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What sleeping position is best? People who exercise have healthier belly fat, Colombian Salad

This week Zorba and Karl look at research about what sleeping position is best, and they discuss a study that suggests people who exercise regularly have healthier belly fat. Plus, […]




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Healthy Living - September 10, 2024

Pastor and psychology professor Dr. Jonathan Hoover, author of Stress Fracture: Your Ultimate Guide to beating Burnout discusses the Biblical insight and psychological studies showing effective ways to assess stress and manage it, as well as ... ...




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Healthy Living - September 17, 2024

Johns Hopkins medical expert and Fox News regular Dr. Marty Makary, author of Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health discusses what he calls "medical groupthink" which he says has led to public harms, and ... ...




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Healthy Living - September 24, 2024

Pastor and professor Dr. Chris Rappazini, author of Moving Forward After Messing Up: A New Future with the God of Second Chances discusses the importance of focusing on making changes and starting again in the wake of mistakes rather than on ... ...




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Healthy Living - October 1, 2024

Addiction counselor Melissa Huray, author of Radical Freedom: Breaking the Chains of Addiction for Good discusses how she found healing, forgiveness and recovery from alcoholism through the transformative grace of Jesus.




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Healthy Living - October 8, 2024

Pastor and psychology professor Dr. Jonathan Hoover, author of Stress Fracture: Your Ultimate Guide to beating Burnout discusses the Biblical insight and psychological studies showing effective ways to assess stress and manage it, as well as ... ...




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Healthy Living - October 15, 2024

Conor Gallagher, author of Well-Ordered Family: The Family Management System discusses how being the CEO of multiple businesses and the father of sixteen children led him to develop a plan to help families achieve contentment, harmony, and ...




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Healthy Living - October 22, 2024

Johns Hopkins medical expert and Fox News regular Dr. Marty Makary, author of Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health discusses what he calls "medical group think" which he says has led to public harms, and ... ...




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Healthy Living - October 29, 2024

Addiction counselor Melissa Huray, author of Radical Freedom: Breaking the Chains of Addiction for Good discusses how she found healing, forgiveness and recovery from alcoholism through the transformative grace of Jesus.




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Healthy Living - November 5, 2024

Ann Voskamp, author of Gifts and Gratitudes, discusses the mental and physical health benefits of feeling and expressing gratitude, and offers a detailed guide to growing a sense of thanksgiving to God every day of the year.




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Healthy Living - November 12, 2024

Ann Voskamp, author of Gifts and Gratitudes, discusses the mental and physical health benefits of feeling and expressing gratitude, and offers a detailed guide to growing a sense of thanksgiving to God every day of the year.




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Empathy and Healthy Boundaries

We all want to be connected with people, and most of us desire connections that cultivate deep, heartfelt engagement. How is it possible to create relationships that bind us together and also withstand the differences in our identities? How can we move beyond superficial encounters in order to form meaningful harmonies that outlast the discordant pressures of our society? In my new book, The Influential Christian: Learning to Lead from the Heart, I suggest that practices of empathy are our...




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MasterChef Contestant Shows Us How to Eat Healthy on a Budget

MASTERCHEF  “My dear friend Maryann sent me a flyer one morning telling me to apply to be on Fox’s TV competition MasterChef,” Lexy explains. “I loved to cook, and loved the show, but I never ever thought my two minutes of spontaneous boldness would lead to all of this. My time on that show was challenging. I was six weeks pregnant with my third child upon arriving in Los Angeles and morning sickness took full effect as soon as I stepped into that amazing kitchen. I was stressed every day,...




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Know Your Body to Get Healthy and Fit

WHAT IS METABOLIC FLEXIBILITY? While most people have heard the term metabolism, the majority of them likely can’t explain what it means, Dr. Ian says. “Your metabolism is the collective effort of billions of cells in your body that are carrying out chemical processes (work) every second of your life – even when you’re sleeping -- that allow you to live and function and be who you are.”   Dr. Ian says metabolism basically involves the breakdown of food into small, simple nutrients, and the...




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Harmonizing Your Health with Dr. Colbert

GUT HEALTH  Dr. Don Colbert maintains that people can take control of their health. As he likes to put it, “Your genetics may load the gun, but lifestyle pulls the trigger.” Our choices can change our genetics, he adds. Dr. Colbert is often asked why the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is so important. He says it’s because it’s considered the “second brain” due its complex neural network. “The gut-brain axis is a fascinating and intricate connection that highlights the two-way communication between...




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The Construction Phone Alternative

Key questions to choose the right VoIP provider.




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NCCER is Named a DEWALT Grow the Trades Grant Recipient

The National Center for Construction Education and Research has been recognized as a DEWALT Grow the Trades Grant recipient for its efforts to provide career and technical education programs and industry-recognized credentials to students through the High School Builder Program.




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Glass Mat Gypsum Sheathing in Residential Construction: A High-Performance, Code-Compliant Alternative to Traditional Materials

Glass mat gypsum sheathing is common for commercial uses but rarer in residential construction




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Western Specialty Contractors Provides Safety Tips to Protect Construction Workers in Summer Heat

Summer is a great time for construction work, but a brutal time for construction workers. Excessive heat and sun exposure pose significant dangers, such as sunburn, dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Every year, construction workers become ill on the job and some even lose their lives due to heat exposure.




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Healthy Plaster

This is one sustainable renovation that is built with energy efficient materials, timeless design and healthy alternatives. 




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A Healthy Attachment

Keeping stucco and EIFS secured to surfaces.




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VIDEO: The Specialty EIFS and Stucco Contractor

In this video, W&C Editor John Wyatt speaks with Bruce Honore III of Precision Development.




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How Architectural Ceilings Transformed the UCLA Health Center Lobby Space

In the bustling world of health care, every detail matters, especially when it comes to creating spaces that promote healing and comfort. UCLA Health Center, renowned for its commitment to excellence in patient care, recently underwent a remarkable transformation.




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How rapid digital upscaling is enabling health charities to meet Covid-19 challenges

In the face of spiralling demand, Kirsty Marrins reports on a sector that has taken the leap online to communicate across a pandemic




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Pressure to check work email after hours can be bad for your health, personal relationships: study

Briarcliff Manor, NY — You’re at home with family in the evening when you receive an email notification. It’s from your boss. Do you respond? A new study finds that pressure to check work email from home can negatively affect your health, your relationship with your significant other, and his or her health.




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10 tips for starting a workplace safety and health program

Does your workplace lack a safety and health program? If you’re looking to create one, OSHA offers 10 tips to get you going.




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NIOSH center offers free online course on Total Worker Health

Lowell, MA — A new online training course is designed to introduce Total Worker Health concepts to occupational safety and health professionals.




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Washington state to provide return-to-work, safety and health grants

Tumwater, WA – Washington state is offering grants to fund innovative workplace safety and health or return-to-work programs.




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Police exposed to health risks of excessive sitting: study

Iowa City, IA – Police work is mostly sedentary, with officers likely to be more active on their days off than while working, according to a new study from the University of Iowa.




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House passes bill to toughen penalties for harming first responders

Washington – In response to a spike in the number of police officers killed in the line of duty in 2017, the House on May 18 passed a bill that seeks stricter penalties for people who harm or attempt to harm first responders.




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Toolkit aimed at curbing health decline among correctional workers

Lowell, MA — Noting that corrections officers have an average life expectancy that’s 16 years less than other occupational groups, the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace has created a mentoring toolkit aimed at combating a decline in health early in correctional workers’ careers.




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EPA identifies health risks of TCE

Washington – The Environmental Protection Agency has identified health risks from exposure to the chemical compound trichloroethylene and is calling on Congress to pass stronger federal toxics laws.




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Report on Louisiana workers shows poor health most common in service industry

Baton Rouge, LA – Service industry workers in Louisiana report a higher prevalence of poor health, chronic health conditions, and risk factors such as smoking and binge drinking than all other workers in the state, according to an analysis conducted by the state’s Occupational Health and Injury Surveillance Program.




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Firefighting officially a cancer-causing profession, World Health Organization says

Lyon, France — The World Health Organization has reclassified firefighting as a carcinogenic profession.




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‘What’s killing us’: Firefighter groups warn of health risks linked to protective gear

Washington — Concerned that firefighters’ protective gear may contain potentially harmful “forever chemicals,” the International Association of Fire Fighters and the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association are advising their members to take precautions to reduce exposure.




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Health care worker unions sue Scalia, OSHA for shelving infectious diseases standard

San Francisco — The Washington State Nurses Association is among four labor unions suing Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia and OSHA in an effort to compel the agency to move forward with rulemaking on an infectious diseases standard that would require employers in the health care industry to protect workers from exposure to harmful infectious diseases such as COVID-19, Ebola and influenza.




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Coalition sues OSHA in effort to force permanent standard on COVID-19 for health care workers

Washington — The AFL-CIO and National Nurses United are part of a coalition of labor unions and organizations that has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Labor and OSHA, petitioning a federal court to direct the agency to issue a permanent standard on COVID-19 focused on health care workers.




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NIOSH teams with staffing association to promote temp worker safety and health

Washington — NIOSH and the American Staffing Association have announced a multiyear partnership agreement to advance protections for temporary workers.




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NLRB halts appeal of court decision that struck down revised joint employer rule

Washington — The National Labor Relations Board has withdrawn its appeal of a federal court decision that blocked the board’s joint employer rule.




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Bill would halt FMCSA’s movement on speed limiters

Washington — Legislation recently introduced in the House would prohibit the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from requiring speed-limiting devices on large trucks and buses.




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Indiana lawmaker introduces bill to increase penalties for worker deaths

Indianapolis — Indiana Rep. Martin Carbaugh (R-Fort Wayne) has introduced legislation that would dramatically increase maximum fines for on-the-job fatalities.




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Researchers find link between disabling work injuries, other health problems

Morgantown, WV — A permanent disability caused by a work-related injury can increase the risk of other serious health disorders and even premature death, results of recent study suggest.




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Primer aims to help public health researchers understand workers’ comp

Washington – A new publication from NIOSH is intended to help public health researchers better understand workers’ compensation insurance and how records can be used to help prevent workplace illnesses and injuries.




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MIOSHA releases compliance alternatives for scissor-lift rules

Lansing, MI – The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration has approved two alternatives for complying with its rules on scissor lifts.




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OSHA updates guidance on preventing workplace violence in health care, social services

Washington – April is National Workplace Violence Prevention Month, and OSHA hopes to raise awareness by releasing updated guidance for health care and social service workers.




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Safety and health KPIs: ILO releases guidebook on collecting and measuring data

Geneva — A new guidebook from the International Labor Organization is intended to help employers compile data on key performance indicators related to safety and health.




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Senators to Acosta: MSHA coal dust rule, scheduled for review, is ‘critical’ to miner health

Washington — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is among five Senate Democrats who have expressed opposition to any rollback to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s respirable coal dust rule, in a letter sent Dec. 22 to Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta.




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NIOSH offering free health screenings for coal miners

Washington — Coal miners soon will have access to a series of free, confidential health screenings through the NIOSH Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program.




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No changes to training requirements for refuge alternatives in coal mines, MSHA says

Washington — The Mine Safety and Health Administration has determined that the annual training requirements outlined in its Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines rule supply “an experience sufficient to enable miners to apply their knowledge, other training and available written instruction to effectively use the refuge alternative in an emergency.”




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Secretary Walsh: OSHA’s forthcoming ETS to cover health care workers

Washington — Health care workers will be the focus of OSHA’s emergency temporary standard on COVID-19, which will be issued June 10, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh told the House Education and Labor Committee during a June 9 hearing.