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No surprise, but 2020 has been brutal on everyone's mental health

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Positive thinking also affects the mind and body. Having a positive frame of mind can provide include increasing your life span, lowering rates of depression and several other benefits. Pixabay

Wellness 8:00 am, Dec. 31, 2020

Lessons from 2020 and approaching the new year with optimism

Group exercise participants use barbells in the pool for a night water exercise class at the Brainerd (Minn.) Family YMCA. Special to Forum News Service

Wellness 10:14 am, Dec. 29, 2020

Group exercise may be even better for you than solo workouts – here's why

Wellness 8:00 am, Dec. 29, 2020

Dear Friend: Being alive is being imperfect

Playing video games is a fun and normal part of teenage life. But there's a small number of kids who have a hard time controlling the time they spend gaming. Dreamstime / TNS

Wellness 8:00 am, Dec. 27, 2020

Ask the pediatrician: How much gaming is too much for children?

Wellness 8:00 am, Dec. 26, 2020

Did I make the right decision with Mom's end-of-life care?

Wellness 10:53 am, Dec. 22, 2020

Mayo Clinic podcast: Addressing disparities to prevent disease

Wellness 8:00 am, Dec. 22, 2020

Dear Friend: Something ordinary? It's not hard to find it extraordinary

Wellness 9:00 am, Dec. 20, 2020

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Understanding and treating pectus excavatum

Wellness 8:00 am, Dec. 19, 2020

Bursack: Empty chairs at holiday dinners are more prevalent during COVID

Bryan and Sarah Klabunde have a blended family of five children, including older twins Avery and Lauren, 13; younger twins Sophia and Eli, 12; and youngest son Nolan, 6 — with a sixth child, the first that the couple will have together, set to be born later this month. (Submitted photo)

Wellness 3:00 pm, Dec. 17, 2020

For Minnesota farmer (and recovering alcoholic), holiday season is fraught with potential for relapse

Wellness 8:00 am, Dec. 15, 2020

Dear Friend: Let's still bless the sneeze

Wellness 8:00 am, Dec. 12, 2020

A good relationship with your parent is worth more than cleaning differences

Chloe Abraham, at her family's rural property near Twin Valley, Minn. Chloe wanted to share her story for this "Inside Out" series so that other survivors of trauma would know they're not alone. (Marie Johnson / Tribune)

Wellness 11:30 am, Dec. 11, 2020

14-year-old sexual assault survivor shares her story in hopes it'll help others

A first of it’s kind collaboration between a state agency and a nonprofit organization will expand access to dental care in west central Minnesota and could serve as a model for other communities. Jackson Forderer / MPR News file photo

Wellness 10:53 am, Dec. 9, 2020

Collaboration improves access to dental care in west-central Minnesota

Wellness 8:00 am, Dec. 8, 2020

Dear Friend: To be awake is human, to sleep divine

Wellness 8:00 am, Dec. 5, 2020

Bursack: Trying to maintain closeness with siblings after parents' deaths

Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Forum News Service file photo

Wellness 7:09 pm, Dec. 3, 2020

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Breast cancer screening and COVID-19

Wellness 7:00 pm, Dec. 1, 2020

Mayo Clinic Q&A: What is palliative care, and who needs it?

Wellness 8:00 am, Dec. 1, 2020

Dear Friend: When you see that life is a gift, you treasure the days

Black children are 7% more likely to have food allergies than white children, according to a 2020 study by Dr. Ruchi Gupta, at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Pexels

Wellness 7:00 am, Nov. 30, 2020

Poor and minority children with food allergies overlooked and in danger

The global total for confirmed measles infections rose to 869,770 last year, the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control said in a report released Nov. 12. Dreamstime / TNS

Wellness 7:00 am, Nov. 29, 2020

Measles cases reach 23-year high, with infections hitting 870,000

Wellness 8:00 am, Nov. 28, 2020

Bursack: How can we show appreciation to facility caregivers during holidays?

Wellness 5:00 pm, Nov. 24, 2020

Study: Online kid influencers are promoting junk food

Wellness 8:00 am, Nov. 24, 2020

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