May 2, 2023 – A new study gives people at risk of heart problems a good reason to keep an eye on the daily air quality warnings often included in weather reports. Researchers found a direct relationship between air pollution…
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May 2, 2023 – Your kidneys may be hailing the “COVID-19 diet.” Some patients prone to kidney stones lowered the amount of sodium and calcium they consumed in 2020 as they switched to home cooking during the pandemic lockdowns, and…
BY KIM BELLARD I’ve been thinking about writing about Bluesky ever since I heard about the Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative, and decided it is finally time, for two reasons. The first is that I’ve been seeing so many other people…
Health Tech For a while now Innovaccer has been aggregating data from different databases around health systems (think different EMRs). They have been overlaying information over that data to clinicians and providers for thinks like care gaps. Now they are…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Like people, man’s best friend can get dementia with aging. And these older dogs sleep less deeply when they develop the condition, just as people with Alzheimer’s disease…
TRIGGER WARNING: This post briefly references sexual abuse. “Never hold yourself back from trying something new just because you’re afraid you won’t be good enough. You’ll never get the opportunity to do your best work if you’re not willing to…
May 1, 2023 – Post-pandemic, more people are seeking help from therapists, many for the first time, and most often to deal with stress, anxiety, and depression, according to the results of a new national mental health survey issued on April…
May 1, 2023 — Weight loss surgery has long been known to provide health benefits beyond the actual pounds lost. Diabetes can go into remission, sleep apnea can improve, and blood pressure can decrease, research has shown. Now researchers are…
“Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don’t match our own beliefs about how we should look.” ~Martha Beck I have so many women around me right now—friends, mothers, clients that are…
THCB Gang By KIM BELLARD I first became aware of Casey Quinlan in 2017, when she published an article in Tincture, which I was helping to edit. In it, she discussed how she’d had her medical history and advance directive…