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How Volunteering Improves Your Health

A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine by a team of Harvard psychologists shows that adults 50 years and older who volunteer two hours per week have considerably lower risk of losing independence and of dying.

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A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine by a team of Harvard psychologists shows that adults 50 years and older who volunteer two hours per week have considerably lower risk of losing independence and of dying. This volunteer time also inspires feelings of well-being and improves their quality of life. The study was conducted with 13,000 participants in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and showed that volunteering protected participants from feelings of loneliness, depression and despair. Sounds like just what the doctor ordered! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/e-dgd060820.php

 

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Women’s Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation Signs Partnership with Crédit Mutuel

As part of this philanthropic partnership, a long-term action plan will be developed to engage employees, customers and the general public. Before this formal announcement, the Foundation presented a webinar on reopening after lockdown attended by several thousand Crédit Mutuel employees. [...]

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Why this Doctor is Sounding the Red Alert for Women’s Hearts

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Just three years ago, France 5 broadcast a health investigation on women’s hearts. During the program, Prof. Claire Mounier-Vehier, MD, sounded the alarm: women are on the front lines of cardiovascular events and they don’t even know it. This show has already helped save many lives, raising [...]

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Three Minutes to Convince Viewers…

Prof. Mounier-Vehier was a guest on the Chroniques Santé show on TV WEO to explain why it is important to change the stereotypes about cardiovascular disease in women. There are still major biases related to cardiovascular disease in women that lead to many lost opportunities. Insufficient [...]

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