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A New Year, A Healthier You!
If you’re thinking about making some New Year’s resolutions, I’d like to suggest that this year, you go beyond the typical goals of losing weight or exercising more and instead, take a longer view and focus on your entire state of health: mental, physical and emotional. Here are 10 ways to do that.
10 ways to have a healthier 2020
1. Exercise regularly
Yes, I admit, I put “exercise more” as the first one, but this doesn’t mean you suddenly have to run a marathon. You can add more exercise into your life in small, easy steps, like taking the stairs instead of the elevator or taking a walk a…
Water And Sunscreen: The Ultimate Summer Safeguards
During the warm summer months, it's crucial to take simple steps to protect against a variety of heat-related illnesses.
“It’s important to stop heat-related illness before it progresses to heat stroke, which can be life-threatening,” said Dr. Jeffrey Rabrich, medical director of Emergency Medicine at Montefiore Nyack Hospital. “With heat-related illness, the thing to watch out for is the heat index, which measures the combination of heat and humidity."
Heat-related illness can start with heat exhaustion, which can cause muscle cramps, feeling lightheaded, nausea, headaches and a gener…