Why is physical activity so important for health and wellbeing?
We know that staying active is one of the best ways to keep our bodies healthy. But did you know it can also improve your overall well-being and quality of life? Here are just a few of the ways physical activity can help you feel better, look better and live better. Because, why not?
Self Care and Wellness
Taking Care of Yourself So You Can Be Your Best! Self care is a vital part of maintaining good health and a vibrant life. It’s a way of living that incorporates behaviors that help you to be refreshed, replenish your personal motivation, and grow as a person.
Importance Of Wellness
Muncie, IN—The word “wellness” can be seen marketed everywhere we look: commercials, magazines in the grocery aisle, and even food packaging. Despite the heavy marketing, wellness is more than a buzzword or trend. Wellness is an active process of making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life. Who doesn’t want that? By managing our nutrition […]
Personal Responsibility for Health
Taking personal responsibility for health involves a commitment to adopting a healthy lifestyle — frequent exercise, not smoking, and weight control. The ramifications of this responsibility recently received wide media coverage when surgeons at Adelaide’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital declined to perform certain elective surgery on patients who are obese or who smoke.
Joe Biden’s New Health Care Agenda
The details vary but the story is always the same: every candidate’s big plans for health care morph, shrink, and change after they are elected and confronted with new political and economic circumstances. That will be true in spades for President-elect Biden. Very narrow margins in both houses of Congress means two of the big ideas he […]
Changing the structure of health care delivery systems
By Joshua Freeman, M.D. In an important series of three articles beginning on the Sunday before the New Year, “Doctors Inc.”, Alan Bavley of the Kansas City Star looked at the increasing acquisition of physician practices by hospitals, and the impact this has on access to, quality of, and cost of health care for patients. […]
Frost & Sullivan’s Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021
From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. By Reenita Das | January 04, 2021 The year 2020 has been a year unlike any other year in our history. It has impacted the fabric of our society […]
The Importance of Getting Health Care That Speaks Your Language
Erica Gunderson | December 19, 2020, 5:30 pm When you’re having health problems, clear communication with health care providers is crucial to understanding treatment. And while medical jargon can seem like its own language, for the estimated 25 million people in the U.S. with limited English proficiency, finding health care that speaks their language is even […]
Community health centers filling gaps in health care deserts are ground zero for getting COVID vaccine to underserved areas
With a second coronavirus vaccine arriving in states Monday, community health centers that have long filled the gap in hospital health care deserts nationwide are prepping for their turn at vaccinating clinical and other staff amid challenges of trust and prioritization. By Maudlyne Ihejirika Dec 20, 2020, 7:37pm CST With a second coronavirus vaccine arriving in states Monday, […]
Self Care during COVID-19
Washing your hands and practicing social distancing are great practical ways to take care of your physical health during this time. However, it is also important to take care of your mental health.