Build your emotional resilience “Difficult life situations can contribute to stress, but help is available.”
Grace Clinic: Your healthcare safety net "More than 27,000 people in our community don’t have health insurance."
How to reset your hormones for improved health "Balancing hormones improves energy, metabolism, and overall health."
Autumn anxiety "Autumn is bookended by the carefree warmth of summer and the looming stress of the holiday season."
Practicing medicine in the time of COVID-19: One physician’s experience “We have to talk about the effect of COVID-19 on People of Color.”
Book Report: Doing Harm “Diseases considered ‘female issues’ are poorly understood, often dismissed, and commonly undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.”
Disconnection Syndrome “Participating in our modern consumerist existence is physically changing our brains...”
Washington state’s new long-term care tax “Perhaps you haven’t heard, but a new payroll/wage tax will be taking effect at the beginning of the year.”
Creating healthy boundaries for making realistic changes “An often forgotten part of self-care is evaluating and setting healthy boundaries.”
What’s the difference between food allergies, intolerances, and sensitivities? Chances are you have had an unpleasant symptom after a meal once or twice.
Beer yoga returns! “Beer yoga is a fantastic way to introduce new people to yoga, make new friends, and have a lot of fun.”
Ask a Medical Biller: Rage against the Medicare Advantage Plan “If you choose to go to a different Medicare Advantage plan, do your research.”
New year, new health insurance “If you’re someone like me who has chronic health problems, then a New Year is something to dread, with new deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums. If you’re like a lot of Americans, however, you probably aren’t quite sure what those are.”
Build a healthy immune system for fall “A healthy immune system is one way we can bolster our bodies to fight off infection and disease. The good news is there are simple steps you can take to improve your immunity that will also enrich your overall wellbeing.”
Sugar detox “As part of our Summer Resource Guide, Empowered Health has curated a Sugar Detox roadmap to help you better understand the role of sugar in your overall health and well-being.”
Super salad bar “Looking over the recipes I have shared with you in the past, I realized a few of them were inspired by those we ate during the sugar detox. One, in particular, has stuck with us and gets used nearly every week.”
Singing the Future On May 5, I joined upwards of 5,000 of my colleagues across the singing community in a webinar called “A Conversation: What Do Science and Data Say About the
An old public health guy observes the pandemic in the Tri-Cities “I see little understanding of public health, which allows us to do the right thing even when we don't have enough tests, a vaccine, or a cure.”
What can the COVID-19 pandemic teach us about preventing climate change? “Given the global obsession with protecting ourselves and our loved ones from the pandemic, it might seem inappropriate to mention climate change at this time. But April 22 was Earth Day, so let’s talk about what the pandemic can tell us about preventing climate change.”
Franklin County Commissioners defy governor's orders, say they're not going out on a limb, proceed to go out on a limb Franklin County Commissioners voted unanimously in today’s meeting to end recognition of the state’s emergency order in response to Covid-19. Here’s how the argument was made.
