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Bring More Music Into Your Home (StatePoint) Music is a mood booster and can help promote mental health. This past year has been particularly challenging, inspiring many people to reap the many benefits of bringing more music into their homes. Here is how you can too: • Be your own DJ: Music can instantaneously […]
Eight Facts to Know about Women’s Health Women and girls face unique health challenges across their lifespans. Learn how some of these health conditions affect millions of women and girls each year. Two out of every three caregivers in the United States are women. Two out of every three caregivers in the United States are women. Women who are caregivers have […]
Dog Day Saturday 2022-12-03 Owning and interacting with pets, according to studies, can be a form of therapy for many. We have dedicated Saturday to dogs and Wednesday to cats, when we will post an article on each of those days. We will also post articles on occasion about other animals people may […]
2022-12-02 A New Use for Dating Apps: Chasing STIs Darius Tahir Heather Meador and Anna Herber-Downey use dating apps on the job — and their boss knows it. Both are public health nurses employed by Linn County Public Health in eastern Iowa. They’ve learned that dating apps are the most efficient way to […]
Dating After Loss of a Spouse By: elaine williams When a relationship ends due to one partner dying, what is the correct time period to begin dating again? Grief is such a funny, unpredictable animal. Many people in years’ past think a year is a suitable time to wait before incorporating life changes, and […]
American Morality – A Glimmer of Hope on the Horizon (We know this is a little old, but the same premise still applies.) By: Thomas Sullivan Has the United States lost it’s basic principle of morality? Has the United States moved away from the guiding principles that this country was founded on? A single […]
Mental Health Friday 2022-12-02 On Mental Health Friday, we post, in alphabetical order, one per week, information on mental health disorders. Mental Health Friday is for informational purposes only, and is in no way meant to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please do not self diagnose and seek professional help for what […]
Dealing With Aggression By: David Ferruolo Sometimes life can be very confusing. We strive to walk a spiritual path, being accepting and forgiving. We smile and send blessings unselfishly to all that cross our path. We meditate and pray, but how do we deal with negative people when their wrath is directed at us? […]
Career Changes for Baby Boomers: Ability, Not Age, Matters By: Kelli Smith Baby boomers. They’re the generation born between 1946 and 1964. They came of age in the early 70s and early 80s. They’re the generation that made changes and waves, worked harder and longer, put off marriage and children, did things differently […]
2022-11-30 Should Older Seniors Risk Major Surgery? New Research Offers Guidance Judith Graham Nearly 1 in 7 older adults die within a year of undergoing major surgery, according to an important new study that sheds much-needed light on the risks seniors face when having invasive procedures. Especially vulnerable are older patients with probable […]