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Health Insurance 101 for Women: What You’re Entitled to as a Woman
Each autumn, as pumpkin spice flavors and trick-or-treaters make their annual appearance, another seasonal milestone arrives: Open Enrollment on the state and federal health insurance marketplaces (Healthcare.gov). Between November 1 and January 15, anyone can sign up for health insurance or switch plans. Health insurance may not be as much fun as other fall traditions, but making sure you have solid health insurance coverage can protect you financially when you need care. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes Healthy
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5 Communication Tips That Can Help You Better Speak With Your Doctor
Regular doctor’s visits are a crucial part of maintaining your health, but scheduling a doctor’s visit can be anxiety-inducing. First, you have to coordinate your appointment so it aligns with your work schedule, and on top of that, you have to worry about how to convey whatever you’re feeling — whether physically or mentally to your physician. Speaking from experience as someone not in the medical field, it can be difficult to provide the language for what symptoms I may shek
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ACHA And NIHD Announce Partnership
The American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA; Chicago) and the Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design (NIHD), have announced a new partnership to promote interprofessional expertise in the healthcare design process and to facilitate the quality of healthcare design. Under the partnership, board-certified ACHA architects will provide expertise at the highest level of healthcare design and promote best healthcare design practices in the industry. NIHD members will provide clinical expertise that encourages optimal operational solutions. The partnership is exploring ways to healthcare
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An Ordinary Toothache Turned Out to Be a Rare Form of Cancer
As told to Nicole Audrey Spector It started with a bad toothache — deep and throbbing in one of my molars on the upper-right side. I was only 25 years old and totally healthy. How bad could it be? At worst, I probably needed a root canal. I went to the dentist right away. She examined my mouth and took X-rays but found nothing amiss. No cavities. No cracks. Not even gum recession. “Sometimes these things just happen,” Sshe said. Healthy
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HCD Rising Star: Y Pham
With an academic background in biological sciences and architecture, Y Pham’s diverse interests have come together in a career path in interior design. Over the last two and a half years working at Smith Group, Pham has contributed greatly to the firm’s architectural work and culture. She has brought her talents and insight to specialty outpatient and oncology clinics for Kaiser Permanente, UCSF Medical Center, and John Muir Health. Additionally, in 2020, she was one of six people across the healthcare
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High Points At 2022 HCD Conference
I can’t deny that I was riding a high a year ago when we brought the 2021 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo to my hometown of Cleveland, our first in-person show since COVID-19. But like all the firsts we’ve experienced in our pandemic recovery, it wasn’t quite the same as before. Now, fast-forward to last week, and, oh my, how far we’ve come. At press time, we’re just returning from the 2022 HCD Conference in San Antonio. We saw attendance healthcare
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I Always Assumed I’d Be The Breast Cancer Exception — But I Was Wrong
Breast cancer wasn’t ever on my radar. Despite the fact that I’d had two — thankfully benign — breast masses removed in a ten-year span, I wasn’t worried about cancer. The surgeons said I had dense breast tissue, something that wasn’t uncommon. This type of tissue makes masses harder to see on imaging, but not to worry. I was given the all-clear, twice. I continued to do my self-exams, intermittently. When I found a third mass, I knew what to shek
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Massachusetts General Hospital Breaks Ground On Clinical Care Building In Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of Mass General Brigham (Boston), has started construction on a new clinical care facility on its campus in Boston. The project will house the Mass General Cancer Center and the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, which are currently housed at Mass General Brigham. Additionally, the 1.5-million-square-foot project will add two inpatient towers with 482 private patient rooms; operating, interventional and procedural rooms; imaging facilities; infusion and exam rooms; and support space for pharmacy and healthcare
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Can Exposure To Blue Spaces As Children Result In Well-Being As An Adult?
A new study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology looked at the mechanisms underlying childhood exposure to blue spaces and adult subjective well-being. “Our study is about the benefits of childhood contact with blue spaces, a collective name to indicate all the areas with waterbodies or watercourses, such as the sea, lakes and rivers,” study author Valeria Vitale told us. “We were hoping to find a positive link between the exposure to blue spaces during childhood and adult well-being theravive
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PHOTO TOUR: Hilger Face Center
The vision for the relocation and expansion of the Hilger Face Center – University of Minnesota Physicians in Edina, Minn., is rooted in the mission to serve patients in a new setting that will support the care team. The clinic includes facial plastic and reconstructive surgery services. In the clinic’s former location, no workspace—outside of exam rooms—existed for the care team. A separate workspace has been added that allows staff a private area for administrative tasks or to break away healthcare
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Habit Stacking (An ADHD Power Tool)
Have you ever heard of the term habit stacking? Well, it is highly recommended for people who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to indulge in habit stacking. Now, habit stacking is a very simple trick to inculcate new habits. If you are aware of what attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) does to your brain, I’m sure you are aware of how important habits are for such people. ADHD can easily deviate you from evening completing your routine tasks. Therefore, habit calmsage
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Butterflies In The Stomach: Is It Anxiety Or Just Nerves?
Just before going on the stage for either a performance or public speaking, it’s common to feel butterflies in your stomach. Many of us jot this feeling as nerves, but we may not realize that this feeling can be more than just nervousness. It could be anxiety butterflies too. You may have heard others using this phrase, or even you might have used the phrase, “Butterflies in the stomach” to describe situations where you feel this strange jittery feeling. You calmsage