by Dan DeMarle | Aug 19, 2024 | Exercise/health, Health, Health Care, Health/Healthy Life Styles, Mental Health
The NYS School Environmental Health Conference will be taking place on October 24, 2024, at the Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs in beautiful Saratoga Springs, New York. The theme for this year’s free, full-day conference will be Climate Action in Schools:...
by Dan DeMarle | Jul 9, 2024 | Brain Health, Exercise/health
New findings from 350,000 people make the strongest case yet that exercise improves cognition. A small study shows it raises BDNF, a brain chemical. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/04/05/exercise-brain-thinking-bdnf
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 10, 2024 | Exercise/Health, Exercise/health, Recommended Reading
“Teaching middle schoolers bike riding skills as part of physical education classes may help improve their mental health. That’s according to a new study that looked at the effects of a 6-8 week cycling class taught in schools across the U.S. “We saw...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 1, 2023 | Exercise/health, Health Care, Health/Healthy Life Styles, Uncategorized
The Department has developed new guidance, Immunization Guidelines for Schools, which is based on an older version that was available prior to 2018. The guidelines provide direction to schools on how to ensure their students are meeting the immunization...
by Dan DeMarle | Mar 20, 2023 | Depression, Emotional Disturbance, Exercise/health
For people struggling with depression, the findings show you don’t have to run marathons or otherwise train strenuously to benefit. By Gretchen Reynolds Exercise as a treatment for severe depression is at least as effective as standard drugs or psychotherapy and by...
