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Heart To Heart: How Pregnancy Can Affect Your Heart Health Throughout Your Life
Did you know heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in the United States? Far too many women think of heart disease as a man’s issue — but that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, risk factors in pregnancy, such as gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, peripartum cardiomyopathy and preterm birth, along with autoimmune and other chronic diseases, can impact your heart health throughout your life. Hear from leading experts about your risk factors, how to talk Healthy
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Advil Cold and Sinus Recall: Here’s What You Need to Know
Health Canada announced concerns that a labelling error could cause users of Advil Cold and Sinus to mix up the daytime and nighttime medications.The recall from manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare ULC (GSK) affects two different lots of the over-the-counter pills: one lot of the 18-caplet package and one lot of the 36-caplet package. In the affected packages, the labelling on the back of the blister packs is upside down and misaligned. As a result, the information printed on the foil best
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My Close Friend’s Cancer Diagnosis Helped Save My Life
As told to Fortesa Latifi I know my body, and I know when something’s wrong — even when doctors don’t believe me. My period pain had been dismissed my entire life, but after watching my close friend die of cancer, I knew I could no longer afford to be quiet. Last year, I had a few irregular menstrual cycles in a row, and I went to see several doctors. None of them found a cause for my increasingly painful periods. Healthy
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How Many Lives Have Coronavirus Vaccines Saved? We Used State Data on Deaths and Vaccination Rates to Find Out
By Sumedha Gupta, IUPUI CC BY-ND More than 200 million U.S. residents have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine with the expectation that the vaccines slow virus transmission and save lives. Researchers know the efficacy of the vaccines from large-scale clinical trials, the gold standard for medical research. The studies found the vaccines to be very effective at preventing severe COVID–19 and especially good at preventing death. But it’s important to track any new treatment in the Healthy
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5 ways a mentor can benefit your personal and professional life
Could working with a mentor help women reach new heights? In 2019, the Alison Rose review into female entrepreneurship found that targeted professional support for women could generate up to £250 billion for the UK economy. More recently, a survey conducted by Yoga Alliance Professionals, the leading professional body for yoga teachers, found that 88% of yoga teachers were interested in working with a mentor. And it’s easy to understand why – 70% of people who have worked with a happi
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Healthcare Design Recognized In National Magazine Awards
Healthcare Design was recognized with an Honorable Mention award in the annual Eddie & Ozzie Awards by Folio: magazine. The Eddie & Ozzies recognize excellence in magazine editorial and design across all sectors of the industry. More than 1,400 entries were received across nearly 175 categories for the annual awards program, which is judged by a panel of experts in journalism or design. In total, 200 awards were given out at the awards gala held Oct. 14 in New York. healthcare
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Page Hires New Healthcare Principal
Full-service design, architecture, and engineering firm Page (Austin, Texas) has named Brian Martin as healthcare principal for its East region. He will be based out of the firm’s Washington D.C., office. Martin has experience on a variety of projects from new design and construction to the expansion and renovation of hospitals, medical office buildings, specialty hospitals, and cancer centers. healthcare
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PHOTO TOUR: Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital Patient Pavilion
Jefferson Health engaged global architecture and design firm CallisonRTKL (CRTKL; Washington, D.C.) to help expand the health system at its Cherry Hill, N.J., campus. The result is a new 230,000-square-foot inpatient bed tower addition that adds 90 patient rooms; diagnostics; pharmacy; surgical services; and public spaces including a cafeteria, outdoor dining, and a healing garden. Completed in November 2020, the new patient tower will connect to a five-story atrium lobby, allowing for easier access to the new medical building. The healthcare
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Branching Out
To support the noninstitutional environment of its new hospital, Arkansas Heart Hospital Encore Medical Center traded large television screens in the first-floor lobby for original art—specifically, a 29.5-foot-by-8.6-foot wall screen. WDD Architects (North Little Rock, Ark.) collaborated with Yellow Goat Design (Chicago) on the custom creation, which comprises 100 “branch” elements in various shades of brass and chrome that are held in place by steel suspension cables. A blue backing and ceiling plate add a burst of contrasting color while healthcare
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South Texas Health System Edinburg Celebrates Patient Tower Project Milestone
A new, five-story patient tower addition has topped out at South Texas Health System Edinburg in Edinburg, Texas. The 150,000-square-foot tower will include an emergency department (ED), dedicated pediatric ED, imaging, cardiac lab, clinical lab, intensive care unit (ICU), 28 inpatient rehabilitation suites, a 15-suite medical/surgical unit, and shell space for future expansion. The updated ED is expected to be completed in mid-2022 and will contain 15 exam rooms, two trauma rooms, and four triage rooms. The remainder of the healthcare
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Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Menstrual Cups
Periods — they aren’t the most fun thing that happens in the lives of people with vulvas. Between the moods, the cramps and managing the whole “bleeding for several days” thing, the vibes throughout your menstrual cycle are just not the greatest when it’s your time of the month. But, life is life, and periods are a part of it. Period management — over the many, many years we’ve humans have been having them — has included rags, sponges, pads, shek
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Mental health and money worries: Six ways to decrease your financial worries
From financial literacy to sustainable saving, we spoke with the experts to discover how we can tackle our money worries Money. It’s something we all worry about. No matter how much you budget and save, there’s always something that comes up to throw a spanner in the works. And for those living payday to payday, building up a buffer to fall back on when times get tough isn’t always possible. Challenging times The Bank of England announced in late 2021 happi