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I’m a disabled female born with Treacher Collins syndrome, a craniofacial congenital condition that causes deafness, breathing issues, tracheostomies, intellectual disabilities, and malformations to the face, skull, and body. With that said, it is not easy efficiently job-hunting your way through the workforce as an underserved, disadvantaged, minority-based candidate.Stereotype-based stigmas view disabled people as a hindrance to the workplace because of the potential accommodations and unpredictable medical circumstances. However, I am here to testify that having a disability doesn’t always require accommodations, and being disabled is a perseverance of no other kind that depicts resilience at its finest.AdvertisementPeople with disabilities…

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April 20, 2023 — Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages increases the risks of cardiovascular disease and death in people with type 2 diabetes, but switching to coffee, tea, or low-fat milk might lower these risks.That’s the finding of a new U.S. study where researchers examined data on almost 15,500 people with type 2 diabetes from two major studies. They found that those who drink the most sugary beverages had a 20{1293bd4ef25ca86a622f6d9512ec3310653175851a143bae989351f0db04aea4} increased risk of death from any cause (“all-cause death”) and a 25{1293bd4ef25ca86a622f6d9512ec3310653175851a143bae989351f0db04aea4} higher risk of cardiovascular disease, compared with those who drank the least amounts of these products.The research, publishedin The BMJ on Wednesday,…

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Feel like you’re just going through the motions lately? Wish your days had a little more wonder … a little more magic and meaning in them? Hey, it’s been a CRAZY few years — I think we all feel that way. And, to help, we have a guest post from Minneapolis-based artist Liv Lane to help us all find a little wonder in the every day.By Liv LaneThe return to work and workout routines still leaves something missing in the equation. Awe is essential to overall wellness, and after a couple years of testing our patience and endurance, it’s a great…

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Real talk: Sometimes, you’re just not in the mood to put on your athleisure and work up a sweat. Wanting to break up with the gym is not out of the norm. So much so, in fact, that according to a OnePoll survey involving 2,000 individuals, 54{1293bd4ef25ca86a622f6d9512ec3310653175851a143bae989351f0db04aea4} of participants stop paying attention while they’re exercising because they’re literally that bored. Thirty-three percent of individuals would go as far as to spend an entire long weekend with their in-laws, and 25{1293bd4ef25ca86a622f6d9512ec3310653175851a143bae989351f0db04aea4} would cancel their Netflix subscription for a year to avoid working out forever. But exercise isn’t the only answer to…

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Below is an approximation of this video’s audio content. To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. In my last video, Does Lack of Sleep Cause You to Gain Weight?, I featured a study that found that curtailing sleep can cut your rate body fat loss in half, while exacerbating the loss of lean mass. To get better insight into what was going on, researchers took fat and muscle biopsies from people after a night of sleep loss. In terms of genes that were bring turned on and…

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When you’re hit with a new project at work or spill coffee all over your favorite outfit, you probably recognize the typical signs of your stress meter rising. Cue the usual headaches, fatigue, and insomnia. You may also find yourself running to the bathroom more often and have less-than-normal bowel movements. Sure, sky-high anxiety levels can sometimes lead to issues like indigestion, but can stress cause diarrhea? Turns out there’s a connection between your gut and your brain (a.k.a., the gut-brain-axis), says NYC-based gastroenterologist and WH advisor Samantha Nazareth, MD. Basically, the two organs talk to each other, and the…

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Robin Stern, Ph.D., is the co-founder and associate director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a licensed psychoanalyst with thirty years of experience. This article is excerpted with permission from her book, The Gaslight Effect Recovery Guide. What is gaslighting? Gaslighting is an insidious and sometimes covert form of emotional abuse, repeated over time, where the abuser leads the target to question their judgments, reality, and, in extreme cases, their own sanity. It’s a type of psychological manipulation in which a gaslighter—the more powerful person in a relationship—tries to convince you that you’re misremembering, misunderstanding, or misinterpreting your…

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A mammogram showed a lump in my breast, and my doctor said it’s benign breast disease. I’m glad it’s not cancer, but I’m still worried. What does this mean? Does it increase my risk of getting breast cancer in the future? ANSWER: Changes to your breasts can cause a lot of worry. This is understandable. As you discovered, though, not all breast changes are a result of breast cancer. Any breast symptoms, such as a breast lump, nipple discharge or breast pain, should be evaluated by a medical professional. If the symptoms are diagnosed as benign, it means they…

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If you are looking for a high quality supplement to help you perform at your best, you should try Bodybuilding.com Elite Power + BCAA. This formulation has gone through a rigorous certification process by Informed Sport to ensure quality of its ingredients and is banned substance tested (1). This preworkout stands above the many commercial sports nutrition products that are potentially contaminated with banned substances or dangerous chemicals (2)(3)(4).  Bodybuilding.com Elite Power + BCCA was designed to help improve your power output, reduce your muscle fatigue, and increase your strength during the toughest workouts. Plus, it contains fast-acting Micronized BCAAs…

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