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A bevy of medications and other stimulants can raise your blood pressure or keep blood pressure medications from doing their job. Pixabay

Wellness 7:05 am, Mar. 2, 2021

Medications and supplements that can raise your blood pressure

Wellness 8:00 am, Feb. 27, 2021

Book offers practical roadmap for helping older parents

Wellness 8:00 am, Feb. 23, 2021

Dear Friend: Don't lower your standards, be kinder to yourself

Wellness 7:01 am, Feb. 23, 2021

What can help keep my child’s eyes from hurting after being online all day for school?

Wellness 7:00 pm, Feb. 22, 2021

Mayo Clinic podcast: Hidden gallbladder and bile duct cancers

Since 1980, the federal government has revised dietary guidelines every five years, and the recommendations have a wide impact on American health and commerce. The guidelines are the road map to how the government administers school lunches as well as food assistance programs. Dreamstime / Tribune News Service

Wellness 11:00 am, Feb. 21, 2021

Commentary: It's time for a plant-powered overhaul of American diets

In the U.S., 1 in 4 women die from cardiovascular disease. "We've just scratched the surface of what we need to know about heart disease. Each time we peel back a layer, we realize we need to know more," says Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes, a cardiologist and founder of the Mayo Clinic Women's Heart Clinic. Pexels

Wellness 9:05 am, Feb. 21, 2021

What women should know about their heart health

Wellness 8:00 am, Feb. 20, 2021

Parent doesn’t want to live with adult child and her family — or anyone else

A rare eye disease threatened my sight -- and editing career -- for a brief time nearly a decade ago, blurring my vision to the point where it was nearly impossible to read newsprint. (File Photo)

Wellness 2:30 pm, Feb. 18, 2021

How a rare eye disease made a local newspaper editor see the light about vision care

A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia Sept. 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

Wellness 10:50 am, Feb. 18, 2021

U.S. life expectancy fell by one year in 2020, CDC data shows

Wellness 9:00 am, Feb. 16, 2021

Mayo Clinic podcast: How you can lower your risk for cancer

Wellness 8:00 am, Feb. 16, 2021

Dear Friend: When you listen, you do more than listen

Wellness 8:00 am, Feb. 13, 2021

Adult child of abuse struggles with perceived caregiving obligation

Medication errors can happen to anyone in any place, including your own home and at the health care provider's office, hospital, pharmacy and senior living facility. Pixabay

Wellness 7:25 am, Feb. 10, 2021

Cut your risk of medication errors with these tips

Wellness 8:00 am, Feb. 9, 2021

Dear Friend: You have a right to be wrong sometimes

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Wellness 10:00 am, Feb. 7, 2021

Mayo Clinic Q & A: What does a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosis mean for my sister?

The problems facing families may have deeper, more enduring effects on children, who don't have the perspective to see the pandemic as a temporary circumstance. Tribune News Service

Wellness 7:00 am, Feb. 7, 2021

Students' mental health deteriorating during pandemic

Wellness 8:00 am, Feb. 6, 2021

What can caregivers talk about during video or in-person elder visits?

Studies have show alcohol consumption during the pandemic has gone up. Some people are choosing to have a "dry month" to take a closer look at their relationship with alcohol. But there are some things you need to keep in mind before you tackle it. iStock / Special to The Forum

Wellness 1:00 pm, Feb. 5, 2021

What I learned from giving up alcohol for Dry January

Wellness 8:00 am, Feb. 2, 2021

Dear Friend: Escape the loneliness trap

Dozens of kids enjoy the sledding hill on the first hole Jan. 2, 2021 at Edgewood Golf Course in Fargo. Rob Beer / Forum News Service

Wellness 11:54 am, Feb. 1, 2021

As frigid temperatures approach, here's what parents should know about dressing their kids

Wellness 8:00 am, Jan. 30, 2021

More options for elder-friendly tech and care support options

Patients with hamstring issues often get more long-term relief from tightness with specific stability exercises as opposed to stretching alone. Nathan Cowley / Pexels

Wellness 6:40 am, Jan. 27, 2021

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Why stretching hamstrings most often provides only short-term relief

Wellness 8:00 am, Jan. 26, 2021

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