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Gonzaga graduate spreads mental health message on college campus

Gonzaga graduate spreads mental health message on college campus

When anxiety plagued him as a college freshman, Grant Hagen leaned into one repeated thought: Keep going. The Gonzaga University student replayed that phrase in his head, across months of unexpected mental health issues. With therapy, support, antidepressants and outreach, Hagen said he finally improved later that year. He graduated Sunday. Hagen has launched a "Keep Going" information campaign.

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How do I tell my young son I have breast cancer?

“Why are you getting so many phone calls?” my 4-year-old son asked me. It was a bright, sunny December afternoon, and we were visiting my parents in Colorado. I was getting a lot of phone calls. And I was not ready to have this conversation.
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Gonzaga graduate spreads mental health message on college campus

When anxiety plagued him as a college freshman, Grant Hagen leaned into one repeated thought: Keep going. The Gonzaga University student replayed that phrase in his head, across months of unexpected mental health issues. With therapy, support, antidepressants and outreach, Hagen said he finally improved later that year. He graduated Sunday. Hagen has launched a "Keep Going" information campaign.
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Octogenarian who plans No. 45 Bloomsday credits running the race to good health

Sharen Robertson credits Bloomsday for her good health at 83, and she plans to lace up her shoes again for her No. 45 finish Sunday. She first entered Spokane's 12-kilometer course in 1980, after encouraging a coworker at Central Premix to join her in a Bloomsday training clinic. Robertson hadn't exercised before her first Bloomsday. She hasn't stopped running, or walking, since.
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New study offers hope for a rare and devastating eye cancer

After more than a decade studying a rare eye cancer that produces some of the hardest-to-fight tumors, researchers from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have found a treatment that works on some patients and, more importantly, a tool that can predict when it is likely to succeed.
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Hyper kids? Research shows sugar isn’t the culprit

Parents long have blamed their children’s “bouncing off the wall” behavior on eating too much sugar, but experts say there’s no truth to it. “It’s a myth that sugar causes hyperactivity,” says Mark Wolraich, professor emeritus in developmental and behavioral pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Yet, he acknowledges, “it’s still a strong belief. … Sometimes it’s very hard to change embedded impressions of what affects behavior.”
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