Wellness

Holidays can be difficult for people struggling with mental health issues.

Flu season is just around the corner, but before you head in to get your shot, check out what’s new this year.

Uh oh. A new study has some scary implications for our reliance on cellphones, tablets and computer screens. Those blue-tinged displays could lead to serious eye problems – maybe even blindness.

Adults are often drawn toward meditation to ease daily stress and experience moments of peace. Children growing up in today’s fast-paced culture also show increased levels of restlessness, stress and anxiety, and meditation can be just as beneficial to them.

With summer upon us, here are some wellness tips to keep top of mind:

Social media and mental health are words we now see together often.

New services help differentiate your business from the competition and provide superior value to your customers, which is why BioScrip is pleased to offer peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) placement capabilities in the New Orleans area.

About 50% of patients with chronic conditions sometimes fail to take their medication as prescribed. This can lead to higher rates of hospital admissions, poorer health outcomes and increased healthcare costs.

Do you want to be a better listener? Here is an advanced practice drill. Listen to someone you really disagree with. It should not be a challenge to find someone in today’s political climate.

Did you know that March is national nutrition month? It’s important to take a moment this month to focus on how you’re developing sound eating and physical activity habits. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics reminds us to keep the following tips in mind:

Growing up in a society that cares immensely about the exterior rather than the interior can really take a toll on your self-esteem. Here are five ways you can boost your self-esteem and drop the negativity.

Integrative medicine is a proactive approach to health care that places the patient in a partnership with their physician and addresses their health concerns from a range of different factors, which may include nutritional, environmental, social, hormonal, etc.

February is American Heart Month. One of the ways you can take to take control of your heart health is by maintaining a healthy, balanced diet.

While most people associate a new year with resolutions, I relate it to the anniversary of my cancer. And while most think of 13 as unlucky, that number is a blessing to me as it signifies the years I have been in remission from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

When delivering health care, it’s important to create convenient solutions for patients as that’s the deciding factor for many seeking medical treatment. Health care providers should keep in mind several things they can do to serve patients by:

From the stress of pressing deadlines to hours sitting in front of a computer, heart health is not top priority in most workplaces. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America making it important to incorporate cardiovascular wellness into your office culture. Here are five tips to protect your heart health while at work:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a record number of deaths during the 2017-2018 flu season, with the death toll reaching more than 80,000 people in the United States alone. It is important to get a flu vaccine because:

In life, it’s exciting to get the opportunity to help people, especially when you can do so on multiple levels. This October, my friends and I are doing just that.

Mental health issues such as depression and anxiety are often not addressed in the workplace until there’s a crisis. Interventions and practices that promote good mental health in the workplace can include:

Many entrepreneurs attribute their success and why they are able to achieve so much to diet and exercise. Personally, working out and eating healthy have allowed me to have more focus and energy, in addition to a routine I can carry over to my work.

Are you having a stressful day at work that just doesn’t seem to end? We have one simple cure for you: Just smile. Spiritual leaders, psychologists and neuroscientists agree that a simple act of smiling can change your attitude and the world around you.

The trauma of surviving a disaster can impact mental health for decades. Studies show that meditation can help reduce feelings of depression, anxiety and even physical pain following trauma related to surviving a disaster. Meditation offers tremendous healing benefits, including stress reduction. It also aids in coping with flashbacks, allowing people to better focus on the present.

We try to keep our homes as healthy and clean as possible for our families, but most of us don’t think about the harm air pollutants can cause. Many breathing challenges can be caused or aggravated by polluted indoor air.

According to the Global Wellness Institute, the wellness industry is a $3.7 trillion market, with $563 billion of that coming from wellness tourism. When you travel, you want to feel relaxed, pampered and well taken care of, and more people are seeking accommodations in line with their personal wellness goals.

Chris McMahon is an entrepreneur fueled by his inspiring story of addiction recovery. Seventeen years sober, Chris wanted to give back to his community by creating a cutting-edge addiction recovery center.

Summertime means mosquitoes in Louisiana. Mosquitoes are not just annoying – they can carry many diseases, including West Nile virus, which has already been found this summer in New Orleans.

In conjunction with the Clinton Foundation’s Too Small to Fail initiative, Kohl’s Cares and Children’s Hospital, New Orleans will become the 14th community in the country to implement a local “Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing” campaign.

I love napping and wish my office had a comfy couch. While there are drawbacks to napping, such as waking up feeling groggy or napping so long that it interferes with your nighttime sleep, there are also some benefits:

Therapy can be used in a variety of ways. Sometimes therapy is used to reach a goal; other times it’s used to achieve a life change or as a way to discover who you are at your core. Counseling is a tool to use as you wish, and your therapist is there to guide and assist in the process.

After a year on the transplant list, Nick Coats passed away on March 19 of stage 4 cirrhosis of the liver. His identical twin brother, Devin, recently received a life-saving transplant and is in recovery.