Health & Fitness

Too much stress can have a negative impact on your well-being. Stress can not only cause anxiety and depression, but can also have a negative impact on your health

Within the last 20 years the term caregivers has become a frequently used terminology for a person caring for another person in a home setting. The term is typically identified by someone caring for their ailing family member, but there is another caregiver—one who cares for others as a career with no relations to their client.

Have you ever waited a long time at the deli counter before your number was called to be served and somehow your turn got skipped over? What was your reaction? Did you speak up and politely let the deli person know you were the next person to be served or did you get in a huff, show how upset you were and you just left the line?

One of the fastest growing fields of employment in the US today is home care services. Both medical and non-medical services can be provided at home for those who are suffering for age-related illnesses or recuperating from surgery or sickness. There are several types of services that can be provided to a person in their home:

• Physician’s Visits
• Dentist Visits
• Nurses Visits
• Therapist Visits
• Caregiving Services

These are just a few of the services that individuals can receive while at home. These services usually are broken into two separate areas, Home Health Care Services and Home Care Services.

Heading to your doctor or nurse practitioner for your next routine health check-up?  Make your next health visit a successful one by using some of these quick and easy tips.

According to the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), it was reported in a recent study that 78% of patients do not fully understand discharge instructions they receive in the emergency department, and sadly the majority of patients do not understand what the doctors told them. Why? They don't ask questions.

Here are 5 simple tips that you can do during the day to help improve the quality of your sleep so that you can wake up more refreshed and have more energy during the day.

You have to be living in a cave not to notice that prices are going up; it’s more expensive to live – and eat – and there's no end in sight. Add to that a few children that devour like locusts ... You can cut down on some expenses, like going to the movies, buying clothes, or eating out, but you can’t stop eating altogether.

One of the most important parts of being a bodybuilder is maintaining the diet necessary to keep packing on pound after pound of hard-earned muscle. Without the right diet, every rep you perform, no matter how heavy or technically perfect is worthless.

Dodging your responsibility as a patient advocate for you or your family member could have devastating results.

As a health care professional on the front lines of the health care system, I understand exactly how important it is for patients and their families to take charge and be an advocate for their health. In my role as an administrative head nurse I always encourage patients and family members to always be proactive in their health care.