Learn How to Assess a Mental Health Crisis
by Tricia Dewey & Joan Allison | photo by Cindy McMillion Many demands, both large and small, can create stress during the rush of the holidays–end of semester tests, work…
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How Might Your Local Gynecologist Benefit YOU?
I am Dr. Susan Lacy, the founder of Modern Gynecology & Reproductive Health. When I decided to open a new solo practice in Midtown Memphis, I faced many difficult decisions.…
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Health + Wellness: SKIN
story by Amber Paradise MA Medical Aesthetician at Glo Medical Aesthetics and Hair Spa & Lisa Street MSN APRN NP-C, Nurse Practitioner and Glo Owner Your skin is most beautiful…
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Sister Supply: Solving Period Poverty
by Eli Cloud Sister Supply is a grassroots non-profit organization that is helping to fight Period Poverty. Our Mission is threefold: Supply the need for menstrual products to those who…
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LGBT & Food: The Uneasy Relationship
by Joan Allison & Danielle McBride | photos courtesy of Fairhaven Treatment Center Similar to any mental health illness, eating disorders and negative body image do not discriminate- and can…
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Being LGBT: The Diabetes Connection
by Dana Cooper A 2018 study published in the medical journal Diabetes Care indicates that lesbian and bisexual women may be at increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Another 2018…
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Love Sessions
by Nick Lingerfelt Back in 2011, Phillis Lewis started her research for what would become Love Doesn’t Hurt, an organization that aims to bring more awareness to domestic violence within…
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Laser Peels: A Modern Approach to Fresh Skin
by Ashley Randall, Ashtoria Aesthetics & Wellness | photos courtesy of Ashtoria (Above photo: Valerie Monismith, R.N., uses the Erbium laser to treat the skin of recording and makeup artist…
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Rock Steady: Fitness Class Has Parkinson’s Disease on the Ropes
by Melinda Lejman | photos courtesy Memphis Jewish Community Center Each year, approximately 60,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a long-term, degenerative neurological disorder that mainly affects a…
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Meditation: Returning to Now
by Nick Lingerfelt While health tends to be thought of as solely physical, meditation can open people up to how much control they can have over their own health and…
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