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Brain Fog
Photo by Edward Jenner. Also known as “clouding of consciousness” (but who can remember that if you have it?) brain fog is a collection of symptoms that can occur during a wide variety of conditions including long covid, fibromyalgia, chronic…
SoHum Health Seeks Participants in National Clinical Trial to Further Medical Research on Opioid Use Recovery
Photo by cottonbro studio. Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District (SoHum Health) is taking part in a national study to help people with opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural areas. The study will compare how two formulations of buprenorphine may help…
SoHum Health launches new Senior Life Solutions mental health program for older adults
Photo by Marcus Aurelius. Senior Life Solutions is an intensive outpatient group therapy program designed to meet the unique needs of individuals, typically 65 and older, experiencing depression and/or anxiety related to life changes associated with aging. Individuals may benefit…
US Trending Away from Its Peers in Healthcare Numbers
Photo by Kindel Media. The term “avoidable death” is defined as the death of a person less than 80 years old which could have been prevented by normal healthcare interventions. Statistics on avoidable death numbers are used in part to assess…
When Specialized Healthcare is What You Need
Photo by Anna Shvets. A March 2024 report published by the Association of American Medical Colleges predicts that by 2036 there will be a shortfall of 86,000 physicians in the United States. Many of those shortages are expected to occur…
Yoga for All
Photo by Min An. Every year new studies are published showing how beneficial a yoga practice can be to our health and well-being. If you’ve ever been a yoga practitioner, you’ve probably noticed things most fans of the discipline notice,…
Gut Feelings
Photo by Sora Shimazaki. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is an umbrella term that includes both Crohn’s Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Up to 3.1 million Americans suffer from these often debilitating digestive conditions and the number is steadily growing. Elsewhere in…
The Fat Palette
Photo by Andres Ayrton. Did you know that you have three different colors of fat in your body? And that each has its own purpose and function, some with beneficial qualities, some potentially harmful? There is white fat, brown fat,…
10,000 Steps Debunked?
Photo by David Kanigan. With the global fitness tracker market at $53 billion in 2023, expected to rise to $62 billion in 2024, and then projected to continue growing to $190 billion by 2032, it is definitely in the industry’s…
Endometriosis
Photo by Sora Shimazaki. Synonymous with the term “womb,” the uterus is the hollow muscular organ possessed by female mammals in which an embryo, or newly fertilized egg, grows into a fetus and continues developing until birth. The lining of…