Author Archives: Corky Wicks

About Corky Wicks

Educator and Community Organizer interested in Rural Economic Development with an emphasis on health initiatives.

Is the Mediterranean Diet Best for Diabetes?

Research shows the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet is also beneficial for people with type 2 diabetes. Find out how this approach can improve your blood sugar and help you lose weight — and how to get started. By Jessica MigalaMedically Reviewed by Lynn … Continue reading

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Excessive sports training may have negative effects on mood

Date: May 12, 2022 Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona New research on road cyclists sheds light on the importance of monitoring a training session load with the use of heart rate variability measuring tools, to favor assimilation and prevent injuries, … Continue reading

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Amazon’s pandemic boom is over

K. Bell@karissabe April 28th, 2022 What a difference a year can make. Roughly one year after pandemic-fueled buying spree pushed Amazon profits to new highs, the retail giant’s growth has now stalled to its slowest rate in more than two decades. … Continue reading

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Rethinking Education after COVID-19

Nora Flanagan: What COVID-19 revealed about US schools — and 4 ways to rethink education | TED The abrupt shift to online learning due to COVID-19 rocked the US education system, unearthing many of the inequities at its foundation. Educator … Continue reading

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This Neighborhood Badly Needs A Grocery Store. A Medical Device Maker Will Build One

Arlington Woods, a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Indianapolis, has seen big-box grocery chains close one after another over the past few years. The area is a food desert with no full-size grocery store within a 4-mile radius. Read more…

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Weight-loss maintainers share strategies for success

From Science Daily on 2/9/2022 The first large-scale study in which weight loss maintainers could self-identify what helped them succeed reveals some secrets of how people lose weight and keep it off: persevering despite setbacks; regularly looking back at what … Continue reading

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How To Make Sustainability More Profitable

By Jim Granat The focus on eco-friendly or “green” initiatives might feel like a passing trend, but with the public’s interest in global warming, pollution, water consumption, and other far-reaching issues, it’s much more than a fad. Instituting more sustainable … Continue reading

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Scientists dive deep into the different effects of morning and evening exercise

Date:January 13, 2022 Source: Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health Summary: Exercise causes the body to release hundreds of different signals that improve our health in many different ways. Now scientists have mapped these intrinsic signals … Continue reading

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Re-living the Dream: Meet Abstract Mindstate, the Retired Chicago Group Kanye Brought Back Together

Olskool Ice-Gre and ​​E.P Da Hellcat had put their rap careers behind them. Then fate intervened in the form of the most infamous man in popular music. They were freshmen at Jackson State, a dab of Black college life nestled … Continue reading

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Power of artifacts

To touch a pair of shackles that belonged to a child is a powerful experience. Seeing the items in a display case is sobering enough, but to actually hold the items in your and imagine the tiny legs that must … Continue reading

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