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MWi diligently sources expert content and curates compelling weekly articles. This process takes into account a range of factors, including member surveys, community feedback, seasonal trends, health observances, and annual programs.

Sleep

Sleep Awareness Week

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Reading Time: 6 Minutes MWi Hacks: Sleep is a family mission — start with your own routine, recognize when service-connected challenges require more than discipline…

Sleep’s Critical Role in Heart Health for the Veteran Community

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Reading Time: 5 Minutes MWi Hacks: Sleep quality impacts cardiovascular health as powerfully as exercise and nutrition, making consistent 7-8 hour schedules, cool dark environments,…

Maternal Health Awareness: A Family Mission for Veteran Wellness

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Reading time:  7 Minutes MWi Hack: Female Veterans face elevated pregnancy complications due to service-connected conditions, but comprehensive preconception counseling, trauma-informed obstetric care, and family…

Eat

Can What You Eat Lower Your Cancer Risk?

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Reading time:  5 Minutes MWi Hack:  Add one plant-based food to every meal this week — beans, fruit, leafy greens, or whole grain — because…

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

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Reading time:  5 Minutes MWi Hack:  Eating disorders affect up to 18.5% of women Veterans and 8.5% of men Veterans, significantly higher than many realize,…

New Year, New Nutrition: Setting Goals That Actually Last

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Reading time:  6 Minutes MWi Hack:  Build nutrition habits around your medication schedule, not ideal meal times—because sustainable eating for Veterans means working with service-connected…

Move

The Movement and Stress Connection

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Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: Take a 10-minute walk before your first stressful task of the day — the effect on cortisol is measurable…

Nutrition and Movement

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Reading time: 6 Minutes MWi Hack: Fuel every effort with the right nutrition and commit to movement in whatever form your body allows — because…

Hidden Health Conditions: What Your Symptoms Might Really Mean

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Reading time: 7 Minutes MWi Hack: Request comprehensive screening beyond your service-connected diagnoses—what you've blamed on PTSD, aging, or depression might be treatable thyroid disease,…

Relate

Brain Awareness Week: What the Military and Veteran Community Needs to Know

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Reading time:  6 Minutes MWi Hack:  Protect your brain by moving daily, sleeping seven to nine hours, eating foods that fight inflammation, and staying connected…

National Caregivers Day

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Reading time:  6 Minutes MWi Hack:  Family members and caregivers constitute 34% of the modern military and Veteran community, yet their top concerns focus entirely…

End of January Check-In

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Reading time:  6 Minutes MWi Hack:  The end of January isn't a judgment of success or failure—it's a strategic checkpoint where the Veteran community gathers…