In honor of National Midwifery Week, St. Elizabeth Healthcare is celebrating our midwives and the tremendous services they bring to our healthcare network. What is a Nurse-Midwife? It’s a common myth that nurse-midwives don’t have a formal education and only perform home births. That couldn’t be further from the truth! All certified nurse-midwives (CNM) are advanced practice registered nurses. At …
“What’s going on with my eyesight?” If you’ve recently started experiencing blurry vision or difficulty reading text up close, you may be asking yourself and even your physician that question. The answer may be related to aging if you’ve reached the time of life between 41 and 60 years of age when vision changes become common. Many age-related vision problems …
You may already know that too much stress is a bad thing. You may even know that too much stress can increase your risk for certain health issues, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. But did you know that women consistently report experiencing stress at higher rates than men? What Is the Mind-Body Connection? Chronic stress in women …
Despite what Hollywood might make you think, it is possible to enjoy your middle years without a midlife crisis. What is a Midlife Crisis? The term “midlife crisis” was coined in 1965 by psychoanalyst Elliot Jaques after he noticed a trend that during their middle years, people tend to realize their own mortality and that we can only do so …
Menopause brings several changes to a woman’s body. The most noticeable — and for many women, welcome — change is the end of monthly menstruation. But the related hormonal changes, causing mood swings and thinning or drier skin, can impact both your libido and your physical ability to have sex. But there’s no reason that the end of your fertility …
Sometimes, emotions get the best of you. If you’re not careful, they can drive you to turn to food for comfort, even when you’re not hungry. Sound familiar? Then you need to learn how to stop emotional eating so you can lose weight or simply enjoy life. What Is Emotional Eating? Before you learn how to stop emotional eating, you’ve …
People have searched for a fountain of youth for many millennia, and that’s no different today if ads and infomercials for anti-aging products are any indication. Today’s promise of youthfulness comes in the form of wrinkle creams, eye creams and other skincare potions in pretty packages. Can Skincare Companies Lie About Ingredients? While skincare product companies in the United States …
F Here’s some news that will make you want to lace up your walking shoes — it turns out you can practice rheumatoid arthritis prevention with a brisk daily walk, according to findings published in The Rheumatologist, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology. Studies have shown that an increase in daily physical activity, even if it’s just a …
