A Letter to Parents in Response to the Latest Public Health Advisory: When working from home, I like to turn on the local news radio station and listen to the weather forecast. My husband teases me that I should just look outside. But my mom used to do the same thing when I was little.…
Have you ever had a “senior” moment? These days, you don’t have to be a senior to have one. Without the right mix of diet and exercise, your brain health can decline. Read on to learn about lifestyle factors that impact the brain, like diet and exercise, as well as the best foods to support…
Stress often creeps into our lives, even when we’re trying our hardest to keep it out. Balancing work, bills, family members, friends, romantic relationships and other obligations can be difficult, and at times it can become overwhelming. Constant stress can affect your mood, thoughts, work performance, emotions and relationships, and you may not even realize…
You probably already know that spending time in nature is great for your health and well-being. Getting some fresh air while relaxing to the sounds of birds chirping, sticks rustling under the feet of furry little creatures and trees swaying in the wind can soothe the mind and feed the soul. Nature is so diverse…
When your stress level has been elevated and you feel weighed down, you could be experiencing mental fatigue. Spending long periods of time in a hectic environment or feeling constant anxiety can affect more than just your physical being. The brain controls the body, so mental fatigue can become serious. Here are five signs of…
Chronic anxiety is a common anxiety disorder that involves constant worry, nervousness and tension. It goes far beyond worrying about a work project or being nervous before a date. Chronic anxiety is an intense, persistent and excessive problem that can become extremely disruptive to a person’s everyday life, including his or her health. Anxiety causes…
Did you know there’s actually an entire institute in America dedicated to research on stress? It’s that big of a problem. And it’s not hard to see why when you look at statistics from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. According to their findings, 40% of all workers in the nation report their job as being…
Everyday, most of us are bombarded with stressful situation after stressful situation. A recent poll performed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health found that 1 out of 4 Americans have experienced a great deal of stress in the last month and this is only the stress we are conscious…
Restless leg syndrome is a neurological disorder that is characterized by throbbing, pulling, creeping or other unpleasant sensations in the legs. The feeling is uncontrollable and there is often an overwhelming urge to move them. Symptoms appear most commonly at night when a person is relaxing or resting, and they may increase in severity during…