This highlight wraps up Fit Friday’s health and wellness winter series with the spring season. It gave us the opportunity to get up close and personal with our community’s fitness leaders who serve as role models with valuable tips on prioritizing health and wellness. Jessica Tipton, 63, has been a fitness instructor for 30 years … Read more
Think about the disease that worries you the most – the one that runs in your family. Or maybe someone you love lives with her. Whether it’s cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, or depression, the US government is funding research to cure it. This research is a big reason we have drugs that have made deadly blood … Read more
Ana Verdo Kubo trains people at D1 Training Macon. Local personal trainer focuses on strength training. Photo courtesy of D1 Training Macon. March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate the leadership and influence of women in many fields, including health and fitness. In Macon, women help empower people not only physically, but also … Read more
Lallemand Bio-ingredients has launched Re-Vaya, an ingredient that addresses the growing demand for metabolic health, supporting balance through a health optimization approach. The science-backed ingredient launches at a time when demand for the usual weight loss narrative is changing, reshaping the metabolic health landscape beyond single-target weight management. Nutrition Insights Lallimand Bio Ingredients Scientific Affairs … Read more
BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) – Last week, one of Meredith Saver’s patients missed an appointment. The patient — in his late 40s — had been going to visits once a week, Sievers said, after an Idaho Medicaid contractor cut a mobile therapy program for people with severe mental illness. The program was designed for people … Read more
There is a common complaint among medical educators: the medical school curriculum is “too crowded.” New themes appear, but where to put them? As ethics and quality improvement and “shared decision-making” permeate the program more widely than ever before, how can it be jammed without a complete redesign of medical training? There is real concern … Read more
A number of projects funded through Proposition 1 — a $6.4 billion behavioral-health bond voters narrowly approved in March 2024 — have been delayed or abandoned even as state officials promoted the measure as a way to speed up treatment capacity, reports say. The bond measure was designed to help counties and providers build new … Read more
For Nicole Presley, UCLA is a family affair. Her father, who attended UCLA in the 1950s, was one of the first African Americans to play in the marching band as a saxophonist. He and his sister are also bronze. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in psychology from UCLA in 1997, Presley earned a master’s degree … Read more
Redding, Calif. – Leaders behind a proposed $206 million mental health campus in rural Northern California say they are disappointed by the state’s decision to deny funding but want the region not to turn the outcome into a political fight. Kimberly Johnson, CEO of Arch Collaborato, said she understands why the state might view the … Read more
Loneliness has reached epidemic levels, with one in two adults reporting that they experience this feeling, according to the US Surgeon General. A report published by the Surgeon General in 2023 stated that loneliness can have serious effects on a person’s physical and mental health, increasing the risk of heart disease, dementia, stroke, depression, anxiety … Read more