Category Archives: Healthcare Awareness Mondays

Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 8 Ways to Get More Energy Fast.

Healthy tricks for quickly getting a boost when you feel tired by Beth Howard According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 15 percent of women and 10 percent of men in the United States regularly feel tired or exhausted. But there’s often a simple solution. “Your energy level during the day couldContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 8 Ways to Get More Energy Fast.”

Healthcare Mondays: How to Treat 11 Top Vision Problems

From floaters and flashes to dryness and sharp pain — know what symptoms may signal a bigger problem by Jessica Migala, AARP You may think that recent changes in your vision are just another sign you’re getting older. That may not be so. Although nearly half the people who struggle with a visual disability areContinue reading “Healthcare Mondays: How to Treat 11 Top Vision Problems”

Healthcare Mondays: 10 Symptoms of Heart Failure That Can Be Easy to Miss

Some people don’t notice early signs at all by Korin Miller It’s hard to fathom that heart failure could potentially happen to you or someone you love, but the serious condition is more common than you might realize: About 6.2 million Americans have heart failure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s why it’s soContinue reading “Healthcare Mondays: 10 Symptoms of Heart Failure That Can Be Easy to Miss”

Healthcare Mondays: 10 Condions that Doctors Often Miss

Cancers, heart attack, stroke top misdiagnosis list. Here’s what patients can do by Rachel Nania Colorectal cancer, lung cancer and breast cancer are the three most frequently missed diagnoses in outpatient clinics and academic medical centers, a January 2022 study published in JAMA Network Open found. Heart attack and prostate cancer round out the top five. Combing through dataContinue reading “Healthcare Mondays: 10 Condions that Doctors Often Miss”

Healthcare Information Mondays: Coffee’s Brain Boosting Effect Goes Beyond Caffeine

by Megan Brooks Coffee’s ability to boost alertness is commonly attributed to caffeine, but new research suggests there may be other underlying mechanisms that explain this effect. “There is a widespread anticipation that coffee boosts alertness and psychomotor performance. By gaining a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying this biological phenomenon, we pave the way forContinue reading “Healthcare Information Mondays: Coffee’s Brain Boosting Effect Goes Beyond Caffeine”

Healthcare Mondays: Scientists find an ancient virus might be the key to treating lung cancer

by Bethany Dawson The remnants of ancient viruses that remain in human DNA can help people fight lung cancer, a new study has found.  Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute, partly funded by Cancer Research UK, have found that these viruses, called endogenous retroviruses, are dormant in most people but can be awoken in cancer tissue.  But whenContinue reading “Healthcare Mondays: Scientists find an ancient virus might be the key to treating lung cancer”

Mental Health Mondays: 5 Ways Travel Is Good for Your Mental Health

by Stacy Lastoe and Hilary I. Lebow Here’s why experts say you should consider making time for a vacation this year. Travel lovers, rejoice. As of Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lifted the requirement for airline passengers to test negative for COVID-19 before boarding a flight into the United States. After more than two yearsContinue reading “Mental Health Mondays: 5 Ways Travel Is Good for Your Mental Health”

Deadly fungal infection spreading at an alarming rate, CDC says

by Linda Carroll The fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris, or C. auris, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems. A drug-resistant and potentially deadly fungus has been spreading rapidly through U.S. health care facilities, a new government study finds. The fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris, orContinue reading “Deadly fungal infection spreading at an alarming rate, CDC says”

Healthcare/Mental Health Awareness Mondays: Ontario detransitioner who had breasts and womb removed to change gender sues doctors.

by Evelyn Blackwell Michelle Zacchigna is suing doctors for failing to consider alternate treatments before ushering her on an irreversible journey that she now regrets. An Ontario detransitioning woman who had her breasts and womb removed to change her gender to male is suing medical and health practitioners for failing to consider alternate treatments duringContinue reading “Healthcare/Mental Health Awareness Mondays: Ontario detransitioner who had breasts and womb removed to change gender sues doctors.”