Category: Health
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Caitlin Overcame OCD During Lockdown by Pursuing Competitive Swimming | Features | ABC Australia
Takeover Melbourne winner Caitlin is sharing a story about developing obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID lockdown. Caitlin describes experiencing anxiety during this period with symptoms including perfectionism, cleanliness, and dermatitis. However, after pursuing an interest in competitive swimming Caitlin found a pathway to better health and wellness.
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Champaign Man Saved by a New Liver, and Adult Swim Team | WCIA News
Jonathan Hill in Champaign is lucky to be alive. He’s been fighting a blood disorder since he was born, and other complications along the way. See WCIA
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Locals Help 90-Year-Old Blind Swimmer Continue Morning Tradition | ABC News
Community spirit is alive and well in the WA town of Albany, with locals rallying to help a 90-year-old blind woman continue her daily ocean swims. See ABC News
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100-Yr-Old Swimmer Sets New World Records — And Isn’t Stopping Any Time Soon | Inspire More
If you think you are too old to learn a new sport, practice a certain activity, or even break a world record, it’s time to think again. When Helena, Montana resident Charlotte Sanddal retired at 73, she decided to try a new sport: swimming. Fast forward to the present and 100-year-old Charlotte hasn’t stopped swimming…
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Serious Warning of Eye Infections for Bathers | ILTV Israel News
Israel’s health ministry issues serious warning to swimmers in the Sea of Galilee; aka the Kinneret.
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Enjoy Cold Water Swimming Safely This Winter | Beyond Swim | Triathlon England
Yes, winter is indeed coming, as it always does every year – but that doesn’t mean you have to stop Open Water Swimming! Beyond Swim is here to support your open water experience, whether that’s a summer dip or the cold plunges of winter. Learn more about Cold Water Swimming at https://beyondswim.org/discover/
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Best Friends in Their 90S Still Swim in Their Hometown River Every Chance They Get | CBC Docs
Noreen Spence has lived in the rural village of Baie Verte, N.B. (population 300) almost her entire life. The 90-year-old raised her family here and still lives in the grand Victorian home where she grew up. Her 93-year-old friend Flora Annand grew up in the village too, in a family of 12 children. Annand says…
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Sydney’s Most Polluted Swimming Spot Has Been Revealed | 7NEWS
Sydney’s most polluted swimming spot has been revealed. Foreshore Beach in the city’s south was dubbed the worst and deemed unsafe for swimmers, but it’s not alone with over a dozen other locations along the coast also not up to scratch.