Bloom Archives
Category: Health & Fitness
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Soccer Player Allison Jorden Makes Sure Everybody Plays
When Indiana University soccer player Allison Jorden suffered a season-ending injury at the start of her sophomore year, she recognized the challenges she would…
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Local Community Has Support of Two Health Foundations
Those looking to support health programs in Bloomington and Monroe County now have more ways to give, but it can get a little confusing.
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Local Boy Ian Finnerty Is Top NCAA Swimmer
While Indiana University swimmer Ian Finnerty might emulate other swimmers like Olympic medal record-holder Michael Phelps in the pool, he gets much of his…
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Hundreds of Lifesaving AEDs Are Now All Around Town
While you might not have known what it was, chances are you have seen an automated external defibrillator, or AED. Used to restart someone’s…
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Nurse-Family Partnership Means Healthier Babies
With a focus on the development of healthier families, the IU Health Community Health Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) pairs first-time, low-income, expectant mothers with a…
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Hoosiers Outrun Cancer, Everyone’s a Winner!
The winners of the annual Hoosiers Outrun Cancer 5K are the participants who band together to celebrate survival over cancer, to honor the memory…
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Nurse Navigators Guide Patients on Cancer Journey
As long as Debra Traylor Davis had been getting yearly mammograms, she had also been getting called back to Southern Indiana Radiological Associates (SIRA).…
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Dummy Cardboard Rooms Help in Designing New IU Health Hospital
Although the new IU Health Bloomington Hospital on the city’s east side won’t be complete until 2020, doctors, nurses, and other staff have already…
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Runners & Would-Be Runners: Eight Training Tips for Fall Races
BY CARMEN SIERING If you’ve ever thought of tackling one of the 5ks, 10ks, or half-marathons that take place in the fall, now’s the…