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Live Like Sam launches ‘Same Inside’ campaign for May Mental Health Month

Park City-based youth mental health nonprofit Live Like Sam has launched a new campaign called “Same Inside,” and it’s designed to lower the barrier to honest conversations, helping youth, families and community members break the silence and recognize they are not...

Pop-up mental health events planned after Mall of Louisiana tragedy

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Behavioral health leaders in the Capital Region are organizing pop-up mental health support events. They are also expanding resources to help the community heal after the shooting at the Mall of Louisiana. The Region 2 Crisis...

The Fitness Advice for Pregnant Women Sucks. Women’s Health Created a Guide to Fix That.

Pregnancy Fitness Advice Needs a ResetRona Ahdout For years, the message around pregnancy and fitness has been the same: Slow down, scale back, don’t lift that. It’s advice that’s been passed down for generations (often with the best intentions), but it’s rooted in...

The Lost Rules of Strength Training – What 100 Years of Lifting Can Teach You About Building Muscle

When we reach for a barbell and plates, ready our lifting straps while swigging a luminescent pre-workout, we pay little attention to the fact the original lifters of the 19th and 20th centuries were pushing themselves close to failure, and using progressive overload,...

This ‘3 to 5’ Method Could be the Simplest Way to Get Seriously Strong – Here’s Why it Works

If you’ve been lifting for any length of time, you’ve probably come across the acronym ‘KISS’ – Keep It Simple, Stupid. The idea is straightforward: while it’s tempting to overcomplicate your programming, the basics work. That said, those core principles – like...

SNP accused of neglecting women’s health as Labour vows care ‘fit for purpose’

Scottish Labour has accused the SNP of “neglecting” women’s health. The attack came as the party was set to launch its women’s manifesto in Ayrshire on Monday. Deputy Labour leader Dame Jackie Baillie pointed to more than 62,000 open waits for gynaecological...

Anas Sarwar pledges to solve ‘failures’ in women’s health

A total of 62,198 women were waiting for gynaecological care at the end of February this year, according to official statistics. Analysis by Scottish Labour shows 5,431 women had ongoing waits of more than a year for treatment, while 36,773 had been waiting more than...

How this local health plan CEO navigates challenges of providing care

Sonja Bjork remains upbeat even though overseeing a health plan that administers Medi-Cal benefits to nearly 900,000 people in Northern California is getting increasingly difficult. As CEO of Partnership HealthPlan of California, a nonprofit community-based health...

Social Support Helps Mental Health If It Matches Our Needs

As many as 69 percent of Americans don’t feel they are getting enough emotional support. There are several reasons for this discrepancy. Participation in organized activities, including religious gatherings, is on the decline, and many communities lack accessible...

Skyrocketing Health Insurance Forces Americans to Scramble for Care

new video loaded: Skyrocketing Health Insurance Forces Americans to Scramble for Care Older people who are medically high risk, but too young for Medicare are facing unaffordable health insurance premiums after federal health care credits lapsed earlier this year. Now...
8 Tips to Prevent Eyestrain

8 Tips to Prevent Eyestrain

Eyestrain is common, but it can generally be treated with simple, noninvasive methods, like adjusting your screen, using eye drops, or taking visual breaks. Your eyes may feel tired or irritated after focusing intensely on an activity like viewing a computer screen,...

What your patients need to know about eye color-changing drops

What your patients need to know about eye color-changing drops

(Image Credit: AdobeStock/Andrey Nikitin) The American Academy of Ophthalmology is issuing a warning regarding over-the-counter eye drops that have been advertised as eye color-changing solutions. According to an AAO news release, the drops are not FDA approved, have...

Home – Aspire Dental Laurel Family Dentistry

Home – Aspire Dental Laurel Family Dentistry

Quality Care Worth Smiling About With such a growing community, Aspire Dental makes it easy to find your dental home in Laurel. Good dental health plays a big part in your health care, so Dr. Paul Felder and the incredible team at Aspire Dental offer exceptional care...

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Denver Health

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Denver Health

Welcome to the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Denver Health. Our team of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery surgeons are all board certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, specializing in reconstructive surgery of the...

What to Do When Health Insurance Denies Care You Really Need

What to Do When Health Insurance Denies Care You Really Need

If there’s anything worse than being sick, it’s being sick while dealing with insurance issues. But unfortunately, that situation is all too common. Recent research from the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that researches health care issues, finds that 17% of...

How to Regulate Generative AI in Health Care

How to Regulate Generative AI in Health Care

A challenge confronting the Food and Drug Administration — and other regulators around the world — is how to regulate generative AI.  The approach it uses for new drugs and devices isn’t appropriate. Instead, the FDA should be conceiving of LLMs as novel forms of...

When the market speaks, it does not demand health care equity

When the market speaks, it does not demand health care equity

Explaining the state’s initial decision to accept the closing of Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kate Walsh said in July, “The market has spoken.” While the bluntness of that statement was...

The Teenage ‘Gym Rat’ Training—and Posting—From Gaza

The Teenage ‘Gym Rat’ Training—and Posting—From Gaza

MOHAMMED HATEM’S POSTS have all the signifiers of self-produced fitness influencer content: front-facing camera confessionals, plenty of workout footage, and meals broken down by macros. He takes part in viral trends, like when he created his own version of influencer...