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❝Your genes don’t determine your destiny, just your opportunities. Genes can predispose, but they don’t predetermine.❞
~ Dr. Gabor Maté, “In the Realm Of Hungry Ghosts”

In today’s email we cover chronic pain in the heat, hypertension meds, and sit-to-stand benefits.

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Today’s Main Feature

What Heat Waves Do To Chronic Pain

This is something that hasn’t been talked about much in all the news about heatwaves, but it affects very many people:

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Patches For Weight Loss: Do They Work?

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines has an answer to this one, but the health claims are extensive:

Are Hypertension Meds Up To The Pressure?

There may be some serious problems for the brain:

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Watch and Learn

What 20 Sit-To-Stands Per Day Actually Do To Your Body

Dr. Alyssa Kuhn, arthritis specialist physio, walks us through the changes:

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