The key to making the most of a Social Worker’s services is to be open and honest with what’s challenging for you and to directly ask what they can help you to accomplish.
Part of what makes this time of year so special, whether through personal or communal nostalgia, is the feeling that we can always fall back on our community. As adults, we often forget that, which isolates us when we do not need to do that to ourselves.
The third and final installment of our healthy aging series focuses on cognition (brain function), which is the third pillar of the National Institute of Aging’s healthy aging guidelines. Read on to learn how incorporating small, positive physical and mental health changes can impact and support healthy cognition as we age.
In part two of our healthy aging series, we’ll delve into the critical importance of caring for our mental health, including ways to identify and improve the behaviors and habits that impact our wellness most.
By 2060, almost a quarter of the U.S. population will be age 65 or older. Americans are living and will continue to live longer, but what those years look like is up to you.
Every state across the country has already been plagued by extreme heat this summer, and the current heat wave in the Southwest is breaking heat and duration records. Sweaty messes aside, many Americans’ health may be at risk, as an average of 702 heat-related deaths occur every year in the U.S. (CDC).
Walking is our favorite low-impact activity for a few different reasons.
Students of all grade levels can engage their critical thinking skills in many textbook-free ways. Below are some of our team’s go-to ideas for keeping kids sharp all summer.
Today is World Blood Donor Day, and our team is proud to spread awareness about the immense effects donors have on lives all over the globe (starting right here in our office).
Survivorship, regardless of the stage of treatment or remission a patient is in, should be celebrated.
If there is one thing I know about this nurse and all nurses, it is that nursing is not a profession. It is a calling. Please understand me; I do not use the word calling in a cute or trite way; I use it because caring for another human being from birth through death requires individuals who are both the
Cancer Sherpa has repeatedly recommended many self-pay options to help our readers access mental healthcare, and we have also encouraged them to find out what mental healthcare services they are already paying for through insurance. To explain why it is critical to find out what mental health diagnostic and treatment options many Americans already have, Cancer Sherpa spoke to the
While SJIA may be the round peg to the “arthritis” square hole, they are still inexorably tied to each other. And because of that, my family and I make a considerable effort to raise awareness for the Arthritis Foundation and their efforts to uncover treatments for all types of arthritis.
While it is optimal to have as much health data as possible, you shouldn’t let the weight of this project keep you from getting some basic health history together. Here is the key information everyone should have on hand.
While having access to infinite information at our fingertips is great, when there’s an emergency, there might not be enough time to Google it. When every minute counts, you’ll want to have the below skills nailed down so you can perform them on autopilot if you need to.
April encompasses Every Kid Healthy Week and World Immunization Week, signaling the perfect time to talk with our children about the importance of our health and well being.
Women’s health issues have topped the headlines of late, highlighting issues such as abortion rights and access, rising maternal mortality rates (CDC), and inadequate parental leave. Today we turn your attention to a more positive and proactive topic: FemTech.
While chronic illness is hard, even navigating our healthcare system as a relatively healthy person is exhausting. A few ideas come to mind when I consider how to reduce the feelings of burnout.
Most sexually active Americans will not develop cancer from an HPV infection. However, it’s worth minimizing your risk through a few simple precautions.
It often feels like you have the no-win choice of either selecting a plan with great pharmacy benefits and super high monthly payments and/or deductibles or reasonable deductibles and payments with somewhat lousy pharmacy coverage.
