Bloom Archives
Category: Health & Fitness
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Amy Freel Makes Sure IU Athletes Eat Veggies
BY MIKE LEONARD Amy Freel smiles and acknowledges the challenges that come with her job as director of sports performance nutrition for Indiana University…
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IndiGo Birding Nature Tours: A Passion Became a Business (Photo Gallery)
BY BARB BERGGOETZ David Rupp is at home in the woods and knows where and when to spot birds of all types. He started…
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Neonatal Intensive Care Now Available at IU Health Bloomington Hospital (Video)
BY JANET MANDELSTAM The babies weigh less than three pounds and need help breathing. They are kept warm and monitored around the clock by…
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Indiana Female Fellraisers, Running Along Area Trails
BY BARB BERGGOETZ The trails call to them. And two local women answer that call in a big way, while also encouraging other females…
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Viruses: Deadly Yet Beautiful (Photo Gallery)
IU Scientists Unravel the Hepatitis B Virus in Search of a Cure BY STEPHANIE VON HIRSCHBERG People tend to think of viruses as harmful,…
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White Violet Center for Eco-Justice: A Place to Reconnect With the Land
BY JULIE GRAY Xavier and Dominique are two of the 37 alpacas who live at the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods,…
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Songwriting, Workshops, Shows At 2016 Creative Aging Festival
BY PAUL BICKLEY Julie Hill wants to change society’s perception of the elderly. As a certified teaching artist for the elderly, life enrichment director…
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Positive Link: On the Front Line in South-Central Indiana HIV Fight
BY CAIRRIL MILLS “Everybody I know says they don’t know anyone with HIV, but we all do,” says Jill Stowers of Positive Link, a…
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IU Researchers & Local High Schools Working Together On Revolutionary Concussion Device (Photo Gallery)
BY CARMEN SIERING As a coach of the Bloomington Blades high school hockey team and Bloomington High School North lacrosse club team, Dave Appel…