Health Literacy
Health literacy enables individuals to access, understand, and use health information, empowering them to make informed decisions about their well-being.
Are Startups Shaping the Future of Healthcare?
Solutions like SEO are providing statistical data that is making it increasingly possible for startups to get a leg-up on competition as well as similarly-situated businesses who have more rooted establishment. Additional tools like crowdfunding solutions can help provide financing for smaller businesses, meaning they are becoming an increasingly considerable aspect of the economy, and all that means collaterally.
Your Choice of Mattress is the Secret to Getting Sound Sleep
Unfortunately, we are in a world that is sleep-deprived. In the generations past, people used to sleep around ten hours every night, but these days it is an average figure of 6 hours a night. Studies have revealed that millions of people sleep lesser hours regularly and all of them suffer from sleep-deprivation problems. Sleep is that time when your body goes into a recovery mode, it repairs itself and heals the tired organs. Too much of sleep deprivation can even lead to psychosis and other related psychological problems.
The Opioid Crisis: a National Public Health Emergency
In mid-October, Ex-DEA Agent Joe Ranazzisi appeared on 60 Minutes to expose details of how pharmaceutical lobbyist and the US Congress have worked in conjunction to knowingly derail DEA efforts at curtailing the opioid epidemic. “Rannazzisi accuses the distributors of fueling the opioid epidemic by turning a blind eye to pain pills being diverted to illicit use,” says 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker to the viewing audience. Then, to Rannazzisi, he asks: “You know the implication of what you’re saying, that these big companies knew that they were pumping drugs into American communities that were killing people?” “That’s not an implication,” responds Rannazzisi, “that’s a fact. That’s exactly what they…
Understanding The Challenges of Cross-Addiction And How To Combat It
When those struggling with substance abuse indulge in that addiction, their brain releases a ‘feel good’ chemical called dopamine into the synapses. Dopamine signals body that something pleasurable has happened or is about to happen. When the addicts undergo addiction treatment, they often feel a frequent sense of something missing from in their life. That missing thing is usually dopamine. To fill this emptiness, recovering addicts sometimes turn to something else, such as coffee, food, shopping, cigarettes, pills, or anything that mimics their original addiction. It is called cross-addiction In simple terms, cross-addiction means you’ve traded one addiction for another. For example, if you’re working through an alcoholism treatment program,…
The Ultimate Guide to Living a Pain-Free Life – What Should You Know?
Find relief from pain and injuries with personalized orthopedic care. From chiropractic adjustments to tailored nutrition plans, choose your path to recovery.
How to Drink More Water Daily: The Top 5 Ways for Kids?
Before you become a parent of a guardian to a kid, you probably never foresee the problem of kids never wanting to drink enough water. However, the reality sinks in soon when you get worried about the amount of water your kid drinks. Nevertheless, like an adult, kids should drink enough water. Brace yourself up for the challenge; it might get a lot harder for your kid to love drinking water than you could have expected them to. Do your kids always fret about having to drink plain water? Are they consistently asking you to buy them the sodas and other sugary beverages they see their friends drinking or on…
5 Choices That Will Make You Healthier
Here are some of the surprising things I’ve discovered. 1. Make friends with raw, organic, local honey. Raw, organic, local honey — honey that has been produced by beehives that are within 25 miles of where you live — works like a homeopathic remedy. As the bees go from plant to plant, they pick up pollen, which shows up in the honey. Last year, right after we moved to Berthoud, I was extremely allergic, and this year I have no allergies at all. I found a wonderful beekeeper around the corner from us and I’ve been eating one teaspoon of her delicious raw organic honey daily, all year. I did…
The Legal Ups And Downs Of The Healthcare Industry
The healthcare industry is one of the fastest growing and lucrative out there at the moment. It’s also recession proof which is a huge bonus. People are always going to need healthcare so you won’t feel the pinch in times of hardship. That’s why a healthcare business is a sensible startup to put your money behind. But don’t fall into the trap of thinking it’s easy because it isn’t. You can’t just start a healthcare company and wait for patients to roll in.
Social Determinants, Sitting, and How We Sacrifice Our Health for Society
New research is showing that sitting for prolonged amounts at a time can be extremely harmful to your health. Keith Diaz, Ph.D., and her colleagues at Columbia University Medical Center in NYC, NY, found that adults in the US generally spend 12 or more hours per day sitting down, and that the more time spent sitting, the greater the risk of premature death. The research did also find, however, that moving around approximately every 30 minutes may help you live longer by reducing the harms of prolonged sitting. This echoes other studies in the vein, that are beginning to show that prolonged sitting is much more detrimental to our health…
The Right Mattress for Better Sleep and Health
Buying a new mattress can be a daunting task but creating a list of priorities will make it easier to ensure that your purchase not only gives you the support that you need but comfort as well. The level of comfort that you select has a major impact on sleep quality and how satisfied you are with the mattress that you choose.
