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How to live your best life in retirement
No more 9 to 5 means a whole new approach to life. Here's how to embrace retirement with healthy habits that can make your golden years quality years.
Growth plate fractures
Growth plate fractures — This common childhood bone injury often needs immediate treatment as it can result in a shorter, longer or crooked limb.
Great expectations: How to keep them from creating unhappiness
Expectations are a part of life. But if dashed hopes are getting you down again and again, here's what to do about it.
Emergency health information: Keep your personal and family records within reach
Emergency preparedness includes making sure you can quickly access critical health information for you and your family.
Do you have a living will?
Life-threatening situations can happen to anyone, so it's important to have a living will or other advance directive. These documents spell out your preferences regarding medical treatments you would or would not want to keep you alive. You can also outline your preferences for other medical decisions, such as pain management or organ donation. By planning ahead, you can get the medical care you want and save your family from having to make tough decisions in a crisis.
Different types of COVID-19 vaccines: How they work
Find out how different COVID-19 vaccines cause your body to create antibodies that will fight the COVID-19 virus.
Change an unhealthy habit? Yes, you can! Here's how
Hooked on salty snacks? Too much TV bingeing? Follow these insider tips from a Mayo Clinic wellness coach to break the cycle and build healthy new habits.
Blood donation
Find out what to expect during blood donation and how your blood will be used to help others.
After a flood, are food and medicines safe to use?
After a flood, don't eat foods or take medications that have come into contact with flood water or contaminated water.
6 tips for an active getaway you'll remember
Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, you don't have to leave your workout routine behind. Try these tips for making exercise a part of the adventure.
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