Marijke Vroomen Durning is an RN who has taken that nursing experience and turned it into a successful writing career. She is a health writer and content marketing writer.
Tattoos: It’s Never Too Late for Body Art
Tattooing is such an ancient art that some tattoo tools found in Europe are estimated to be 12,000 years old. But it’s only in the past few decades that tattooing has started to lose its stigma. It was actually illegal in Oklahoma until 2006 and banned in New York City between 1961 and 1997.
Tattoos were originally used by people who identified with certain groups or as symbols of rebellion. The art has since gradually moved to the mainstream and is now popular among people of all ages, even ...
When Is It Time to Find Long-Term Care for a Spouse or Partner?
“I’m scared and worried,” wrote Dennis Abrams in a column in The Houston Chronicle in July 2017. Abrams’ husband, David Fox, had just been diagnosed with early-onset dementia. Abrams wasn’t surprised. The changes he’d seen in his husband were adding up and the diagnosis was confirmation of his suspicions. After 30 years together, they knew they needed to make plans to make Fox’s life easier and Abrams’ manageable. Little did they know that they had less than a year from the diagnosis before F...
The Creative Art of Quilting
If you’re among the 7 to 10 million quilters in the United States, you likely already know how quilting can have a positive impact on your life. Studies have shown crafting can have a healing effect on the mind, but did you know the art of quilting may help restore or maintain your health?
Quilting Offers a Sense of Belonging
With families and friends spread out across the country, it’s easy to feel disconnected. Unlike many other crafts, quilting can provide the sense of community that has b...
Understanding Sepsis InMotion Magazine
Most people know about illnesses and infections such as meningitis, MRSA and even Ebola, yet many have never heard of an illness that takes over a quarter of a million lives in the United States every year.
A Home Away From Home
Hotel Keys of Hope offers patients discounted or free hotel rooms to ease travel for cancer care.
For many people with cancer, getting the best care means getting to a large city. A major barrier to this: the cost of travel. Although health insurance usually covers the costs associated with the care itself, each patient foots the bill for gas, flights, lodging and food.
Average cost of one night in a U.S. hotel room: $120.72. Factor in dining out and transportation and the price tag can be ov...
Sleep Apnea: The Invisible Sleep Disrupter
Are you always tired and irritable no matter how many hours of sleep you get? Does your significant other complain about your snoring? These signs could point to a problem you may not have considered: sleep apnea.
Also called sleep-disordered breathing, this is a very common sleep issue. It can cause your breathing to become very shallow or stop altogether for a few seconds to minutes. This can happen several times an hour. But how do you know if you're suffering from sleep apnea, and is ther...
Post-Pregnancy Tips: Healing Your Body and Mind
Few things change life as drastically as having a baby. As natural as childbirth is, it’s a big adjustment for new mothers as they adapt to their new body, as well as their new way of life. If you’ve just had a baby, good post-pregnancy care may help ease your transition into motherhood and the new path that lies ahead. Consider these areas of self-care and tips for ensuring you’re the healthiest version of yourself as you take care of your new baby.
Mom Needs Sleep Too
Giving birth is both p...
Understanding Surgical and Transcatheter Replacement for Aortic Valve Disease
Did you know that your heart beats an average of 100,000 times per day? This life-sustaining pump speeds up and slows down on demand and provides your body with the right flow of blood when it’s needed. But sometimes, especially as we age, the heart’s parts stop working properly, causing problems such as aortic valve disease. If this happens to you, you may need an aortic valve replacement.
As your blood moves through your heart, valves control the flow in and out of the heart’s chambers. The...
How Immunotherapy Treats Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
We don’t seem to hear a lot about kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma), but it’s among the 10 most common cancers in the United States. Over 60,000 people every year in the U.S. are diagnosed with it. Unfortunately, because most symptoms don’t become obvious until the tumors are larger, many people are diagnosed with kidney cancer only after it has progressed to later stages, when it is called advanced renal cell carcinoma.
For many years, treatment options for advanced renal cell carcinoma w...
Living with Lactose Intolerance
Lactose intolerance can greatly affect your quality of life. What is lactose intolerance and what can you do about it?
Brain Cancer: What You Should Know
Slide 1 of 21: Being told you have cancer of any type, especially brain cancer, is a frightening thing to hear. Your brain is your body’s central computer and it controls everything you do, both consciously and unconsciously. A brain tumour can cause serious symptoms and could even be fatal. But what is brain cancer? What are the symptoms and how is it diagnosed? And more importantly, is there a treatment ...
Benefits of being bilingual in medicine
A critical part of practicing medicine is communicating well with patients and their family members. Good communication skills help physicians understand their patients' questions and concerns, and help patients understand their health and medical conditions.
Calling 911: Saving valuable moments in a medical emergency
The Costco Connection - September 2016
The RAS Chase: Gaining Ground Against the Toughest Oncogene
The RAS Chase: Gaining Ground Against the Toughest ...
Hope, Healing, and the 12-Hour Shift: Talking with Oncology Nurse Theresa Brown
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