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When It’s Cold Outside, Watch Your Back When It’s Cold Outside, Watch Your Back
When It’s Cold Outside, Watch Your Back Every season brings its own set of health woes. Winter is a major culprit, wreaking havoc with cold weather, freezing temperatures, and ice and snow that can lead to all sorts of health problems from head to toe and everything in between. This winter, if you’re spending a lot of time indoors amid the COVID-19 pandemic, you may want to grab your snowshoes, cross country skis or ice skates or just take a walk. And if you’re feeling cooped up inside, you may actually look forward to shoveling snow or chopping through a sheet of ice. As a pain specialist, many of the patients I see during the w…

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Youth Sports And Hydration: How Much Is Enough? Youth Sports And Hydration: How Much Is Enough?
Youth Sports And Hydration: How Much Is Enough? Did you know that the majority of young athletes are already dehydrated with they show up for practice or a game? This is important information for coaches, parents and student athletes, according to Sports Medicine Specialist, Dr. Marc Kowalsky of Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists (ONS), because improper hydration can impact mental alertness and physical performance, and it increases the risk of injuries. “As little as two percent dehydration can cause muscle fatigue and affect a young athlete’s aerobic capacity, strength, stamina, and reaction time,” he said. “It can also put und…

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Yonkers Easter Bunny's Sleepy Cousin Was Playing Game: Spokeswoman Yonkers Easter Bunny's Sleepy Cousin Was Playing Game: Spokeswoman
Yonkers Easter Bunny's Sleepy Cousin Was Playing Game: Spokeswoman A New Jersey Easter bunny owned by the same company that supplies the Cross County Shopping Center's bunny was not as hippity-hoppity as usual this week. A local mom in a group waiting in line at the Willowbrook Mall with her children shared the incident on Facebook, igniting a social media clash between people who were outraged and others who defended the teen in the bunny suit. Mall spokeswoman Lindsay Kahn told Daily Voice that the employee was pretending to sleep as part of a playful game in which she has kids try to wake her. "She has been a great Easter Bunny and engaging with t…

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by Cecilia Levine