• Home Health Care

    What to eat before a marathon

    October 23, 2024 - By 

    Completing a marathon is being added to more people’s bucket lists. Sticking to a running plan will help you prepare for your upcoming race. However, a marathon training diet is also necessary if you want to run at your best. Our experts explain what’s important to consume while training and how to work that nutrition into your schedule – all the way up to and throughout race day. What to eat during marathon training: Before taper Long-distance running takes a lot of energy. Feeding yourself properly is required if you want to avoid fatigue or hitting the wall. Just like…

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    Understanding out-of-pocket maximums | HealthPartners Blog

    October 22, 2024 - By 

    When shopping for health insurance coverage, it’s likely you’ve seen the phrase “out-of-pocket maximum” on a summary of benefits. Don’t ignore that number – this amount is an important part of your plan. Your annual out-of-pocket maximum is the highest amount you’ll have to pay for covered health care services in a single year. It ensures you don’t get hit with massive health care costs if you experience a major illness or injury. To choose the right plan for you, it’s important to understand how an out-of-pocket maximum works, what kind of costs contribute and what happens after you meet…

  • Personal Training

    The Dream of a 3,000-Pound Pumpkin

    October 22, 2024 - By 

    There are two Michael Jordans, both widely regarded as the Greatest of All Time. One is an NBA legend. The other is a pumpkin. In 2023, the 2,749-pound Goliath set the world record for heaviest pumpkin. Michael Jordan weighed as much as a small car and was even more massive—so broad that it would just barely fit in a parking space. Like all giant pumpkins, its flesh was warped by all that mass—sort of like Jabba the Hutt with a spray tan. It is hard to imagine how a pumpkin could get any bigger. But you might have said the…

  • Personal Training

    Abortion in America Will Never Be the Same

    October 22, 2024 - By 

    In the fall of 2021, Tammi Kromenaker started looking for a new home for her North Dakota abortion clinic. For more than 20 years, Red River Women’s Clinic had provided abortion care to the Fargo area, most of that time as the state’s only provider. But now Kromenaker, the practice’s owner and director, was moving it just across the state line to Minnesota. “We had seen the writing on the wall,” she told me. A few months earlier, the Supreme Court had announced that it would take up Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and North Dakota had a trigger…

  • Home Health Care

    How to fix flat feet (pes planus)

    October 22, 2024 - By 

    We use our feet a lot, so the occasional ache or slight pain is to be expected. But if you have frequent foot pain or foot pain that doesn’t go away, it’s generally a sign that something isn’t working how it should. There are a number of reasons why your feet may hurt. But if you’ve also noticed or been told that you’re flat-footed, it’s normal to wonder if flat feet are contributing to your pain, and what you can do about it if they are. Flatfoot, also known as pes planus or fallen arches, is what it sounds like…

  • Mens Issues

    Coke, Twinkies, Skittles, and … Whole-Grain Bread?

    October 21, 2024 - By 

    Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. The loaf in my fridge is the furthest thing from Wonder Bread. Each slice is made of organic whole-wheat flour and has four grams of fiber and just two measly grams of added sugar. It’s studded with so many seeds that I’m always worried about them getting stuck in my teeth. The only service this bread can provide is as a hummus sandwich; it tastes too healthy for a grilled cheese, an egg sandwich, or any other handheld creation. But here’s the thing about my whole-grain, seed-coated loaf of…

  • Mens Issues

    When Does a High Become a Trip?

    October 20, 2024 - By 

    Ibogaine, a psychedelic compound found in plants native to central Africa, is notorious for the intensity of the trips it induces. Those who consume it are plunged into vivid hallucinations, often preceded by a loud buzzing noise, that last between 24 and 48 hours. In one case report, a 29-year-old woman from Gabon met her dead relatives, and later looked into a mirror and saw a woman crying and holding a baby. A middle-aged American man experienced himself from the perspective of a “Mexican little boy and I’m praying on the side of a road.” When he opened his eyes,…

  • Mens Issues

    The ‘Peak Obesity’ Illusion – The Atlantic

    October 18, 2024 - By 

    Taken on its own, the number is astonishing. According to the CDC, as of August 2023, 40.3 percent of U.S. adults—some 100 million people—met the clinical definition for obesity. But this same estimate, which is based on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey numbers gathered between 2021 and 2023, also seems remarkably low compared with prior readouts. For the first time in more than a decade, NHANES data hint that our obesity epidemic is no longer growing. The new estimate is almost two percentage points lower than the government’s previous one, which covered the period from 2017 to 2020 and…

  • Mens Issues

    Abortion Pills Have Changed the Post-Roe Calculus

    October 18, 2024 - By 

    Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. For all the upheaval that followed the overturn of Roe v. Wade, it did not dramatically change the most basic fact about abortions in America: the number. Since 2022, abortions in the United States have held steady—even increased slightly, based on the best of limited data. One major reason? The rise of abortion pills, which are now used in the majority of abortions in America. Every month, thousands of women in states where abortion is banned have been able to discreetly order the pills by mail and take them…

  • Beauty

    Direct to Patient Healthcare With Lee Aase

    October 17, 2024 - By 

    Struggling with burnout while maintaining high-quality healthcare services that patients love? Tune in to our latest podcast as Lee Aase, founder of HELPCare, LLC, shares how he transitioned from his pioneering social media work at Mayo Clinic to lead an innovative membership-based direct-to-patient healthcare business. This podcast is a must-listen for healthcare leaders and primary care practitioners seeking innovative ways to enhance patient access, optimize care delivery, and address challenges like burnout. HELPCare, LLC is revolutionizing healthcare with comprehensive membership, marketing, and management services for provider-owned HELPCare Clinics, as well as metabolic health education and coaching for people interested in…