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septembre 8, 2023Like
A New RSV Shot Is Available, and It’s More Important Than Ever to Vaccinate Your Baby
For as long as I’ve been a pediatrician, our craft has been known as a “winter sport,” and this year may be no exception. As we head into fall, infectious disease experts are predicting yet another respiratory season where flu, COVID-19, and RSV may circulate simultaneously in high numbers. For parents and pediatricians alike, there is one notable (and positive) difference this season. In addition to existing and updated flu and COVID-19 vaccines, this year we have a new treatment shek
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Progressive AE Names New Health and Wellness Practice LeaderProgressive AE Names New Health and Wellness Practice Leader
Architectural, engineering, and design consulting firm Progressive AE (Grand Rapids, Mich.) has promoted senior design architect Jonathan Clark to regional practice leader for health and wellness in the Great Lakes region. He will be responsible for collaborating on projects across the organization, driving business development, providing project oversight, and team development. During his past 16 years with the firm, Clark has been focused on health and wellness and senior living projects. The post Progressive AE Names New Health and Wellness healthcare
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The HCD 10: Jeri Brittin, Researcher
Jeri Brittin, PhD, director, social and behavioral sciences, HDR (Boise, Idaho) With a background in interior design and mathematics as well as doctoral training in health promotion and disease prevention research, Jeri Brittin leads a transdisciplinary team of social and behavioral scientists at HDR. Their work informs planning and design decision-making to promote desirable behavioral and health-related outcomes among populations of people in buildings, organizations, and communities. Within the healthcare sector specifically, Brittin supports healthcare design research with a high healthcare
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Asocial vs. Antisocial: Are There Any Differences Between The Two?
If you ask me to use a fictional character to define my traits, I’d say that I relate the most to Phoebe from friends. I’m different from others, quirky, and silly in my own ways. And let’s be frank; we’re all quirky and eccentric in our ways, but some of us (like me!) tend to be more unconventional when it comes to socializing. I’ve heard the term “asocial” thrown around – and sometimes, interchangeably – with “antisocial” and it made calmsage
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Prime Healthcare Properties To Build $46M Medical Office Park
Healthcare real estate developer Prime Healthcare Properties (Huntsville Ala.) is planning a new Class A medical office park, according to the website thv11.com. Situated on 9 acres, the $46 million project will be divided into two phases. Phase one will comprise a single-story, 15,000-square-foot building and a two-story, 28,000-square-foot building. Phase two will be a three-story, 72,000-square-foot building. Construction is scheduled to start by the end of this year and be completed by third quarter of 2024. The post Prime healthcare
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Observing World Suicide Prevention Day 2023: Creating Hope Through Action
World Suicide Prevention Day, observed on the 10th of September every year, is a worldwide drive to spread awareness about suicide. Suicide is one of the leading causes of death, according to World Health Organization (WHO). On this day, people around the globe, share their mental health stories, raise awareness, and take steps to prevent suicides in their local communities. World Suicide Prevention Day 2023 is an important year for awareness on suicide prevention as, in the past year, we’ve calmsage
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8 Ways to Overcome The Fear of Losing Someone You Love
Loss and love are two emotions that often go hand in hand, at least in my experience. The fear of losing someone you love is an emotion or an experience that you’re never prepared for and when this experience comes to pass, it leaves behind a trail of hurt and open wounds that can never be filled. If I can use another analogy, then I’d say that losing someone you love is equal to a song left incomplete. I say calmsage
septembre 7, 2023Like
Women’s Use of Sleep Aids Is on the Rise, but at What Cost to Their Health?
Bonnie Procter, a 39-year old mother of four, was first prescribed a sleep aid by her endocrinologist following a surgery in 2015. “You need to get some sleep so you can heal,” she remembers her doctor telling her. At first it was great, Procter says. “I’d take the pill and I’d go to sleep. But before long, I would take it and then wake up after a few hours and not be able to go back to sleep.” Any sleep shek
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Bleeding After Menopause: What’s Normal & What’s Not
There are a lot of changes to your body that come during and post-menopause. Some women may experience vaginal dryness or insomnia during the perimenopause phase while others may suffer from vaginal bleeding. Anyone can have vaginal bleeding during perimenopause (the time leading up to menopause, which usually occurs between ages 40 and 50) due to hormone levels and changing periods. However, if you’re experiencing vaginal bleeding, whether light or heavy, more than a year after your last period, Dr. shek
septembre 7, 2023Like
BFFs Soleil Moon Frye and Melissa Joan Hart Are Collabing Again — On Meningitis Awareness
Soleil Moon Frye and Melissa Joan Hart rose to stardom on some of our favorite TV shows growing up, from Punky Brewster and Clarissa Explains It All to playing best friends-slash-roommates on Sabrina the Teenage Witch — a role pairing that couldn’t have fit them better, considering their real-life friendship. Now as parents (Frye has four kids, Hart has three), they’re still close confidantes, with Frye calling Hart “one of the closest people in my life.” That means, like many shek
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Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Northeast Opens In Pennsylvania
Acadia Healthcare (Franklin, Tenn.) and Geisinger (Danville, Pa.) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Northeast in Moosic, Pa., according to the website hconews.com. The 72,910-square-foot facility houses 96 patient beds divided among four units, as well as outdoor courtyards. The project team includes Stengel Hill Architecture (architect; Louisville, Ky.), Warfel Construction Company (construction; East Petersburg, Pa.), Crunk Engineering (civil engineer; Franklin), Skyhook Structural Engineering P.C (structural engineer; Brentwood, Tenn.), and CMTA (consulting engineer; Louisville). healthcare
septembre 7, 2023Like
The HCD 10: Zhipeng Lu, Educator
Zhipeng Lu, PhD, associate director, Center for Health Systems & Design, and Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas) Zhipeng Lu led the first-year Master of Architecture healthcare design studio at Texas A&M University, where he’s known for his advocacy of evidence-based design as well as offering students opportunities to collaborate with users, firms, hospitals, and health systems. Together, these efforts prepare students for real-world experiences and teach them the skills necessary to manage projects. Meanwhile, healthcare