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Improve your brain health through UAB’s new pilot brain health clinic – News

May 8, 2022 Sharika Soukup

With the number of Americans with dementia expected to increase dramatically, UAB’s new brain health clinics point the way to improving brain health over a lifespan. Ronald M. Lazar, Ph.D., professor of neurology and director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain InstituteThe University of Alabama at Birmingham is now offering brain health checkups at two…

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Danville Family YMCA kicks off summer with Healthy Kids Day | News

May 1, 2022 Sharika Soukup

DANVILLE — The Danville Family YMCA is hosting the Y’s annual Healthy Kids Day from noon to 2 p.m., rain or shine, on Saturday. The event encourages families to take a moment to help kids be kids and set them up for a summer of success. “At the Y, we believe in the potential of…

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Playpark encourages healthy lifestyles for parents | News

April 27, 2022 Sharika Soukup

The Owensboro Health Healthpark has been offering childcare to its members for more than two decades, making a healthier lifestyle more accessible to parents, according to Kathy Griffin, operations manager. The Playpark, a two-hour daycare service, has been available at the Healthpark since its opening 23 years ago, according to Griffin, offering a unique and…

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Health Care Sharing Ministry Sharity Leaves 10K Families w…… | News & Reporting

April 26, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Around 10,000 families whose faith led them to “share in one another’s medical expense burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ” have instead ended up with unpaid bills totaling over $50 million after their health care sharing ministry shut down. Sharity Ministries, formerly known as Trinity HealthShare, filed for bankruptcy and then started the…

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How “Exercise is Medicine” helps patients meet healthy lifestyle goals – News

April 18, 2022 Sharika Soukup

UAB’s Exercise is Medicine program aims to help patients prevent chronic problems before they start and adopt healthier lifestyles. Written by: Tehreem KhanMedia contact: Anna Jones Jeremy Pritchett, his wife Sarah and their two sonsJeremy Pritchett was thinking mostly about his kidneys when he visited Sumayah Abed, M.D., a practitioner at the UAB Medicine Hoover…

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Astronomers believe liquid jewels rain on this sizzling exoplanet that has metal vapour clouds, Science News

February 24, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Astronomers believe liquid jewels rain on this sizzling exoplanet that has metal vapour clouds. This study, published in Nature Astronomy, is a big step in deciphering the global cycles of matter and energy in the atmospheres of exoplanets. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, an international collaboration of scientists led by Thomas Mikal-Evans from the Max Planck…

In spite of unknowns, Chisholm clinic hurtles toward reality – Duluth News Tribune

February 22, 2022 Sharika Soukup

CHISHOLM — Expected to break ground in spring and open in fall, key details remain unknown for a new health clinic and separate child care center planned along U.S. Highway 169. The project features several partners, figures to meet community needs, and has the clout of Essentia Health behind a large part of it. It’s…

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N.M. health insurance company sued over data breach | Local News

February 16, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Three state residents who have filed a lawsuit against insurance firm True Health New Mexico over what they call a “targeted cyberattack” are seeking to have their complaint declared a class action, representing about 63,000 patients whose personal information might have been stolen. The plaintiffs, from Santa Fe, Bernalillo and Valencia counties, allege in their…

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