodies are occupied with different tasks.

As researchers seek to extend our healthy lifespans — periods free of serious disease — they have been hoping to identify the optimal balance of macronutrients that promote good health at each life stage.

A new

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What to Know About This Weight Loss Drug Side Effect

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While taking drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy can help people shed pounds quickly, rapid weight loss can also cause saggy skin and a ‘deflated’ appearance in curvy areas of your body. Luis Alvarez/Getty Images
  • ‘Ozempic Butt,’ characterized by sagging skin on the butt, is gaining traction as a reported side effect of the weight loss drug semaglutidebetter known by the popular brand names Ozempic and Wegovy.
  • Experts say rapid, extreme weight loss can contribute to looser skin, particularly in curvier areas of the body.
  • Taking a slower, more sustainable approach to weight loss can lower your risk of developing ‘Ozempic Butt.‘
  • Regular exercise as well as surgical and non-surgical treatments can improve the appearance of ‘Ozempic butt.’

Rumored to be used by many celebrities, semaglutide, sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, has become a popular weight loss tool.

The drug acts

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Responding to critics, Sask. minister jokes hospital information is ‘hidden’ online and then gives out wrong link

Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman defended against accusations that the province isn’t transparent about hospital capacity, by reading out the website address where users can see emergency room wait times — but the link didn’t work.

Merriman read out the website link at the Saskatchewan legislature Thursday monring, after the NDP health critic, Vicki Mowat, accused the government of giving people “as little information as possible” about the state of health care.

Mowat urged Merriman to put information about hospital capacity on the Saskatchewan Health Authority website. Merriman joked the information is hiding on the internet.

“This is hidden on the internet, and I’ll read it out on the record,” Merriman responded.

Merriman read the link: www.saskatoonhealthregion.ca/news/documents/capacity

The link didn’t go anywhere useful.

The website Merriman read out takes users to a page saying, “Sorry, we couldn’t find that.”

Later in the day, a Saskatchewan government representative clarified that the

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Bariatric surgery for teens: The risks and benefits for kids with obesity : Shots

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Maria Caprigno and her son, Harry, at Disney World.

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Maria Caprigno says her youth was especially brutal, having to navigate her middle school years weighing over 440 pounds. She says she felt ruthlessly hemmed in — socially, emotionally and physically — by increasing her size, which she could not control through exercise or numerous diets.

“I had been told at that point by my pediatrician that the way I was gaining weight every year, I wouldn’t see my 18th birthday,” she says. “We really thought the obesity was going to kill me.”

Caprigno, now 27, is a first-grade teacher at a Boston charter school. She chose to become a mother on her own and gave birth to her second child this month. All of these life experiences were possible, she says,

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Alberta health-care workers protest staffing issues

Health-care workers rallied in downtown Edmonton on Tuesday to protest ongoing staffing shortages.

Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) leaders gathered at the Queen Elizabeth II building on the legislature grounds to call on the province to hire more health-care workers.

“Without meaningful actions to hire, recruit and retain staff in Alberta’s public health care system, the province will continue [to] experience service disruptions due to issues such as short staffing, bed closures, reduced emergency room hours which puts Albertans at risk,” Local 43 Chair Judy Fader said.

If the government does not hire more health-care workers, AUPE said the crisis will get worse and wait times will increase.

“There is a high expectation or demand to put in overtime – workers know the need is there but they’re also tired – it’s just not sustainable, nor is it fair to the workers and their families,” AUPE vice president Sandra

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Warrington’s United Utilities welcomes its first female CEO

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UNITED Utilities’ north west branch has welcomed its first-ever female CEO, who has pledged a ‘stronger, greener, and healthier’ region.

The water service’s headquarters in the region is based in Warrington, and has appointed Louise Beardmore as its new CEO.

Louise, who was born in Liverpool, announced today that the water company is planning to bring forward investment to the tune of £914million with region-wide benefits – including reducing spills from storm overflows, and creating jobs.

Warrington Guardian: United Utilities has appointed Louise Beardmore as its new regional CEO

Warrington Guardian: United Utilities has appointed Louise Beardmore as its new regional CEO

United Utilities has appointed Louise Beardmore as its new regional CEO (Image: United Utilities)

The new CEO said: “I am very clear about the responsibilities United Utilities has to deliver great services for customers, to protect and enhance the environment and to

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