Tag: healthcare

The health care community has redefined the requirements for clinical obesity, noting BMI shouldn’t be the sole barometer of the disease.

Being diagnosed with breast cancer is overwhelming. But, during the monthlong National Breast Cancer Awareness campaign which started Oct. 1, health care institutions, nonprofits, survivor groups and breast cancer specialists are adamant that early detection can be life-saving, especially for high-risk individuals.

After losing a loved one, feelings of grief and sadness can be overwhelming and debilitating.

Childbirth is an intense physiological process and many giving birth have had positive experiences in the hands of a trusted doula. That role has long been perceived as support outside the medical care team in hospitals and birthing centers, but not anymore.

While health care professionals guard the front lines, everyone else wages their own battle at home as they fight to protect their family from the coronavirus.

By Kathy Horgan When I returned to the States back in the 1980s after having lived in France for many years, I wasn’t prepared for...