Health and Fitness

Alzheimer’s Awareness Month: Keeping Your Family Healthy

November is known as Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. While you’re probably already familiar with the signs and symptoms of this disease, you may not know how to prevent it. The...

Recognizing & Coping With Nursing Burnout

Nurses are often compassionate by nature. After all, one of the reasons you may have chosen nursing is...

Wearable Devices: Useful Medical Insights Or Just More Data?

Do you track your steps with a FitBit or monitor your heart rate with an Apple Watch? Wearable devices...

Should You Take Dietary Supplements?

When you reach for that bottle of vitamin C or fish oil pills, you might wonder how well...

Food For Thought: How The Brain Reacts To Food

The reason why some people find it so hard to resist finishing an entire bag of chips or...

Eat Spinach to Grow Strong?

Even young children know that eating spinach can make you stronger. But did you know that fall's colorful leaves can help guide you to...

TED Talks: The Importance of Self-Care

Too busy to take care of yourself? We get it --you are busy taking care of patients, taking care of your family, taking care...

5 Skin Health Tips For Nurses

Long hours, dry hospital air and a job that is often emotionally intense can all wreak havoc on your appearance over time. Your skin...

Count Your Bites, Count Down the Pounds

Forget counting calories. The next new diet trend could be as simple as counting bites. A new study found people who counted bites over a...

5 Tips to Stay Fit and Active During Holiday Season

A busy holiday season schedule can easily put a damper on your health and fitness goals. But sticking to a good routine fueled with healthy...

Nurse Bling: Sit Back, Relax and Unwind

Remember the last time you felt completely relaxed? Exactly. Luckily, we’ve taken to Etsy to find eight items that may help you leave the hospital behind once...