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Care and management: Walking in your foot or leg cast; Itching skin; Cast odor; How to keep your cast or splint dry; Pain management

For those of you who participated in or have been following the missionary attrition study from last fall, this is the post that you have been waiting for. It is time for some initial results!

For hundreds of years, Christians have taken the time to examine their lives by reflecting backwards: what went well and what went, well… not so well.  In these days ahead as we anticipate a n...

Leaving is hard on stayers. Here are 10 tips for staying well.

Step-by-step guide on how to set up crutches, walk with crutches, get up from a seated position, sit down, go upstairs and downstairs.

By: Washington University Orthopedics

‎Christianity · 2019

In this blog post, Andrea Sears conducts a further analysis of the results of a "returned misisonary" survey, examining how family factors influence missionary attrition. 

By: A...

A new study found that taking naps may help your brain process information it receives unconsciously. Why naps are good, how long is best, and what healthy habits it can indicate or point to proble...

Researchers have found that the damage to DNA caused by the malaria parasite in cells increases the risk of those cells turning into cancerous cells.

Article by Thandeka Moyo

World life expectancy has one of the largest global health and life expectancy databases in the world. Explore it through thousands of pages of Maps, Charts and feature stories. Compare your c...

Did you know that negative emotions can adversely affect your health? Depression, anger, guilt, condemnation, low self-esteem-these are only a few of the lethal toxins that threaten body and spirit...

Turns out, the power of a non-functioning sex life to taint everything is stronger than the power of a healthy sex life to improve everything.