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APRIL IS NATIONAL STRESS AWARENESS MONTH. AND THE PURPOSE IS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF STRESS AND PROMOTE HEALTHY COPING MECHANISMS. JOINING ME NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT HEALTHY HABITS IS ...

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— -- intro: We hear over and over again that stress is unhealthy. And all that talk makes us, well, stressed. But getting worked up isn’t always a bad thing, says Richard Shelton, MD, vice chair ...