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The Health Benefits of Having a Dog

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

If you are a dog owner, you probably don’t need convincing that your dog offers various health benefits to you. But, on the other hand, if you are trying to convince yourself or someone that having a dog provides more benefits than just fluffy hugs and fur everywhere, then this is the article for you. […].

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From Dr. Fauci to Peloton, Healthcare and Wellness Baked Into Ad Age’s Top 20 Brands for 2020

Health Populi

As the editors of the MadMen-and-Women’s most influential industry publication, they explain, “Ad Age chronicles 20 brands that are having a moment.” ” This moment to them as well as to me, is heavily baked with health and wellness on consumers’ minds.

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Weekly Roundup – April 20, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. Key value propositions included risk assessment, chronic condition management, and support for mental health. This benefits patient care and meets ACO REACH reporting requirements. Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup.

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Top 6 Healing Powers of Pets for Older People

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Studies have shown that the bond between people and their pets results in many health benefits, lower stress, and happiness to their owners. Having a pet can be therapeutic for senior citizens as well. Being lonely and depressed can adversely affect a person’s health. Aids cardiovascular health.

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Why Having Pets is Good for Your Mental Health? Top 5 Reasons

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Science supports that owning a pet can be good for your mental health. According to some studies [1] dogs can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, encourage exercise, and improve human health. For instance, people with dogs tend to have lower blood pressure and are less likely to develop heart disease.

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What My Second Lease on Life Taught Me about the Power of Human Connection

Society for Participatory Medicine

While second opinions revealed that I should wait to have heart surgery until my heart had fully developed, my teenage years were filled with checkup after checkup and test after test. I felt exactly as I did at 12 years-old being told I needed open-heart surgery and as a 20 year-old having open heart surgery. It didn’t work.

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Toward a Wider Adoption of Digital Insurance Cards

Healthcare IT Today

The insurance card in my wallet—where I always keep it in case of emergency—is getting pretty dog-eared and frayed. Start with Standards A typical digital validation in health care must be recognized by software on the patient’s device as well as sites at multiple institutions: providers, payers, pharmacies, and more.

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