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Carolyn Eldridge
“Birth is such an intimate time, and it often brings up stuff from our past, and if you have the right people with you, it can be healing. You can find a way to feel your energy and your power.”…
The Scrolling of Doom
Photo by Rob Hampson on Unsplash Doom scrolling (or, even better, doom surfing) is the act of endlessly dragging yourself through the news feed on your phone or computer while slowly being overwhelmed by the volume of negative, depressing, or…
SoHum Health Foundation Brings New Outdoor Fitness Zone to Southern Humboldt Community Park
Photo caption: SoHum Health Foundation Board members and staff celebrate the opening of the Fitness Zone at Southern Humboldt Community Park. SoHum Health Foundation and Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District have collaborated to bring a new outdoor Fitness Zone to…
Linda Candiotti
This week we continue our series of visits with some of the longtime members of the local healthcare community. Linda Candotti, PA-C, has worked in healthcare in Southern Humboldt for almost 40 years. She pioneered the role of the relatively…
Garberville Pharmacy Celebrates One Year Anniversary
Photo R to L: SoHum Health CEO Matt Rees, Pharmacist Cynthia Aguilar, and Pharmacist Carolyn Hino-Bourassa hold the ribbon while Governing Board Member, Corinne Stromstad does the honors at the Garberville Pharmacy Grand Opening on June 29, 2021. One year…
The Eyes Have It
Photo by JC Gellidon on Unsplash Vision is generally regarded as the primary human sense. When unimpaired, we tend to rely on vision above any other sensory input. As such, vision plays a key role in almost everything the brain…
A Therapy for the Times
Photo by Engin Akyurt on Unsplash You may not need a peer-reviewed study to tell you how much our mental health has suffered during the pandemic. Just look around at your friends and family, co-workers, even the usually cheerful grocery…
This Pox is Bananas
Photo by Mike Dorner on Unsplash The next major pandemic may already be here. I’m not sure who ordered it, since we’ve still got plenty of COVID-19 leftovers in the fridge, but monkeypox, typically a disease confined to the African…
So Healthy Together: The Care and Feeding of Your Immune System
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash With all of the COVID-related anxiety we’ve slogged through these past years, it’s been very easy to forget just how remarkable the human immune system is. All animals have some ability to recognize and…
Capital Campaign Milestone Celebration
SoHum Health Invites Community to Celebrate Reaching Campaign Goal to Construct New Hospital at Milestone Event on May 19th SoHum Health Foundation is thrilled to announce that their $4M fundraising goal to construct a new modern hospital in Southern Humboldt…