Stress can have a huge impact on your day-to-day life and overall wellbeing. When we are under enormous amounts of pressure, our body produces adrenaline and other hormones that cause tension and feelings of anxiousness. Stress is primarily triggered due to feelings of unfamiliarity or a loss of control, and […]
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The Mental Health Center of Denver Emerges: WellPower
As we enter the endemic phase of COVID-19, I’m often asked about the mental health toll the pandemic had on the people of Denver and how operations at Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD) were impacted. Founded in 1989, MHCD provides the largest volume of behavioral healthcare services in Colorado […]
Early transgender identity tends to endure, study suggests | News
Children who begin identifying as transgender at a young age tend to retain that identity at least for several years, a study published Wednesday suggests. The research involved 317 youngsters who were 3 to 12 years old when they were recruited to the study. Five years later, at the study’s […]
VDH: COVID cases elevated to over 400
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health today is reporting 424 cases of COVID-19 for Tuesday (327 Monday, 179 Sunday). There were 251 on Saturday and 372 last Friday, as cases have edged up in recent weeks and 8.5 percent in the last week. There were no additional […]
Protect workers when lightning strikes
Key points Certain industries – such as construction, telecommunications and utility field repair, and agriculture – carry some of the highest risk. An important tool for employers to have is an emergency action plan, as discussed in OSHA’s standard on employee emergency action plans (1926.35). Training and situational awareness can […]
State recommends approval of Montgomery County’s health officer pick
This story was updated at 9:30 a.m. April 29, 2022, to clarify and correct details of the health officer confirmation process. Maryland’s secretary of health has recommended approval of the county’s selection for a new health officer — setting the stage for the County Council to decide whether to confirm […]
Thrive Wellness Expands Specialized Mental Health Treatment Centers
Thrive Wellness, a patient-centered-weight neutral healthcare clinic handling patients’ physical, mental, and behavioral health needs, is opening a new full-service primary care clinic in Reno, Nevada for patients of all ages. Official logo for Thrive Wellness Reno. Logo courtesy of Thrive Wellness. “We at Thrive are continuously performing community needs […]
A safe walk | 2022-04-28
The rate of pedestrian deaths jumped more than 20% in the first half of 2020. That’s a big increase. What led to it? According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, speeding, distracted driving and impaired driving during the COVID-19 pandemic all played a role. The GHSA says that if the […]
The Benefits of Eating a Plant-Based Diet
Forest fires, hurricanes, floods, droughts, species extinction — the news can be pretty bleak. Instead of throwing up our hands and feeling helpless, we each have the power to help the health of the planet and ourselves simultaneously, says registered dietician Dana Ellis Hunnes in her new book, Recipe for Survival, […]
Emergency Room Doctors Are Organizing Against Profit-Driven Health Care
In January, when Jeff Chien told Allan Kamara that he thought he was going to be fired from the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center emergency department, where they worked, Kamara thought his colleague was being paranoid. After all, as the ER’s medical director, Chien was a legend, someone about whom […]