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Cure Your Ice Cream Cravings with Healthier Options
It’s summertime, and you know what that means: It’s time to eat lots and lots of ice cream. You eat it, your kids eat it, even your dog eats it. We love to eat ice cream, but what we don’t love is all of the unhealthy stuff that comes with it. ...
Travel Smart This Summer: 4 Tips for a Safe Vacation
Vacations are a wonderful time for you and your family to relax and reconnect. But planning a trip for the entire family can be overwhelming. Are you responsible for organizing the logistics of travel and getting ready for a safe trip? With proper preparation, you can...
Humans Run on H2O: Stay Hydrated with These Tips
Getting dehydrated can be dangerous for anyone, but especially older adults, young children, and people who work or exercise outside in the heat. The good news is, dehydration is preventable. There are simple ways you can work water into your routine. Many times, your...
How Hot is Too Hot to Exercise Outside?
Because Pennsylvania has long-lasting winters and cold weather that often lingers into springtime, everyone wants to be outside as much as possible when summertime emerges. Exercising in the warm weather can be beneficial for your health. But, if the...
Signs of Dehydration: When Your Body is Telling You You Need H20
When you were in school as a kid, you might remember hearing that our bodies are made up of mostly water. To stay hydrated, we have to make sure we take in more water than we lose during the day. We lose water when we breathe, go to the bathroom, and sweat....
Don’t Let Your Health Keep You Down When Traveling
For many of us, summer time is travel time! Whether you are planning to travel in the U.S. or abroad, here are some tips to make sure you don’t leave your health behind. Healthy Travel Checklist Get informed about your destination. Know how to stay safe in area you...
Keep Your Kids Happy and Healthy This Summer
Every kid’s favorite day is that last day of school before summer officially begins, but it might not be every parent’s favorite day. Now that the kids are home, parents have to make sure their children aren’t eating too much junk food or watching too much TV and are...
Keep Your Kids Health, But Don’t Forget About Yourself
School’s out, and the kids are home for summer. Suddenly your daily routine isn’t much of a routine at all. Don’t forget about yourself when you’re shuttling around the kids and trying to keep them in good health this summer. Making sure that your kids...
The Facts About ‘Dry Drowning’
As summer comes into full swing, reports about “dry drowning” will become more commonplace. These reports will claim that so-called dry drowning occurs without water entering the lungs. However, the American Red Cross, World Health Organization (WHO) and other...
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