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How to Heal from Emotional Abuse
Even though emotional abuse doesn’t leave you with physical wounds, it can still cause significant damage. Living through emotional abuse can lead to trauma, impacting both your mental and physical well-being. Healing after emotional abuse can take time, but it is possible to recover from the emotional wounds that abuse has caused, along with the help of an online therapist. Keep reading to learn how to heal from emotional abuse. Addressing the Effects of Emotional Abuse The term “emotional abuse” talk
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New Study Confirms Link Between the COVID-19 Vaccine and Temporary Period Changes
No, it’s not just you: The COVID-19 vaccine is indeed linked to changes in your menstrual cycle, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). For the study, researchers analyzed period-tracking data from nearly 20,000 cisgender women across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Europe to explore any changes to the length of their cycles after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. About 15,000 participants were vaccinated; roughly 5,000 were not. Researchers looked at four shek
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I Was on High Alert for Cancer, but not Endometrial Cancer
As told to Erica Rimlinger Families share a lot of things. Memories. Homes. Joy. Pain. In our family, we share one more thing: a genetic mutation that increases the risk for several kinds of cancer. My mother’s family always had cancer running through it, and my grandmother fought many types of cancer over four decades — but the alarm bells first sounded in our family in 2010, when my 22-year-old cousin was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer. This type Healthy
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Fast Facts: What You Need to Know About Endometrial Cancer
Medically reviewed by Shawana Moore, DNP, CRNP, WHNP-BC Of the types of cancer that affect women’s reproductive systems, endometrial cancer — a type of uterine cancer — is the most common. It’s important to understand the common risk factors for endometrial cancer and how you may be able to lower your risk of getting the disease. Endometrial cancer is any cancer that affects the lining of the uterus. The most common type is endometrioid adenocarcinoma, which forms in the glands Healthy
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Clinically Speaking: Questions to Ask Your HCP About Endometrial Cancer
Knowledge is power when it comes to endometrial cancer, which is a cancer that occurs in the lining of the uterus. Learning the signs and symptoms can help you to act as quickly as possible to catch endometrial cancer early, when it may be more treatable. So, we reached out to Shawana Moore, DNP, CRNP, WHNP-BC, nurse practitioner and assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University, to help us better understand this condition. What is the difference between endometrial cancer and Healthy
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Katie Couric Opens Up About Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis in a Powerful Personal Essay
Katie Couric has spent her journalism career highlighting other people’s stories, but now, she is opening up about her own journey with breast cancer. In a recent Instagram post, the 65-year-old TODAY show alum revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer on June 21, 2022, the same day as her eight-year wedding anniversary. She elaborated on receiving this life-changing diagnosis in a poignant personal essay on her website. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Katie Couric (@katiecouric) shek
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Ignorance Isn’t Bliss When It Comes to Sex in Menopause
As told to Erica Rimlinger When I started to enter perimenopause 13 years ago, I’d never even heard the word. Menopause was never mentioned let alone discussed in my family or among my friends. When I was in my 40s, busy raising kids, running my business, enjoying a nice family life and a happy marriage, my sex drive suddenly vanished. It was like somebody turned off a light switch. I had no idea why, and I didn’t have the language Healthy
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Top 10 Menopause Symptoms
Medically reviewed by Barbara Dehn, RN, MS, NP, FAANP, NCMP All women will go through menopause, but not every woman experiences it the same way. We spoke with Laurie Jeffers, DNP, co-director of NYU Langone Health’s Center for Midlife Health and Menopause and member of HealthyWomen’s Women’s Health Advisory Council, and asked her what, exactly, we can expect before, during and after menopause. Menopause has three phases. The first phase, perimenopause, is the time leading up to menopause when your Healthy
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Once Hot Flashes Fade, Are There Lasting Health Impacts?
A sudden burst of heat in the upper body, flushed skin and drenching sweat: Hot flashes are all too familiar to millions of women as they move through perimenopause and menopause. In fact, the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) estimates that about three out of four women develop hot flashes around the time of menopause. About one in four women find hot flashes affecting their quality of life so much that they turn to their healthcare providers (HCPs) to seek Healthy
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SolutionHealth Plans Behavioral Health Project In New Hampshire
Integrated health system SolutionHealth (Bedford, N.H.) is planning a new behavioral health hospital in South Central New Hampshire, according to the website seacoastonline. The hospital will offer services for children and adolescents, young people with developmental disabilities or autism, seniors, voluntarily admitted adults, and people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Outpatient substance use treatment is also planned. The 130-bed project is expected to cost between $50 to $55 million. It is scheduled to open in 2024. The healthcare
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The HCD 10: Kimberly Cowman, Building Professional
After 17 years leading engineering teams focused on healthcare, in 2019 Kimberly Cowman was elevated to her current position as national director of engineering at Leo A Daly. In this role, she’s had the opportunity to further pursue her career-long passion and professional mission for increasing awareness and adoption of sustainability and high-performance design in healthcare and beyond. She believes healthcare has not only an opportunity but a responsibility to transform the way its buildings operate and become a leader healthcare
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8 low-cost things to do with friends
Laughing with our friends is one of the best things we can do for our mental health, but how do you navigate spending quality time with them in the current economic crisis? We share eight low-cost and free things you can do together The current economic climate has seen many of us take to money-saving hacks and low-cost spending as we try and negotiate the colder months. During this period of uncertainty, it is important that we continue to support happi