Excuses. When it comes to getting healthy and fit, we’ll come up with as many excuses as our creativity will allow. We’re like a third grader at 7 a.m., tirelessly scrambling for a new sick excuse to tell mom why…
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PRACTICING YOGA TO IMPROVE MIND-BODY HEALTH
Many people report positive health effects from practicing yoga and meditation, and experience both mental and physical benefits from these practices. However, we still have much to learn about how exactly these practices affect mind-body health. A new research article…
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THE MANY BENEFITS OF TRAVELLING
We have all grown up reading about places far away that we can only imagine. What have you studied in books that would change your perspective to personally experience? Perhaps it is a visit to the Tower of London, Westminster…
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THE ISSUES WITH SHORT-TERM FOCUS ON GLOBAL HEALTH
I’m probably one of the few people born in Australia my age who has known people who died or were paralysed by polio, or who had infectious diseases like tuberculosis. I grew up in Pakistan. My parents were doing development…
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THE HEALTHY BENEFITS OF HUGGING
When it comes down to it, you’re either a hug person or someone who tolerates them. Hugging is a pretty intimate act — after all, you’re wrapping your arms around another person and allowing them close to your body. They…
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