Share on PinterestResearchers say afternoon exercise may provide more substantial benefits for people with type 2 diabetes. Sound Maskot/Getty Images Researchers report that people with type 2 diabetes may get the most benefit from exercising in the afternoon. In a new study, researchers reported that participants who exercised throughout the day fared better in terms of blood glucose levels. They said they’re still not sure why afternoon exercise might be more beneficial, but it could be due to better sleep patterns and healthier eating habits. Doctors have long touted the…
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Good Works: PATCH provides opportunities for young people to provide input on health care practices and policies
Delanie Johnson La Crosse Community Foundation PATCH believes that health care practices, programs and policies should be developed with young people rather than just for them. After all, who could be better than teenagers at providing insight into teenagers’ needs and wants? PATCH, which stands for Providers and Teens Communicating for Health, has been a part of La Crosse County since 2018. It works directly with young people, called educators and teen advocates, to ensure their voices are included in decisions that affect them, with l The ultimate goal being…
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Physician organizations warn that pregnant patients will suffer and potentially die, or experience life-long complications, if the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals does not overturn a preliminary injunction preventing doctors from providing emergency care for abortion when they deem it medically necessary to stabilize a patient. In the wake of Dobbs decision last year, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued preliminary injunction to temporarily block the federal government’s guidance that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) protects doctors and others health…
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Open this photo in the gallery: Brent Simcosky, director of health services for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, looks on from the Jamestown Healing Clinic on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula May 24.Nathan Vanderklippe/The Globe and Mail A man-made stream trickles a tinkling chatter past the banks of freshly embellished plants to the exposed beams and huge glass windows that make up the Jamestown Healing Clinic. It could be a resort, set in a sunny lot on the outskirts of town, its soaring lobby decorated with open-air scenes of Washington state’s rugged…
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