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août 24, 2023Like
The 2-2-2 Rule: The Simple Secret to a Happier Marriage
In relationships, there are times when you need to put in a little extra effort to bond (or rather strengthen your bond) with your partner or spouse. You can read hundreds of books on relationships and listen to relationship podcasts, but all of them will tell you the same thing; spend quality time with your partner. Now, this is one sound piece of advice, but when it comes to implementing it, I’ve seen couples flounder. In recent years, one technique calmsage
août 24, 2023Like
The Players Center for Cancer And Blood Disorders Opens In Florida
Nemours Children’s Health in Jacksonville, Fla., in partnership with Wolfson Children’s Hospital (Jackson), has completed The Players Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (the facility is named for a donation from the annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour). Located on the fifth floor of Nemours Children’s Health, the 12,000-square-foot center includes specialized and comprehensive pediatric hematology and oncology care services. Specifically, the project houses private treatment, exam, and consultation rooms, including separate exam rooms for immunocompromised patients. Dedicated laboratory healthcare
août 24, 2023Like
A Toronto Neurosurgeon Made a Radical Discovery About Brain Cancer
Before she pokes around in her patients brains, Gelareh Zadeh tries to put herself in their shoes. Brain cancer is a devastating disease: Glioblastoma, the most common and most lethal type of tumour, has an average survival time of just eight months, a length that hasnt budged in decades. But delivering the news of this diagnosis isnt so much a science as an art, one that Zadeh, a neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital, has honed over 15 years in the best
août 24, 2023Like
What It Means to Feel ‘Angsty’ and How to Cope With It
When facing the complexities and uncertainties of life, do you often feel like you’re on edge? If so, then you might feel ‘Angsty,’ an emotional state unrelated to any particular cause. This feeling can arise from existential questions, personal struggles, uncertainties about the future, and challenging life situations. The inner conflict and deep emotional discomfort get so overpowering that feeling uneasy, restless, experiencing mood swings, irritability, social withdrawal, overthinking, and dissatisfaction become normal. All this leads to introspection and contemplation calmsage
août 23, 2023Like
Constipation in Kids: Why It’s Overlooked and Under-treated, and What Parents Can Do
As a pediatric urologist, I treat children of all ages with a variety of toileting difficulties, including bedwetting, daytime wetting, encopresis (poop accidents), chronic urinary tract infections, urinary urgency, and urinary frequency. These kids have two things in common: Number one, the root cause of their symptoms is chronic constipation, aka a clogged rectum; and number two, their constipation went overlooked or under-treated for years. Childhood constipation, the top cause of stomachaches, is so common that it’s become normalized and shek
août 23, 2023Like
1 in 5 Patients Report Mistreatment During Pregnancy Care & People of Color Bear the Brunt
About 20 percent of patients reported mistreatment during pregnancy and delivery care, according to a revealing new survey on American maternal healthcare released by the CDC Tuesday. The survey found that the most common types of mistreatment were receiving no response to requests for help (9.7 percent), being shouted at or scolded (6.7 percent), having their physical privacy violated (5.1 percent), and providers threatening to withhold treatment or making patients accept unwanted treatment (4.6 percent). The overall numbers were even shek
août 23, 2023Like
National University Health System, Alexandra Hospital Open Healthy Longevity Clinic In Singapore
The National University Health System (NUHS; Singapore) and Alexandra Hospital (Singapore) opened the Healthy Longevity Clinic at Alexandra Hospital. Using biomarkers of aging that are specific to the Singapore population, the clinic will leverage research from the Centre for Healthy Longevity (Singapore) and offers geroscience, healthy longevity medicine, and precision medicine services. The clinic aims to delay biological aging, optimizing functionality and resilience, and increasing health span through evidence-based diagnosis and intervention. The post National University Health System, Alexandra Hospital healthcare
août 23, 2023Like
Why Are More Women Being Diagnosed with Cervical Cancer Later?
A growing number of American women are overdue for their recommended cervical cancer screenings, a statistic healthcare providers (HCPs) worry could be one reason behind the increase in late stage (stages 2 to 4) cervical cancer diagnoses among certain groups. Another theory is lack of HPV vaccination. Miami mother Avi Grant-Noonan was up to date on all of her recommended exams, including a cervical health screening, but she hadn’t had an HPV vaccine because she was past the FDA-approved age Healthy
août 23, 2023Like
Why Are More Women Being Diagnosed with Cervical Cancer Later?
A growing number of American women are overdue for their recommended cervical cancer screenings, a statistic healthcare providers (HCPs) worry could be one reason behind the increase in late stage (stages 2 to 4) cervical cancer diagnoses among certain groups. Another theory is lack of HPV vaccination. Miami mother Avi Grant-Noonan was up to date on all of her recommended exams, including a cervical health screening, but she hadn’t had an HPV vaccine because she was past the FDA-approved age Healthy
août 23, 2023Like
¿Por qué más mujeres están recibiendo diagnósticos de cánceres cervicales de etapas más avanzadas?
Un número cada vez mayor de mujeres estadounidenses no están al día en lo que se refiere a sus pruebas recomendadas de cáncer cervical, una estadística que preocupa a los proveedores de atención médica (HCP, por sus siglas en inglés) porque podría explicar el aumento de diagnósticos de cáncer cervical de etapas avanzadas (etapas 2 a 4) en ciertos grupos. Otra teoría es que esto también se debe a una falta de vacunación contra el VPH. Avi Grant-Noonan, una madre Healthy
août 23, 2023Like
ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital Plans To Renovate, Expand In Michigan
Nonprofit health system ProMedica (Toledo, Ohio) is planning to renovate and expand ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital in Monroe, Mich. The project, called “The Cornerstone Project,” will add a new patient tower with private patient rooms at the hospital’s current site, according to the website monroenews.com. Plans also include renovating the hospital’s existing 130 inpatient rooms, modernizing the emergency department, adding clinic and office space, and updating the hospital infrastructure. The hospital had considered building a new hospital in Frenchtown Township, healthcare
août 23, 2023Like
How Trauma is Stored in The Body and How to Let Go
Trauma is a complex experience that can have a deep impact on your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. While the effects of trauma are mainly associated with the mind, psychologists have begun recognizing that trauma might not be just a mental or emotional experience. Trauma is also stored in the body, affecting our posture to physiological responses. Trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk in his book “The Body Keeps the Score”, talks about how our mind may seem to “get calmsage