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Brain Health

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Don't Sleep on Sleep
Sleeping can impact brain function. Are you getting enough?
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Maintain Brain Health As We Age
What healthy habits can help you maintain brain health?
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Think About It
Understand how scientists believe memory works.

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Know Your Brain
Here's what we know about Alzheimer's Disease.
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Tinnitus and the Brain
Although there's no cure, learn what we know about that ringing you hear.
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How Biological Sex Manifests in the Brain
Our biological sex affects brain health and function throughout our lives.

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What Brain Waves Tell Us
Understanding what brain waves mean can lead to healthier choices.
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Aromatherapy in Brain Health
Some believe aromatherapy can treat a wide range of brain conditions. What does science say?
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TBI Prevention and Recovery
The brain has remarkable ways to recover from brain injuries.

Nutrition for Better Health

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Early Life Nutrition Needs
Nutrients impact prenatal brain development. Does breastfeeding improve infant brains?
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Childhood Nutrition
What nutrients lead to improved cognitive function in children?
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Nutrition Label Facts
Your health journey includes understanding what's on food labels.

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Decoding That Diet
Understanding keto, gluten-free, and fasting diets
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Vegetarian, Vegan, and Paleo Diets
Is a vegan, vegetarian, or paleo diets for you.
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Taste the Rainbow: Carotenoids
How do carotenoids fit into our diet and life.

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Fermented Foods
Do kimchi, kombucha, kefir, soy sauce, or probiotic supplements improve your gut health.
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Sugar: Friend or Foe
Not all sugars and fats are created equal. To achieve optimal health, we need the right kinds of both.
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Influence of Hedonic Eating
Lifestyle medicine seeks to prevent risk of chronic disease and improve quality of life

Work It Out for Better Health

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Physical Activity in Childhood
Learn the beneficial effects of aerobic exercise on brain function in childhood.
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Training Your Immune System
Exercise can be used strategically to enhance multiple aspects of immune function.
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Move Your Way to a Better Day
Exercise can combat stress, anxiety and depression

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Benefits of Sitting Less
Learn strategies to replace sitting with physical activity.
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The Impact of Cutting School PE
Lear how to increase children's access to physical activity.
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Fitness and Wellness Classes
Learn how to have fun and feel good about moving and becoming more physically active

Healthy Aging is Possible

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Menopause
Learn ways to improve your health during this period of your life.
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Active Aging
Use exercise to maintain health across the lifespan.
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Training Your Mind and Brain
Cognitive training can help us stay sharp, present, and healthy across the lifespan.

Understand Today's Healthcare

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Data Health
What does HIPPA protect?
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Patients vs. Pathogens
What do we do when antimicrobials no longer work.
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False Information Overload
Learn how being too informed is hurting the health of the world.

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Beyond the Frontlines of Healthcare
Patient healthcare improves with improved interpersonal communication.
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Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome leads to healthcare provider burnout, performance anxiety, and depression.
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Burnout Syndrome
Address burnout in healthcare workers and others.

Chemicals, Drugs, Antioxidants, and Supplements

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Dietary Defense
Nutrition can improve our immunity.
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Free-Radical Fighters
Understand the Importance of antioxidants.
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Toxicology and Endocrine-Disrupting
You've seen the labels that say BPA free or phthalate-free, but what does that mean?

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Phthalates, BPA, and the Developing Brain
BPA and phthalates can mess with brain development.
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Facts on Supplements
Learn how to understand supplement labels and decide if they're right for you.
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How to Read Product Labels
Learn what the standard terms used on product labels mean.

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Pharmaceutical Drugs
Unpack the basic science behind the drug development process.
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Diet, Gut Microbiome, and Child Health
Is all the hype surrounding the gut microbiome and its emerging role in child health warranted?
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Coffee and Chocolate
Discover their impact on obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

Gut Heath Leads to Healthy Life

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More Than a Gut Feeling
Did you know that what we eat can affect microbes in our gut?
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Pros and Cons of Probiotics
Probiotics are in many drinks and health-conscious foods.
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Explore the Gut-Brain Axis
earn how gut microbiomes could be impacting our brains.

Disease Prevention

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Black Death, Spanish Flu, and COVID-19
Learn how pandemics have shaped global history.
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Block the Bite
What are safe and effective methods to prevent them from biting.
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Healthy Arteries, Healthy Brain
The brain is enveloped by a vast network of blood vessels that supply the energy for us to breathe, move, feel, and think.

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Prevent Chronic Disease
Improve quality of life through patient-driven behavior modification.
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Science of Vaccines
Understand the science behind vaccines/
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Nutrition and Wellness as We Age
Learn the benefits of nutrition on cognitive function into adulthood.

Genetics

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Understanding Genetic Screens
Genetic screening allows researchers to learn about genetic interactions and risk factors.
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Human Genome Project
The project maps the human genome
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Nourish Your Brain
he genes you inherit influence almost every aspect of your health and wellness.

Healthy Living

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Make Your Habits Stick
Learn to establish lasting change.
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Build Budget-Friendly Meals
Web-based and mobile apps can help you make healthier and more economical meals.
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Intimate Partner Violence
Learn the impacts of domestic and intimate partner violence.

Science Truths and Myths

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Evaluating Scientific Claims
Learn to evaluate scientific information seen in the media.
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Dispel Diet Culture
Unpack diet culture myths that keep us in the dieting cycle.
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COVID 19's Impact on Food Insecurity
Food insecurity has many implications besides hunger.

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Debunking Common Psychology Myth(s)
How much of your brain do you really use each day?
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Myths and Misconceptions of Metabolism
Can specific foods truly boost your metabolism?
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Engineering the Future of Health
What if the principles of regeneration and engineering could be applied to treat a broad range of diseases?

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