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By Heather Down and Catherine Kenwell You can’t cancel kindness if you’re a Canadian, according to these local writers who set out to share 49 ‘ray of hope’ stories from north of the 49th parallel. Each story gives a nod to the Canadian spirit and people’s generosity during COVID-19. Down and Kennel actually collected way […]
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By John Gibbons Meticulously researched and written by John Gibbons, one of the world’s leading authorities in sports medicine, this book does exactly as it says on the cover. Written for both professionals looking to improve their technique, as well as patients looking to self-treat, Gibbons now puts this powerful rehabilitation technique into anyone’s hands […]
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By Rayne Lacko, with community outreach advisor Lesley Holmes. Remember the emotions you had in middle school and high school? Now imagine experiencing them in a world with the internet, social media, a 24/7 news cycle, an election year and a pandemic. For many teens, it seems impossible to avoid stress at the moment. Dream […]
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By Fred Guttenberg In the midst of tragedy and catastrophe, Fred Guttenberg followed Mr. Rogers’s advice, “Always look for the helpers.” For Fred, what was to be a happy family day turned into a nightmare when his fourteen-year-old daughter was the second to last victim in the cold-blooded Parkland shooting. Four months earlier, Fred’s brother […]
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Pets, mental health and lock-down During periods of isolation, sharing a home with a pet appears to act as a considerable buffer for many people against psychological stress. The study, done from March to June in the United Kingdom, found that having a pet was definitively linked to a person’s ability to maintain better mental […]
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Let’s Go Together, a new podcast from Travel + Leisure, features diverse voices sharing their unique travel experiences and inspiring others to explore the world. Each week host Kellee Edwards, award-winning travel expert, speaks to guests about inclusivity, including episodes that introduce an adventurer who climbed Machu Picchu in his wheelchair and the first documented
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Lack of darker skin in textbooks harms care In dermatology, where images are critical for diagnoses, the lack of images of darker skin poses a roadblock to both proper treatment and medical education. Skin conditions that involve redness or pinkness in light skin can be more subtle or harder to see in dark skin, and […]
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