The 5 Stages of Burnout and Why They Matter

Are you at the end of your rope? Can you no longer cope with the copious quantity of emotions you feel every day? If so, you’re far from alone. Two out of three people report that work contributes significantly to their stress levels. One in four people have actually called in for a ‘mental health day’ or a sick day as a result of stress from work. If this sounds familiar you might be exhibiting other signs of emotional exhaustion. The 5 Stages of Burnout Job stress and burnout are some of the most difficult health issues to face, because …

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Scurvy How It Shaped Clinical Trials Forever

Scurvy. It was the bane of 18th century life, often destroying the lives of members aboard ships headed across the Atlantic Ocean. It was a man that was named James Lind who began to change all of that. He was the father of an important mechanism seen in today’s society: the clinical trial. A clinical trial is a research project headed by scientists or other researchers to determine the effect of a drug that has medicinal and therapeutic value towards alleviating the symptoms or curing a particular illness. While clinical trials today are lengthy–in 1999 they spanned 460 days, while …

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Four Reasons you Might Need Suboxone Treatment

There are many people currently dealing with alcohol addiction disorders. Many of these people are undiagnosed and do not even realize that they have a clinical problem. In fact on average, alcohol addiction patients receive treatment 8 years after the age at which they develop the condition. This means those 8 long years are spent struggling to overcome alcohol dependence. Eight years can mean that an alcohol addiction problem has affected the person?s career, relationships, and overall happiness. The following signs and symptoms might indicate that an alcohol addiction is present. The age you began consuming alcohol Age at first …

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The Future of Urgent Care Centers

It should come as no surprise that urgent care facilities are rapidly growing and developing all over the country. A growth spurt for family health clinic centers began in the 1990s and is still continuing today. This growth has been fueled by frustration with emergency room wait times and the unavailability of primary care appointments. The public’s desire for quick and inexpensive medical care shows that the urgent care industry is only going to keep growing larger. For many patients, after hours urgent care facilities are their primary place to go for medical care. More and more people are choosing …

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