Tag Archives: Health

The Health Benefits of Farting

Farting might be embarrassing—especially when it’s noticeable (sound, smell). But it’s actually important for your health. There are benefits to letting it rip throughout the day (most of them go undetected, anyway.) “Farting can tell us a lot about our digestive health. It’s actually very normal to pass gas over a dozen times a day,… Read More »

Why We Need Specialized Perinatal Mental Health Programs

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) now recommends screening for perinatal depression and anxiety, stating that “clinicians screen patients at least once during the perinatal period for depression and anxiety symptoms using a standard, validated tool.”   Approximately 40 states have instituted guidelines and recommendations regarding screening for perinatal depression; however, we are… Read More »

Health care workers prepare for possible ‘twindemic’ this fall — a double whammy of COVID-19 and flu

Article content continued “It also gives us an opportunity to have really frank and honest conversations with substitute decision makers and loved ones,” says the ICU doctor and lead researcher from Lawson Health Research Institute. How aggressive would they want us to be? If backed up with more research, the twin studies could lead to better… Read More »