Art and music aid mood and recovery in mental illness
Artists and researchers discuss how creative arts therapy helps mood and stress. Susanna Loewy and Hark share personal routines, while studies suggest art aids emotion expression, distraction, and brain connectivity. Narrative pieces from This is My Brave illustrate personal healing through performance.
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Hark
Philadelphia
Susanna Loewy
Loewy
Ellipses Ensemble
Girija Kaimal
Drexel University
Nick Emeigh
Emeigh
Elkins Park
Hell
Brandoff
Gabriel Nathan
Montgomery County
Nathan
Thornton Wilder
Move Your Way: New U S Guidelines Push More Activity
The Department of Health and Human Services and health groups unveil updated 150 minute weekly activity guidance. The aim expands counting rules and emphasizes all movement from stair climbs to dancing as contributing to the goal, with a new campaign Move Your Way to promote easier targets and lower disease risk.
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Department of Health and Human Services
American Heart Association
American College of Cardiology
Journal
American Medical Association
JAMA
Screening for unhealthy alcohol use advised in primary care
The U S Preventive Services Task Force urges screening for unhealthy alcohol use in adults 18 and older in primary care, with brief behavioral counseling for those at risk. It notes 88 000 alcohol related deaths annually 2006 to 2010 and defines risky use as exceeding four drinks daily or fourteen weekly for men and three drinks daily or seven weekly for women.
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United States Preventive Services Task Force
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
JAMA
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
United States
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