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On March 3, Illinois State University sent a message welcoming spring and inviting its community to partake in some fun activities that promote wellness. After being cooped up for the winter, most people are ready to get out of the ho...

Avoiding Carpal Tunnel for At-Home Workers Carpal tunnel syndrome inflicts millions of people every year and causes numbness, tingling, and sometimes even a dull, aching pain (like arthritis) in the hands and fingers. This happens ...

If you are recently dealing with a diabetes diagnosis, your mind may be spinning as you try to navigate this tricky road. The good news is that there are active steps that you can take to tailor your di...

It is every bit as important to take care of mental health as it is to safeguard your physical health while you are staying home during the COVID-19 crisis. Your mind is as critical to your well-being as your body and you must be good t...

The use of tear gas has been all over the news for the last week. As more protestors take to the streets to express their desire to see racial equality, police have resorted to using tear gas to disperse crow...

The Mecosta County Health District and other local health departments around the United States are reminding people that there's still a pandemic going on, and precautions must be taken in order to slow the spread of...

If your internal body clock feels disrupted this week, you are certainly not alone. While setting the clocks back one hour is easier than the spring counterpart of moving forward, it is not unusual to...

Most health experts recommend that you aim to get in at least 10,000 steps per day. Unless you have a job that keeps you on your feet all day, this can be a difficult goal to reach. However, there are ...

As the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest, one of the main reasons that viruses spread to pandemic levels is because too many people ignore the risks and go...