Unemployment has been considered a mental health stressor, but rarely has there been a time when the job market has faced such a sudden and wi…
According to the Mayo Clinic, “meditation is considered a type of mind-body complementary medicine. Meditation can produce a deep state of rel…
Habits — good or bad — are often described as things people simply “fall into.” But is the process really so passive, or does the human mind h…
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A Northwest Indiana hospital recently expanded its services for the treatment of opioid addiction.
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