Whether you’re trying to eat healthier or start a new workout plan, making a change is never easy—and that was certainly true for Charles Bourdeau. The 28-year-old from Quebec started small, working out two minutes at a time. On the…
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How Walking Every Day Helped This Guy Lose 300 Pounds
In a new episode of the body transformation webseries Brand New Me, Frank Markosek from Illinois shares how he struggled with his weight and with over-eating for years. “If it had a dollar menu, I was there,” he says, describing…
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How the Carnivore Diet Helped This Guy Lose Over 200 Pounds
In a recent conversation with powerlifter and fitness entrepreneur Mark Bell, Hadi Doumit shared the story of how his weight loss and fitness journey began, and the role his diet played in dropping a total of 235 pounds. Doumit explains…
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This Guy Shares How Changing His Mindset Helped Him Lose 150 Pounds
Robert Glover, a.k.a. Brix Fitness, makes a living coaching and inspiring others to pursue their health and fitness goals—and he is able to speak from personal experience, having once weighed around 360 pounds. “I wasn’t obese all my life,” he…
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Plasma helped severely ill patients but not life-threatening patients
Severely ill coronavirus patients treated with plasma from COVID-19 survivors recovered FIVE days faster – but the experimental treatment did not improve survival odds in life-threatening cases Convalescent plasma therapy is when the liquid portion of blood is taken from…
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ACA has helped protect low-income patients from catastrophic spending for surgery
In the years after 2014, when the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces were established, low-income patients who underwent a surgical procedure saved an average of $601 in out-of-pocket spending and $968 in premium spending per year, compared to before…
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