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Is It Covid, the Flu, or Something Else? This At-Home Test Kit Could Help You Find Out
This fall and winter, the perfect storm of influenza A, influenza B, Covid and RSVwhat some are calling a tripledemichas slammed ERs, walk-in clinics and overworked family doctors. (Plus, an estimated 4.7 million Canadians over age 12 do not have a family doctor at all, according to Statistics Canada data.) This new at home testing product from Rockdoc promises to help patients determine whats ailing them from the comfort of their own home.We asked Samuel Gutman, an ER doctor and best
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Understanding Allostatic Load : Its Impact and Ways To Cope
The allostatic load model states that the stress that you experience on a daily basis and its effects can have a cumulative consequence on your mind and load. That combined load of stress and its consequences was then called the allostatic load. Can you recall how your body responds to stress? Stress generates a fight & flight response when you face a challenging situation. This response then generates some hormones like catecholamines and glucocorticoids which help you in maintaining homeostasis calmsage
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What is Peter Pan syndrome and how can we spot the warning signs?
We’ve all heard the story of the boy who never grew up. But do you know someone like that in real life? Who wouldn’t love to be more carefree? To go back to a simpler time, when everyday responsibilities didn’t rule your day-to-day life, and you could live more in the moment. Yet many of us know that, despite our love of nostalgia and occasional indulgences in activities we enjoyed in our younger years, we still have to face up happi
décembre 1, 2022Like
Study: Deductibles May Deter Patients From Seeking Additional Testing After an Abnormal Mammogram
One in five people is likely to skip additional breast cancer testing after an abnormal mammogram if there’s a deductible involved, according to a new study. The report, presented at a Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting earlier this week, explored whether costly health insurance deductibles affected a patient’s willingness to undergo breast imaging. Researchers polled 932 patients who showed up for screenings at Boston Medical Center between September 2021 and February 2022. Respondents were asked questions about their shek
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Sit at a Desk All Day? These Yoga Poses Can Help
By now you’ve probably heard (and, let’s be real, laughed at) the phrase “sitting is the new smoking.” But, truthgully, medical research has been sounding the alarm for the last few years about the hazards of too much time spent sitting and what the trend of sedentary lifestyles (particularly as 40+ hour work weeks are mostly spend on computers) means for our bodies. Those endless hours spent planted in a chair may seem harmless, but have been linked to an shek
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Gun Deaths in the U.S. Have Skyrocketed, Especially Among Women
Need proof that gun violence is a serious public health issue? Look no further than this startling new report. A study published in the journal JAMA Open Network found that gun-related deaths in the United States are at a 30-year high, with fatalities among women increasing at a faster rate than men. The cross-sectional study analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding firearm deaths between 1990 and 2021. In total, researchers noted more than 1.1 shek
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LeChase Construction Services Hires Senior Project Manager
LeChase Construction Services LLC (Armonk, N.Y.) has added Michele Koslab as a senior project manager in the New York metro office. Koslab, who has more than 20 years of construction experience, will oversee projects throughout the construction phases. The post LeChase Construction Services Hires Senior Project Manager first appeared on HCD Magazine. healthcare
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Pasadena Villa Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Clinic Opens In North Carolina
Mental health treatment provider Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare (Brentwood, Tenn.) unveiled its newest outpatient location in Chapel Hill, N.C. Pasadena Villa Outpatient — Chapel Hill houses a partial hospitalization program, intensive outpatient program, and virtual intensive outpatient program. Services includes clinical treatment for mental health disorders including depression, anxiety, and more complex co-occurring disorders. The project is the eighth Pasadena Villa Outpatient location and the fourth in North Carolina. The post Pasadena Villa Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Clinic Opens In North healthcare
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How to Get Through the Holidays When Dealing with Grief
They say it’s the most wonderful time of the year, but for many, it’s the most challenging. Michelle Gillie, for example, is facing the holiday season with a heavy heart. In the past couple of years she’s lost multiple people close to her, among them her 24-year-old nephew, who died last December. “I am prepared to be immensely sad for the rest of the year,” Gillie said. What is it about the holidays that cause us to feel the loss Healthy
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A quarter of locked-down children may have poor mental health
A recent study revealed that a quarter of children and young people who have lived through Covid lockdowns are likely to have poor mental health. We look into this further and share free and useful resources A recent NHS Digital report follows insights from 2017 and looks at how the pandemic has affected the mental health of seven to 24-year-olds, considering household circumstances, educational experiences and their communities. The worrying findings reveal that one in four 17-19-year-olds have a ‘probable’ happi
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Understanding Pathological Love: Meaning & Treatment
Have you ever come across someone who is ‘mad’ in love with someone that their love just terrifies you? Some people go overboard in love and do extremely toxic and harmful things in their relationship. The definition of love and being in a relationship is very different for such people. Pathological love, in layman’s language, is when love becomes obsessive or when someone develops an addiction to love. Being in a relationship where your partner is a pathological lover, is calmsage
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Flat Affect: When You Fail To Show Emotions (Signs, Causes, & More)
We all have certain emotional ticks and gestures that speak of our emotions when we can’t use our words. Some of us laugh or even get a crinkle near our eyes when we are pleased while others may have an indifferent or neutral expression even when they are overjoyed. There’s nothing wrong with having a cold and indifferent expression. I can tell because I’ve been accused of having an arrogant “look” while all I did was listen to a conversation calmsage