On the Ascent: Health
On the Ascent: Health is for those who believe that being over the hill shouldn’t stop us from climbing the next mountain.
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Beyond Mammograms: Breast Thermography & a New Approach to Breast Health (opens the original)
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If you own a pair of breasts, this episode is for you. 😉 In this episode, Dr. Laura Wright sits down with Sheri Higbee of Advanced Thermal Imaging of Alaska to discuss breast thermography, a non-invasive imaging technology that uses infrared heat patterns to assess physiological changes within breast tissue. Sheri explains how thermography differs from mammograms, ultrasounds, and MRI, and why she believes combining multiple screening tools can provide women with a more complete picture of breas
The Excuses Keeping Women Out of the Weight Room with Alysa Horn of the Sweat Lab (opens the original)
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Will lifting weights make me bulky? How heavy is "heavy enough?" And what's really keeping so many women from strength training? In this episode of On the Ascent Health , Dr. Laura Wright sits down with Alysa Horn , strength and conditioning specialist, basketball development coach, and owner of The Sweat Lab in Anchorage, Alaska. Together, they unpack the biggest myths surrounding women's strength training—from the fear of getting bulky to the misconception that lifting heavy is only for athlet
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