Happy Health Wednesday!
We’ve made it to another week of sharing vital health information. Let’s get into today’s headlines!
In Today’s Newsletter:
- KC to host a Senior & Caregiver Wealth and Wellness Fair this weekend
- How federal changes affect Missouri and Kansas health systems
- This food group could be a secret to healthy eating
- Exercises to soothe neck and shoulder tension
Health Tip of the Day 🍎
Know Your Family Health History. Understanding your family health history is crucial for assessing your potential risk for certain diseases and taking proactive steps to manage your health. It involves gathering information about the health conditions of your close relatives, including parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, and identifying patterns or trends.
Latest Health News
KC Senior & Caregiver Wealth & Wellness Fair Offers Help as Families Face Rising Costs
Join Kansas City’s District 5 Councilman Darrell Curls with KC Shepherd’s Center, Swope Health Services, and others to host the first Senior & Caregiver Wellness & Wealth Fair this Saturday, July 19. The fair will have everything from education on Medicaid, Medicare, wills, and trust funds, to connecting folks to various services offered in the area and from the city.
How Federal Medicaid Changes Will Affect MO HealthNet and KanCare
In Missouri and Kansas, recent federal cuts mean that, depending on your status, recipients of MO HealthNet, KanCare and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could see changes to their benefits.
A MESSAGE FROM THE HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION
Affordable and Nutrient Packed: This Food Group is Hard to Beat for its Nutritional Value
In a thousand years, you probably wouldn’t have guessed this food group offered so much nutritional bang for the buck. Other than as a side dish, learn more about how to add this food item to your diet.
Exercises to Soothe Your Sore Neck and Shoulders
For thousands of years, humans have hunched over to light fires, care for our children and harvest plants. But the modern version of this position — curving forward from focus or fatigue, then lifting our chins to stare at our screens — can lead to pain for many people.
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Even healthy brains decline with age. Here’s what you can do. After about age 40, our brains begin to lose a step or two. Each year, our reaction time slows by a few thousandths of a second. (NPR)
More than 14M children globally have not received a dose of any vaccine. This is 4 million more children than the 2024 target set by the WHO and 1.4 million more children than in 2019, which is the baseline year for measuring progress. (ABC)
Dogs Can Actually Smell Parkinson’s Disease, And They’re Incredibly Accurate. Two specially trained dogs have proven they can detect Parkinson’s disease simply by smelling skin swabs. (Study Finds)
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