How to Celebrate the Nurses in Your Life this Nurses Week
Nurses Week is an opportunity to recognize and appreciate the vital role that nurses play in health care.
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Choosing Supplements That Hit the Mark
There are over 80,000 vitamins and dietary supplements on the market, but not all are created equal.
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Empowering Patients: Taking Control of Vein Health and Well-Being
From varicose veins to chronic venous insufficiency, these conditions can lead to discomfort and limitations in daily life. However, within these challenges lies an opportunity for empowerment.
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Sickle Cell: Not Just a Black Disease or Trait
Sharing this information about sickle cell is the everyday work of Houston-based charity “As One Foundation,” which was founded by sickle cell carrier and former Houston Texan Devard Darling, who lost his identical twin brother to exertional sickling in 2001 at Florida State University during a football conditioning workout.
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The Importance of Mental Health and Strategies for Well-Being
To ensure mental well-being, it’s essential to adopt a proactive approach to nurture and maintain it.
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HISD Expands Partnership with Hazel Health to Offer No-Cost Care at Every Campus
As part of its new Continuum of Care model for student wraparound supports, the Houston Independent School District is expanding its partnership with Hazel Health to every campus and Sunrise Center in the district.
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Unlock the Power of Self-Care: The Importance of Vaginal Care for Black Women
Black women face unique challenges when it comes to vaginal health.
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How Colleges and Universities Can Support Adult Learners Navigating a Changing World
While mental illness can impact anyone, adult learners who are balancing their personal lives with professional and educational pursuits need special attention.
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Beyond the Baby Blues: Confronting Pregnancy-Related Mental Health Challenges
Mental health conditions are among the most common complications of pregnancy and can present themselves in many ways. Here are a few tips to help combat maternal mental health challenges.
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Stay Ahead of Allergies with These 7 Expert Tips
As temperatures rise, pollen and other allergens will fill the air, leaving you sneezing and wheezing instead of enjoying sunnier days.
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Ways to Engage in Mental Health Awareness this May
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and an important time to raise awareness about mental health issues, reduce the stigma and promote support and understanding for those affected by mental illness.
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Implantable Device Delivers HIV Antiviral with More Potency Than Oral Drugs
Houston Methodist researchers are getting closer to adding another tool to the treatment regimen of individuals living with HIV that would be able to deliver HIV treatments through a long-acting, refillable nanofluidic implant that delivers an HIV antiviral medication.
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How You Can Take Better Control of Your Asthma
Asthma is a chronic lung condition that can keep you from doing the things you love. It may even be life-threatening. But in most cases, asthma can be controlled.
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Disparities in Air Quality Exposure Highlighted in American Lung Association’s State of the Air Report
Despite comprising 41.6% of the U.S. population, people of color represent 52% of those living in counties with at least one failing grade for air quality.
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Top 6 Questions About Breast Lumps
Health experts at Houston Methodist say these are the top questions about breast lumps and what to expect should you encounter one.
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4 Ways Your Screen Time Could Be Costing You
According to the report, the impact of unmanaged excessive screen time (spending seven plus hours on screens per day and not visiting an optometrist in the past year) on eye health was found to be wide-ranging.
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Confused by Nutrition Labels? You’re Not Alone
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which sets standards for nutrition labeling, is developing a new labeling system that would appear on the front of food and beverage products, offering clear and concise information to help people quickly and easily identify healthier foods.
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Taste Kitchen + Bar Hosts Fundraiser Donating Half of All Sales to Houston Mom Battling Cancer
Taste Kitchen + Bar, Houston’s all-day brunch destination, hosted a special fundraiser for Julie Gray, a Houston mom and creative arts director who has been battling cervical cancer for nearly two years.
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Secrets to Getting a Good Night’s Rest
If getting better sleep is at the top of your list to improve your health, you may want to review habits which could be preventing you from getting a full night of deep, restorative sleep.
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Angels Nest, Mentor Empower Motivate and Winners Circle Group of Texas Celebrate Nutrition Center Grand Opening
Non-profit organizations Angels Nest, Incorporated and Mentor Empower Motivate (M.E.M.), in partnership with the Winners Circle Group of Texas, hosted a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, April 13 for a new nutrition center.
