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Courtesy of Prairie View A&M Athletics Prairie View, Texas – Prairie View A&M University student-athlete Miles McHaney IV ’24 recently earned his master’s degree in juvenile justice. As the first Agletics ambassador, this HBCU graduate is serious about his faith, fitness and football. His attitude, accomplishments and future goals made him the natural choice to represent PVAMU’s new Agletics initiative, a partnership between the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the PVAMU athletics program. A Michigan native, McHaney came to Texas with one goal: to play football at a Division I HBCU. He earned his bachelor’s degree in…

The annual Women’s Health Fair welcomed hundreds of women to the Cicero Community Center on May 29, 2024. The wellness event began at 1 pm and offered a variety of services to the community. “We really appreciate everyone coming here today. We offer Tai Chi, sound therapy, Vitamin B12 injections, and of course health screenings,” said Vanessa Parrish, Director of Public Health Operations. “We also offer haircuts and nail clippings, so it’s a good way for women to have a little time to pamper themselves.” Women could sign up for raffles and receive information from different community organizations. Women received…

Certain foods and drinks, like fruit, yogurt, sweet potatoes, and smoothies, may help curb sugar cravings, and foods that contain whole grains, fiber, and protein may also help you feel fuller for longer.Sugar cravings are when you feel a strong, difficult to resist urge to eat something sweet. this is Lead to It happens, sometimes regularly, that we eat too many calories and end up gaining weight unintentionally. Luckily, there are a few things you can do to ease the tension. Here are 19 foods that will help you curb your sugar cravings.A variety of foods and drinks can help…

To be honest, the mixed reality game Pillow came out late last year. In fact, I bought it a few months ago because it looked cool, but I never actually used it until this week. It’s basically an app for Meta Quest 3 that you play in bed while looking at the ceiling. In one part of the app, you can see the constellations in the night sky, as if the roof had disappeared. Another section is full of meditations that slowly change the environment around you. One combines elements of stories to create a “unique” bedtime story. It’s not…

No summer is complete without a page-turning thriller. Fast-paced and full of plot twists, these thrillers will have you glued to your sun lounger six hours later without ever taking your eyes off them. With over 5.5 million copies sold worldwide, Lucy Foley knows how to captivate her readers with her spine-chilling novels. Lucy began her career as an author with a series of historical novels, but in 2019 she switched genres and published her first thriller novel. Hunting party. Since then, she has published three more novels. Guest List The landing was The New York Times List of the…

The sodas come in fun flavors like cherry vanilla and orange cream, and come with compelling claims like “good for your gut,” which has helped prebiotic soft drink brands like Poppi and Olipop stand out in the soda aisle.These drinks contain prebiotics, dietary fiber that humans cannot digest but that feeds the beneficial microbes that live in the gut, says Hannah Holscher, an associate professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (Probiotic products, by contrast, contain live microbes themselves.)But nutrition experts say you don’t need to drink special soda to get these benefits: Many foods are naturally…

In people with cystic fibrosis (CF), levels of the fat-soluble vitamins D and E and the micronutrients zinc and selenium are usually within normal ranges, even during treatment with Kaftrio. This is according to a recent study, which also found that vitamin A levels were significantly higher one year after starting treatment compared to before treatment. “This study shows that levels of some fat-soluble vitamins [Kaftrio]The researchers said:Vitamin and trace element changes following initiation of highly effective CFTR modulating therapy in children and adults with cystic fibrosis – practical insights”teeth, Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics”Individual follow-up and supplementation are recommended,” the…

Raised in a conservative evangelical Christian household in Louisiana, Ray McDaniel longed for a book that focused on the exciting parts of gender exploration: more joy and fun, and less struggle.”A lot of the literature so far has focused on the suffering and pain and risk factors, and that’s important,” said McDaniel, who identifies as queer and non-binary and uses “they/them” pronouns, “but I wasn’t looking at the other side of the coin.”Years later, after becoming therapists working with transgender people, “I decided I needed to make it myself,” they said.The resulting book, “Gender Magic,” is the resource McDaniel wishes…

Tucker Carlson recently interviewed Najib Bukele, 42, President of El Salvador, who was re-elected earlier this year with more than 83% of the vote. Interested in lessons for the United States, Carlson pressed Bukele about his success in transforming the Latin American nation from a bloody, gangster nation into the second-safest country in the Western Hemisphere. While the two discussed replicable successes the U.S. could benefit from and God’s role in the defeat of MS-13, the Salvadoran president offered some advice at Carlson’s request in light of former Republican President Donald Trump’s recent conviction before a Democratic judge in a…

What is the value of lost personal time to healthcare workers who are overwhelmed with the demands of care delivery? How much would it be worth to them to get back 50% of the time they spend on administrative tasks each week? How much would that be worth to them? No industry has been more affected by occupational burnout in recent years than healthcare. In 2022, more than 45% of healthcare workers reported feeling burned out “frequently” or “very often,” and the percentage of workers feeling burned out “frequently” jumped to 19%, up 8% from 2018. As a single contributing…