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septembre 21, 2023Like
Cheers to You! Why And How to Be Your Own Cheerleader
Can you imagine having a personal cheerleading squad – all complete with colorful pom-poms and catchy chants – rooting for you whenever you set out to do something exciting? I can! Now imagine this; the captain of the cheerleading squad is *drumroll* YOU! Yes, you read it right. You can be your own cheerleader! Being your own cheerleader means giving yourself the same kind of motivation, inspiration, and enthusiastic support and encouragement that you’d expect from your most loyal fans! calmsage
septembre 20, 2023Like
The Benefits of Using a Humidifier Go Beyond Curing the Cough
For many of us, humidifiers and sickness go hand in hand. Feeling a cold, cough, or the flu coming on? Instinctively, you grab your humidifier from storage, give it a quick clean and set it up by your bed — then hope for the best. But experts like Dr. Arfa Babaknia, family medicine physician and medical director at MemorialCare Medical Group in Fountain Valley, California, suggest that neither steam nor cool-mist humidifiers are encouraged in the management of a cold or shek
septembre 20, 2023Like
Kaley Cuoco Got Carpal Tunnel From Holding Her Baby — Could It Happen to You?
You’ve probably heard of getting carpal tunnel syndrome from writing, typing, or even driving for long periods of time, but did you know it’s possible to develop it from holding a baby? Yep, postpartum carpal tunnel syndrome is a thing, as actress and new mom Kaley Cuoco experienced for herself last month. But how does it happen, and what can you do about it? Those are big questions, especially for a new parent who doesn’t always get to decide when shek
septembre 20, 2023Like
Northwell Health Breaks Ground On $468M Pavilion At South Shore University Hospital In New York
Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) is planning to break ground on a new $468 million pavilion at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y., according to beckershospitalreview. The 190,000-square-foot project will house up to 90 private patient rooms, 10 operating rooms (ORs), and three procedure rooms. The new pavilion is expected to be completed in 2025. For more on Northwell Health, go here. The post Northwell Health Breaks Ground On $468M Pavilion At South Shore University Hospital In healthcare
septembre 20, 2023Like
Cushing Terrell Expands Healthcare Design Group
Multidisciplinary design firm Cushing Terrell (Billings, Mont.) has added Joe Kane to its healthcare design group as a senior healthcare specialist. Kane will be responsible for business development, client relationship management, and project management. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry to his role, including the last eight years as regional facility director for Saint Alphonsus (Boise, Idaho), a member of Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.). Among his project work is the recently completed Neuro, Surgical, Trauma (NeST) ICU. The post healthcare
septembre 20, 2023Like
Best And Easy Autism Therapies To Try At Home
If you’re a parent or caretaker of an autistic child, we know how hard or challenging it can be to promote therapy in front of your child. Apart from seeking therapy, it’s always useful for us to try activities at home that unknowingly work like therapy! For example, children’s most brain development occurs during playing, and play therapy for autistic children can be very useful for improvement and bonding with the children. Similarly, there are several other activities that can calmsage
septembre 20, 2023Like
OCD Avoidance: What You Need to Know About It
One of the complex mental health disorders is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Many people believe OCD is about washing your hands a zillion times or re-arranging things until everything looks perfect. It isn’t like that. OCD has this interesting sidekick known as “Compulsive Avoidance” that convinces you to dodge and escape things that can trigger your OCD obsessions. OCD, for many, is a coping mechanism for anxiety as well. If you’re afraid of catching the flu, then you’ll avoid any crowded calmsage
septembre 20, 2023Like
11 Celebrities Who Celebrate Their Cellulite, Because It’s 100% Normal
No skin condition has been as demonized over the last few decades as cellulite. Who could forget the glossy magazine covers with ultra-zoomed photos of celebrities’ butts, thighs, and stomachs, hyper-analyzing any bumps they could find? These were bad times for women’s body image, and many of us are still undoing the damage. Because the truth is, cellulite is ultra common, whether you’re a celebrity or not. A recent study noted that 80 to 90 percent of women have cellulite, shek
septembre 19, 2023Like
As Many as 1 in 4 Women May Experience Irregular Heartbeats After Menopause
New research has found that as many as one in four women may experience irregular heartbeats after menopause, likely associated with insomnia and stressful life events like divorce. The study, recently published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, analyzed data from 83,736 women between the ages of 50 and 79 who were enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative, a long-term national health study that focused on strategies for preventing heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and osteoporosis in shek
septembre 19, 2023Like
If Your Child Hates Needles, This EpiPen-Alternative Nasal Spray Could Be a Gamechanger
EpiPens can (and do) save lives, but if you or your child (or your spouse, or whomever you’re injecting) has a phobia around needles, the injector can be difficult or even traumatizing to use. Enter neffy, a nasal epinephrine spray that provides the same protection as the EpiPen but in a needle-free form. The spray, which is designed to treat severe allergic reactions, is currently waiting on an FDA approval that is scheduled to come this month. In May, an shek
septembre 19, 2023Like
These Under-$40 Drugstore Sex Toys Are Ready Whenever You Are
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Buying sex toys used to mean either sitting through a “passion party” or braving a brick and mortar “adult” store where everyone seemed embarrassed to be there. Thankfully, the internet has revolutionized the way people buy sex toys, offering a seemingly endless array of options — and not just at speciality stores. Affordable drugstore sex toys are also available, and trust us, there’s zero shek
septembre 19, 2023Like
Tech Solutions for Chronic Pain
Brittany Barreto, Ph.D., is a podcaster, an entrepreneur, and a molecular and human geneticist. (In other words, she’s really smart.) Read her column here each month to learn about what’s happening in the world of technology and innovation in women’s health. For years I thought I had weak wrists. Sure, pushups and downward-facing dogs were inherently difficult, but the pain these exercises triggered in my wrists was disturbing. Eventually, the pain got worse and activities such as cooking, driving long Healthy