New Data Show Rising Stress and Physical Inactivity Threaten Heart Health
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New Data Show Rising Stress and Physical Inactivity Threaten Heart Health

As people across the nation navigate higher levels of stress and spend more of their day sitting, finding time to move can feel challenging. Less than half of adults and fewer than one in five children in the U.S. get the recommended amount of physical activity needed for heart health, according to the American Heart Association’s 2025 Heart & Stroke Statistical Update. That’s why the Association invites communities nationwide to gather on Wednesday, April 1 for National Walking Day.

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Music Therapy Headlines Nursing Fall Conference
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Music Therapy Headlines Nursing Fall Conference

Compassion fatigue and burnout are two conditions people who work in a health care setting may experience. Often, health care professionals ask how to prevent burnout yet still maintain the high expectations and required caseload. Music therapy, an evidence-based field, has the potential to re-energize patients and caregivers.

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Fostering Resilience
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Fostering Resilience

Resilience is defined as a person’s ability to recover from life’s hardships, stresses and setbacks, according to mental health professionals.

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Reducing the Weight of Anxiety
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Reducing the Weight of Anxiety

Forty million adults struggle with anxiety, according to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America. So when should you refer your patient to therapy for help? It’s as easy as knowing what triggers to look for.

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Allison Wierda Suttle, MD, Ob/Gyn, Yoga Instructor
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Allison Wierda Suttle, MD, Ob/Gyn, Yoga Instructor

Outsiders may assume that life moves at a slower pace here in the heartland. But events can still crash in on any of us with an all-too-familiar pattern. When the pressures of modern life threaten to overwhelm, the followers of yoga are adamant that their practice is the key to keeping mind, body and spirit from collapsing under the strain.

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