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Women Face Unique Risks for High Blood Pressure and Stroke (NewsUSA) – Women have a lot on their plates, and sometimes important self-care can take a back seat to work, family and other obligations.In fact, nearly 50% of adult women have high blood pressure, and nearly three-quarters of those with high blood pressure don’t have […]
Adjustment disorder is a maladaptive response to a psychosocial stressor that occurs when an individual has significant difficulty adjusting to or coping with a stressful psychosocial event. The maladaptive response usually involves otherwise normal emotional and behavioral reactions that manifest more intensely than usual (taking into account contextual and cultural factors), causing marked distress, preoccupation with the stressor […]
What the Slowing Vaccine Rates Mean for One Rural Montana County Katheryn Houghton May 11, 2021 KALISPELL, Mont. — The covid vaccination operation at the Flathead County fairgrounds can dole out 1,000 doses in seven hours. But demand has plummeted recently, down to fewer than 70 requests for the shots a day. This story […]
Don’t Eat the Yellowstone Snow: Elite Ski Resort Aims to Turn Sewage Into Powder Justin Franz May 12, 2021 An exclusive Montana resort wants to turn sewage into snow so that its rich and famous members can ski its slopes in a winter season that’s shrinking because of climate change. The Yellowstone Club — […]
What to Know When Choosing a Hospital (Family Features) When Judie Burrows, an adventurous, retired teacher, broke her hip during a bicycle accident, her family trusted the doctors and the hospital. They were not worried about a routine hip surgery. “I didn’t realize at the time that we should have worried, even though this was […]
We do not normally comment on certain things unless they are, if we think, of vital importance to provide information, and this is one (no, we are not getting paid). Wether you suffer from mental illness, (on meds or not), or do not, you should see this; your family should see this; your friends […]
This Small Canadian Drugmaker Wants to Make J&J Vaccines for Poor Nations. It Needs More Than a Patent Waiver. Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News and Arthur Allen May 6, 2021 Biolyse Pharma Corp., which makes injectable cancer drugs, was gearing up to start making generic biologic drugs, made from living organisms. Then the […]
Safely Returning to Diabetes Care One Visit at a Time (StatePoint) Collectively, we’ve all paused to assess and adjust as we navigate a new normal amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, yet understandably, this has included a pause in consistent medical care for some. Nearly half of Americans surveyed by the Kaiser Family Foundation say they […]
Frequency Use of Social Media Impact on Cyberbullying: It’s Relation to Fear and Depression Abstract This study examined the social media usage and the positive effects of cyberbullying on middle school students; and whether exposure to bullying affects their levels of fear and depression. The participants were 800 students ranging from ages 11-15 (488 females […]
How Schools Can Help Kids Heal After the Pandemic’s Uncertainty Cory Turner, NPR and Christine Herman, WILL / Illinois Public Media May 10, 2021 Kai Humphrey, 9, has been learning from home for more than a year. He badly misses his Washington, D.C., elementary school, along with his friends and the bustle of the […]