Healthy Hearts

Want to keep on top of new health trends? Too much going on? Feeling pooped? Want to feel more energetic? Starve a cold or feed a fever – or is it feed a cold or starve a fever? Click on the title to read more. Check here, often, for up-to-date information that will help you feel like you are on top of the world!

Healthy Trends

Want to keep on top of new health trends? Too much going on? Feeling pooped? Want to feel more energetic? Starve a cold or feed a fever - or is it feed a cold or starve a fever? Click on the title to read more. Check here, often, for up-to-date information that will help you feel like you are on top of the world!

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Ask Nurse Practitioner Phyllis: The Value of Volunteer

*Scenario 1:* You see a bulletin board at your school with opportunities for community service and you decide to keep on going to your destination.

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Ask Nurse Practitioner Phyllis: Stress Management for Teens

Stressful Situations and Stress Management Techniques for Teens.

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Ask Nurse Practitioner Phyllis: Cyberbullying and the Teenager

You, a high school junior, answer your cell phone and see that your friend has sent you a humiliating picture of the new girl in school. She has posted it on a website well known to your classmates and has sent text messages for your whole class to view.

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Ask Nurse Practitioner Phyllis: Gardasil?

I just read about a new vaccine for teens called Gardisil. Do I need to get it? I hate shots. Can you tell me what it is for? - B.H. age 14 in Delaware

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The Food Gurus

Meet our Food Gurus and Chefs Extraordinaire. Our experts have some really helpful suggestions for snacks that are easy to prepare, delicious and healthy.

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Eating Healthy

You are what you eat", at least when it comes to good health. Researchers continue to find links between diet and such illnesses and conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. It isnever too early to develop the habit of healthy eating. See the topics below to learn helpful tips on foods that will help you feel good and look great.

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Ask Nurse Practitioner Phyllis: Teens and Travel

Are you planning a trip this summer? Your choir may have won the state competition and you may be touring abroad. You may be vacationing in European cities this summer on an educational tour You may be going to visit your cousins in South Africa and look forward to going on a safari. You may have signed up for a language immersion program and just received notice that you will be staying with a family in Central America. Or, you may have been accepted to the Houses for Habitat program in South America this summer.

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