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.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States, and about 44% of women in the US live with some form of heart disease (CDC).
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.
National Blood Donation Month brings crucial awareness to this life-saving practice.
Are you ready to break the glass and employ some of our favorite methods of managing social anxiety?
We love a fun and meaningful gift guide, which is why we made a special one for you this year. It’s free, good for you, and the gift that keeps on giving: a gratitude practice.
While the pandemic has felt like an eternity, only now, almost three years in, are we seeing just how long a single COVID case can last.
By now you’ve probably heard the term ‘tripledemic,’ the (deeply) unsettling term referring to the three illnesses of the moment: COVID-19, the flu and RSV. This trifecta has hit just in time for the holiday season, a Grinch-like gift that has everyone on edge.
We all do what we need to survive, which sometimes means not knowing everything. Other capable people can carry the heavy pieces of information that are not essential to know as a patient – healthcare professionals, caretakers, family members, friends, and sherpas can hold them for the short or long term.
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