Whether you love playing in the snow, or prefer to stay cozy indoors, one thing’s for sure—winter storms and cold temperatures can be hazardous. Here are tips for staying warm and dry, reducing the risk of slipping on ice, and other precautions. With a little knowledge and advanced planning, [...]
Holding on to negative emotions for longer than you need to can impact your daily life. Over time, it can affect your long-term health too. But there are ways to let go of negative emotions and move forward. Here are some helpful tips. Please note: The advice given here [...]
Statistics related to breast cancer—whether referring to age, gender, diagnoses, survivors, or deaths—are a common way to tell the story of this disease and its impact. However, important as they are, numbers and facts can feel pretty abstract. The following article offers more details behind the numbers, as well [...]
Fluzone High-Dose is an egg-based, high-dose flu shot approved for use in people 65 years of age and older. This vaccine is made with more antigen than regular-dose flu shots. The antigen is the part of the vaccine that helps your body build protection against flu viruses. The higher [...]
Social media and news can help you stay connected and informed. However, all that information can also be overwhelming, and it can disrupt your day. It can be easy to develop unintentional habits. Here are seven tips for using social media and news in a healthy way. Know your [...]
Our well-being is affected by the world around us and the community we cultivate. Explore what your community has to offer by checking out your local resources for the following services. Need help finding a resource? Call 211 for free and confidential information about resources in your community. This [...]
Simply put, ergonomics is the science of designing an environment to fit the worker, so the work is safer and more efficient. A primary goal of ergonomics is to reduce the risk of injury, which reduces healthcare costs. In addition, with good ergonomics, you’ll enjoy increased productivity, better overall [...]
Friendship can add years to your life—and improve your health and experiences. For example, in older women, the support of a friend was the most successful predictive factor in lifelong exercise. In a cohort study in Scotland, the number and intensity of friends in childhood predicted the adult health [...]
Written by Christa Marney, RDN, LD, CHWC Eating is a simple daily act. But do you stop to think about all the reasons you eat? You may be hungry, but you also could be hangry (hungry and angry), bored, stressed, anxious, depressed, focused, lonely, happy, or sad—just to name [...]
Stress serves an important role in our well-being as a way of protecting ourselves from threats—regardless of whether those threats are real or perceived. While our natural stress response is a good thing, it can become problematic when we don't close the stress response cycle, leaving us in a [...]
