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MAP Your Movement If you travel often and like to exercise on the road, mapmyfitness.com (or the iMapMy app for smartphones) is your ultimate workout buddy. Using a GPS-enabled device, any fitness buff—or beginner—can track and store running, cycling, walking and hiking activities. Compete virtually against others in the community or enter your own course into the database of international routes. This program tracks your pace, net elevation loss and gain, and even the wear on your gear. FIND COOL Health Gadgets Little People, BIG Problems Some psychologists believe that kids have never been as stressed as they are today. And, really, between overscheduled lives, peer pressure, cyberbullying, increased exposure to violence, academic expectations and a high incidence of divorced parents—why wouldn’t they be stressed? On one hand, stress is a normal part of growing up. But, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, it’s time to step in if your child has frequent headaches and stomach pains, seems restless and agitated, appears depressed or exhibits changed behaviors, such as waning interest in oncepleasurable activities, falling grades or unusual social behavior like lying or cheating. Need help getting inside your child’s head? Visit bam.gov, then click “Your Life” and have your child take the Stress-o-meter quiz. Designed for kids 9 to 13 years old, the quiz helps your kids—and you, if they’ll share their answers with you—identify whether their stress revolves around school or home. The quiz could open a floodgate of honest discussion. And, if any findings trouble you, a trip to your pediatrician’s office will help uncover strategies for better emotional and physical health. Medgadget (medgadget.com) is the deﬁnitive online source for information on the latest medical technology gadgets. Constantly updated with medical breakthroughs from around the globe, the blog offers photos, illustrations and digestible chunks of text on promising techniques and devices. From an electroencephalogram headset that senses brain waves and may be able to identify a stroke (alerting the wearer and caretakers to call 911) to pajamas with built-in breathing sensors to address sudden infant death syndrome to a phone app that works as a hearing aid, you’ll stay informed about groundbreaking medical technologies. FAL L 2013 47 http://www.mapmyfitness.com http://www.bam.gov http://www.medgadget.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Fall 2013 - North Mississippi

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2013 - North Mississippi
Opening Thoughts
Recognized for Excellence
Step It Up
Your Mightiest Muscle
Well, Well, Well
Are You Doing More Harm Than Good?
Is Your Shut-Eye Serving You Well?
Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge
Anatomy of an ER Visit
Next-Gen Surgery
Attack From Within
Virtual Health
Working for You
Catch the Spirit

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2013 - North Mississippi