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Lightning Never Strikes Twice – Rebuilding YMCA Naples

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The North Naples YMCA is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever. In September 2013, the Naples community was devastated when the local North Naples YMCA was struck by lightning. The resulting three-alarm f...

Gut Health – 6 Reasons to Check Before You Flush

Emily Alford

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The healthiest relationship athletes ever form isn’t with a trainer, coach, or fellow athletes. It’s with their gut. It might not be written into the training plan, but a key part of an athlete’s regimen shoul...

Micronutrient Deficiency: How We Are Overfed and Undernourished

Deepa B. Verma, MD

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Americans are overwhelmed with food options, but sadly, most of them aren't great for us: we are often led to processed, preserved, and fast foods. Although a lot of these foods feel like they're time-saving, w...

New Wearable Technology Saves Your Life

Rebecca Youngblood

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A new breakthrough in wearable technology from MC10 allows athletes to better monitor biofeedback — even alerting them to potential trauma. As athletes, we know our bodies are capable of extraordinary things. ...

How To Survive A Road Bike Crash

Matt McCain

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Get in your car, accelerate to 30 miles per hour, strip down to your underwear, open the door, and jump out, That’s how crashing a road bike has been described to me, and I can tell you from experience that thi...

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IV Vitamin Therapy: A Healthy Shortcut To Higher Energy

Deepa B. Verma, MD

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You may have heard of intravenous (IV) vitamin therapy as one of the latest celebrity fads. Remember when Rihanna was spotted utilizing an IV drip after a late night of partying? Well, if it takes a celebrity t...

6 Delicious Foods For Glowing, Healthy Skin

Jess Novak

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Every day, we strip our skin with cleansers, smear it with pore-clogging makeup, and steep it in smoggy air. While a weekly face mask is great improving healthy skin, it can’t do all the work on its own. What c...

Fighting the Fog: Surprising Strategies to Prevent Alzheimer’s

Russel Swensen

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Aging is never easy. But the prospect of failing to recognize friends and loved ones is awful. The bad news is that Alzheimer’s is currently affecting the lives of as many as five million Americans, but the goo...

Weight Loss Mistakes And How to Make Them

Ellen Whitney

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“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein How many times have you tried to lose weight? Now how many times have you been able to achieve your g...

The Secret Ingredient To The Best Easy Face Mask

Jess Novak

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This easy face mask recipe stars one extra-special ingredient you may not have tried... When it comes to facial products, everyone from Sephora to Shiseido wants to sell you on their own version. Some of these...