It’s not just salt and stress — foods, drinks, drugs and other factors can affect your numbers by Rachel Nania and Nicole Pajer People who watch their blood pressure are generally familiar with the more common factors that can cause their numbers to spike — salt and stress, for example. But a handful of unsuspected foods,Continue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 12 Surprising Things That Can Raise Your Blood Pressure”
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Healthcare Awareness Mondays: The Warning Signs of a Stroke
by Kim Painter. This article is medically reviewed by Shruthi N, MD. When you have a stroke, your brain suddenly stops getting the blood and oxygen it needs. The most common cause is a blocked artery in your brain. Strokes also can be caused by bleeding in the brain, which not only disrupts normal blood flow,Continue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: The Warning Signs of a Stroke”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: A Simple Blood Test for Alzheimer’s? ‘It’s Not That Far Away’
Doctors could soon have a new tool to help them diagnose the most common form of dementia by Rachel Nania A new study adds to a growing sense of optimism that doctors could soon have a faster, simpler and more affordable way to tell if a patient’s symptoms of memory loss and confusion are causedContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: A Simple Blood Test for Alzheimer’s? ‘It’s Not That Far Away’ “
Mental Health Awareness Mondays: If you use any of these 9 phrases every day, ‘you’re more emotionally secure than most’
by Dr. Courtney Warren Emotionally secure people are empowered, confident and comfortable in their own skin. They walk the world with authenticity and conviction, and do what is meaningful to them. As a Harvard-trained psychologist, I’ve found that this sense of self-assuredness makes them better able to navigate conflict and be vulnerable with others, mostly because they aren’tContinue reading “Mental Health Awareness Mondays: If you use any of these 9 phrases every day, ‘you’re more emotionally secure than most’”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: A cancer breakthrough and the heroes behind it get spotlight in new show
by Erin Blakemore “The Cancer Detectives,”a new American Experience documentary on PBS, tracks the fascinating and surprisingly frustrating backstory of the Pap smear, a cervical cancer screening test that’s now routine but was once anything but. The film takes viewers back to the days before Pap smears, a time when cervical cancer was rightfully fearedContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: A cancer breakthrough and the heroes behind it get spotlight in new show”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: The Brain Is Not Able to ‘Rewire’ Itself, Neuroscientists Say
by Felicity Nelson The extraordinary capacity for the brain to rewire itself after a stroke, an amputation, or sudden loss of vision or hearing has been shown repeatedly in studies over decades. At least, that’s what we all thought. Now, writing in eLife, two neuroscientists – Tamar Makin and John Krakauer – argue that the mostContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: The Brain Is Not Able to ‘Rewire’ Itself, Neuroscientists Say”
Mental Health Mondays: 10 Small Things That Can Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Your Mood
by Kinda Frugal Anxiety is a natural part of our lives. We have all felt anxious at some point, be it before a big exam, on the first day of school, during a job interview, or simply on a roller coaster. But as anxiety becomes a constant and overwhelming feature in your life, this mayContinue reading “Mental Health Mondays: 10 Small Things That Can Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Your Mood”
Healthcare Awareness: Surprising Foods Contain Nutrient That Improves Immune Response to Cancer
BY Pandora Dewan When it comes to cancer, red meat is often thought to be the bad guy. But new research from the University of Chicago has shown that a nutrient found in red meat and dairy products may support our body’s ability to infiltrate and fight off cancer cells. The nutrient in question isContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness: Surprising Foods Contain Nutrient That Improves Immune Response to Cancer”
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”
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