Doctor fights mental health stigma

As Kenya’s leading psychiatrist, Frank Njenga has been championing the cause of better mental health care for more than three decades.
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Gold medal formula: Mind over matter?

Mind over matter? Or nature over nurture? What is it that separates Olympic legends like Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps from the millions of enthusiastic amateurs around the world?
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Opinion: How our doctors do harm

The cold hard reality is that America does not need to reform health care, it needs to transform health care, Dr. Otis Brawley says.
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How our doctors do harm

The cold hard reality is America does not need to reform health care, it needs to transform health care, Dr. Otis Brawley says.
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Is your yoga teacher being safe?

There isn't a government oversight committee dedicated to yoga practice. And that's because many practitioners prefer it that way.
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Is your yoga teacher keeping you safe?

There isn’t a government oversight committee dedicated to yoga practice. And that’s because many practitioners prefer it that way.
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Who should be allowed to teach yoga?

Joe Palese took his first yoga class in the 1990s, right as the practice began gaining in popularity in the United States.
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N.Y. school to review environmental tests in medical mystery

A school system in upstate New York, where more than a dozen female high school students are suffering from uncontrolled verbal outbursts and twitching, said it has hired a company to review environmental testing within the school and community.
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All Exercise Not Created Equal

The other day a prospective client walked into my office to sit down and talk about her struggles getting in shape. She is a bright girl with a very bubbly personality, except talking about getting rid of her “chunky thighs” as she called them was a sore subject. “Sara”, let’s just call her, is by [...]

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Maker recalls 2,200 tubes of Aveeno baby lotion

Johnson & Johnson announced Friday it is voluntarily recalling a single lot of Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort Lotion after a test by the Food and Drug Administration found it contained more of a form of bacteria than specifications allow.
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