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Gut Bacteria May Be Key to Stopping Obesity, Depression, …

WebConsider this: Five years ago, Chinese researcher Liping Zhao and his team at Shanghai Jiao Tong University caused some mice in their lab to transform from healthy to obese in …

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Positive Psychology: How to Have a Happy Life

WebWHAT ROLE DOES PHYSICAL HEALTH PLAY? A: You can’t separate the mind and body.To generate the brain chemistry to be happy, we need to eat well, sleep enough, …

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Loneliness: The Shadow Pandemic

WebLoneliness may be hitting young people harder because they’re particularly susceptible to some of its root causes. For instance, studies have shown that 73 percent of heavy …

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New Course Teaches Health and Fitness Principles

WebBy Jeff McClellan A new general education course at BYU is teaching freshmen that their mothers were right all along. HEPE (pronounced “heppie”) 129, Fitness and Lifestyle …

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Smartphone Apps Can Improve Your Mental and Physical …

WebMobile apps like HeadSpace, Happify, and MyFitnessPal are helpful additions to traditional mental and physical health therapy, say BYU professors.

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When the Light Goes Out

WebWhen the Light Goes Out. In a time when young adults seek help for anxiety and depression like never before, BYU mental-health experts offer advice—and hope. By Lisa Ann …

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Mental Health Help at BYU: A Q&A with BYU's Head …

WebSteve Smith, director of BYU Counseling and Psychological Services. Photo by Bradley Slade. The demand for mental health counseling at BYU has increased every year for …

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Social Life = Longer Life

WebWe all know a strong social network can help you get a job or a date or a good deal on insurance or the best buy on milk. But BYU researchers now say that being well …

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COVID-19 Testing Performed on Campus by BYU Nursing …

WebIn full PPE—goggles or face shield, fitted N95 mask, gloves, and gown—an army of “super-swabber” student nurses put their skills to work.

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Puppets Show Health Concepts

WebBy Mary Lynn Bahr and Stephanie Tripp. J erome wants Mike to meet his new friend, Mr. Cigarette. “He’s really cool, Mike, and he wants to be your friend, too,” Jerome says. …

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Health Insurance Offered by the Alumni Association

WebIn response to the growing need for affordable health insurance, the BYU Alumni Association has recently announced two health insurance programs available to all BYU …

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The Costs of Job Loss

WebA month before Christmas in 2001, 1,200 steelworkers emptied their lockers at Geneva Steel in Vineyard, Utah, and left the sprawling plant for the last time. They joined some …

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More Room For Patients, Families, Students, and Books

WebBy Peter Gardner In recent years, hard hats, construction workers, and bulldozers have been as common on BYU campus as backpacks, calculators, and students. To the relief …

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The Sleep-Stress Cycle

WebChild sleep disorders are impacting parental health. Illustration by James Steinberg. Chances are if someone in your home isn’t sleeping well, it’s affecting the whole …

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Days for Girls: Supporting Women with Feminine Hygiene Kits

WebProviding feminine hygiene kits and education, a nonprofit has lifted millions of girls and women out of the shadows. The nonprofit Days for Girls provides young women around …

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Christ's Light Burden

WebJesus asked the rich man to put down his burden of riches and take up His burden. Jesus said, “Sell whatsoever thou hast . . . : and come, take up the cross, and follow me” …

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Ann Romney: Overcoming Disease and Fighting for Her Passions

WebWhen W. Mitt (BS ’71) and Ann Davies Romney (BA ’76) learned that GOP presidential hopefuls Chris Christie and Marco Rubio would be marching in the 2015 July 4th parade …

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