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février 24, 2022Like
Survey Says: How Women View Health Care and Access to Health Information
These days, health-related insight is a click away. Curious about the symptoms of depression? Google it. Need the definition of collagen? Ask Alexa. Want to know more about women’s reproductive rights? Pick a podcast. But how do women view health care and access to health information? Do age, race and ethnicity play a part? What about education? Our recent survey found some surprising results. (Note: The women quoted in this story did not participate in the survey.) A majority of Healthy
février 24, 2022Like
Real Women On the Things They’ve Learned to Love Most About Their Bodies
Something we don’t talk enough about in the realms of body love, body positivity and body acceptance is that it takes work. Unlearning the heaps of body negative, ableist, classist and racist garbage that contributes to the ways we might hate or dislike our bodies is a journey that we all need to embark on at one point or another. Once we start to realize that we’ve become our own worst critics, cultivating a better, more loving relationship with our shek
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Maastricht UMC+ Plans Renovation Project In The Netherlands
Maastricht UMC+ (Maastricht, the Netherlands) is planning a renovation of its Maastricht UMC+ Clinic in Maastricht. The 322,917-square-foot project includes the phased renovation of all general nursing and intensive care units and the Woman-Mother-Child Centre. The project will be designed using the European Green Deal’s sustainable healthcare guidelines and will include greenspace and ample daylight. The project team includes EGM Architects (architect; Dordrecht, the Netherlands). The post Maastricht UMC+ Plans Renovation Project In The Netherlands first appeared on HCD Magazine. healthcare
février 24, 2022Like
With Ulcerative Colitis, Honesty Is Everything
Shonda Berry was 14 when she first saw blood where it shouldn’t be. It was the summer before she started high school, and she was at her grandmother’s house with her mother. The three were getting ready to go shopping, but Berry needed a bathroom break first. That’s when she noticed blood in her poop. Berry was scared, but she was also ashamed. “It was embarrassing to me,” she said. “It wasn’t something that was really talked about in my Healthy
février 24, 2022Like
Insight-Oriented Therapy For Better Mental Health: Techniques, Benefits & More!
Out of the many client-centered therapies there, one of the most interesting ones has to be insight-oriented psychotherapy. This therapy’s goal is to help you understand how your past experiences influence your current behavior. Your unresolved internal conflicts that stem from your life experiences can leave a lasting impact on your personality, behavior, and overall health. These conflicts from your childhood can continue in your adulthood causing problems such as anxiety, poor self-esteem, depression, loneliness, relationship problems, and many more. calmsage
février 24, 2022Like
10 Weird Noises Your Body Makes and What to Do About It
Whooshing in your ears After a long day, you lay your head down on a pillow and-whoosh. That annoying sweeping sound may be blood passing through the jugular vein and carotid artery, both of which are located behind your ear. The noise becomes noticeable when something (like your pillow) blocks external noise. If the sound is present during the day, allergies or infection could be to blame: A congested Eustachian tube, which links the nose and throat to the middle best
février 24, 2022Like
8 Simple Ways To Attract Good Vibes And Raise Your Spiritual Vibration
If I ask you today, “Are you living your best life? Are you, today, and the best version of yourself?” How would you reply? Would you agree and reply with a resounding, “Yes” or would you avert my gaze and reply with a timid, “Maybe”? Would you agree with me when I say that many of us may not be living the best life or are the best versions of ourselves? We ignore this but we know, deep down in our calmsage
février 24, 2022Like
5 ways to support a loved one with health anxiety
Practical tips for being there when someone is struggling with obsessive and often irrational worry around their health When a loved one is struggling with their mental health, many of us will want to do as much as we can to support them – and doing so is vitally important. But when it comes to supporting someone with health anxiety, there are a plethora of things to consider. “It can be very difficult to support somebody with health anxiety,” says happi
février 23, 2022Like
How I Showed A Doctor I Know My Body Best
I sat in my medical provider’s office on April 29th, exasperated. I had called in advance about the purpose of my appointment. In about a month I was traveling to Senegal with Tastemakers Africa, a Black woman-owned travel company to celebrate one of my friend’s life achievements and to meet someone I’d been talking to online for years. It had turned romantic in the last year and I knew that I wanted to have sex after a year and a shek
février 23, 2022Like
Celebrity Women Who Aren’t Afraid to Talk About Masturbation
It’s now 2022, people — why is masturbation still a taboo topic? We’re all for self-love — whether it’s during February (a well-known love month!) or every other month of the year. Honestly, masturbating every day is healthy. It’s good for married people. It’s good for single people. It’s good for all people. And that’s why we love it when people, especially famous people, aren’t afraid to talk about it. We don’t need celebrities to tell us masturbation is great shek
février 23, 2022Like
Universal Health Services Plans $375M Hospital In D.C.
Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.) broke ground on a new hospital in Washington, D.C., according to an article in Becker’s Hospital Review. The $375 million, 136-bed project will be named Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center, GW Health, after the nearby Cedar Hill estate of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. It will replace United Medical Center in Washington, D.C., which is expected to close when the new hospital opens in 2024. The medical center will include an ambulatory pavilion with physician healthcare
février 23, 2022Like
Lung Cancer Kills an Alarming Number of Women — But There’s Hope
In 2013, Ivy Elkins started feeling a worsening pain in her neck and an odd pain in her elbow. Eventually, she was unable to even straighten her arm. Her primary care doctor thought it was an overuse injury. X-rays showed nothing unusual, and physical therapy provided no improvement. The then-47-year-old mom of two went to an orthopedist who did an MRI and found that a mass had eaten away her bone. The doctor ordered a biopsy, and Elkins learned she Healthy