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A Matter of Life: Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Motherhood can be a dream. Nothing compares to welcoming your own children into the world, to watching them take their first steps, to hearing their first words, to seeing them make friends, go to school, graduate, begin their careers, start families of their own... Motherhood can also be a nightmare. Nothing is more agonizing than…
A New Kind of Mental Health Awareness: Fostering Mental Health While Practicing Physical Distancing
Last week, I was reading a news story about a group of teenagers from New Zealand who were stranded in the Caribbean at the beginning of the pandemic, having just completed a study-abroad sailing program. The educators in charge decided that the best course of action was to sail back to New Zealand with the…
September Is ADHD Awareness Month
Did you know that September is ADHD Awareness month? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood disorder that can continue on through adolescence and adulthood.So to help raise awareness,we have some information from the Brain Balance Program:
Fertility Awareness Method of Birth Control
A woman can only get pregnant in the 24 hours after ovulation. By accurately predicting when ovulation occurs, you can have unprotected sex without getting pregnant. The fertility awareness method of birth control involves tracking your menstrual cycle to determine your “fertility window”–a period of time before and after you ovulate. If you don’t want to get pregnant, you simply don’t have sex or use barrier methods of birth control during this time.
It’s Not Just a Concussion: March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
Its not just a concussion – its a brain injury. Its also the most common type of brain injury sustained in sports with 1.6-3.8 million Americans experiencing a concussion from a sports and recreation-related incident. Multiple concussions can have cumulative and long lasting life changes, which makes Marchs Brain Injury Awareness Month vital.