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Health care journalist Viv Williams delivers daily health tips. Meet amazing people who’ll share their stories of illness, wellness and how they find joy.

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Health care journalist Viv Williams delivers daily health tips. Meet amazing people who’ll share their stories of illness, wellness and how they find joy.

    Health Fusion: Avoid winter health hazards with these safety tips

    Health Fusion: Avoid winter health hazards with these safety tips

    Fracturing a bone when you fall on the ice and wrenching your back while shoveling snow are two common injuries that happen in winter. In this episode of Health Fusion, Viv Williams gets winter safety tips from a University of Minnesota doctor.

    • 2 min.
    Can extreme cold damage your lungs? Get answers from an expert who studies the lungs of winter athletes

    Can extreme cold damage your lungs? Get answers from an expert who studies the lungs of winter athletes

    When arctic blasts cause temperatures to plummet, stepping outside can be dangerous. Frost bite can set in quickly. And if you've ever taken a deep breath in extreme cold, you know that it feels as if your lungs are freezing too. In this Health Fusion episode, Viv Williams talks to a researcher from Canada who studies what intensely cold air could do to athlete's (or anyone's) lungs.

    • 12 min.
    Health Fusion: Holiday travel and disrupted routines can be hard for people with Alzheimer's. Get tips that can help

    Health Fusion: Holiday travel and disrupted routines can be hard for people with Alzheimer's. Get tips that can help

    Loading up the car to visit family and friends during the holidays can be hectic. And when one of the travelers has Alzheimer's disease, the process may be even more stressful. In this episode of "Health Fusion," Viv Williams shares tips from the American Alzheimer's Association of Minnesota-North Dakota on how to make holiday travel and disrupted routines less difficult.

    • 2 min.
    Health Fusion: 3 ways those sneaky elves on shelves and other traditions may help you handle the holiday blues

    Health Fusion: 3 ways those sneaky elves on shelves and other traditions may help you handle the holiday blues

    Why, at a time when people are supposed to be full of holiday joy and cheer, do you feel sad when you walk by a tree that's decorated in full, twinkling regalia? In this episode of "Health Fusion," Viv Williams gets tips on how to handle the holiday blues from a University of Minnesota expert and learns lessons from — believe it or not — the Elf on a Shelf.

    • 3 min.
    Health Fusion: Practice the 4 "P's" of pickleball to stay injury-free. Tips from a Mayo Clinic expert

    Health Fusion: Practice the 4 "P's" of pickleball to stay injury-free. Tips from a Mayo Clinic expert

    If you're thinking of joining the pickleball craze, or are already a player, listen up. A Mayo Clinic hand and wrist surgeon has tips to help you avoid injuries on the court. Viv Williams has details of the four "p's" of pickleball in this episode of NewsMD's "Health Fusion."

    • 1 min.
    Health Fusion: True of false. Test your holiday health smarts with this quiz

    Health Fusion: True of false. Test your holiday health smarts with this quiz

    Christmas cards can kill. True or false? Or, how about this one — during the height of the holidays, more people die from heart attacks than any other time of the year. True or false? In this episode of NewsMD's "Health Fusion," Viv Williams shares health trivia in her holiday quiz. See how well you do!

    • 3 min.

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