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Stress Among Healthcare Professionals: Physicians and Nurses

Health professionals are compassionate, driven people who work to make a positive difference in the world every day. While these careers can be rewarding, they ...
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Addiction in Boston: Understanding the Epidemic

The United States is in the grips of a nationwide drug and alcohol epidemic that has left no community untouched. Though the opioid crisis has ...
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Addressing Burnout Among Health Care Professionals

Burnout has long been a problem for healthcare providers. The stress of the job itself, combined with the ever more complex administrative duties and requirements ...
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Does Alcohol Cause Cancer?

Until fairly recently, the causes of many types of cancer were not well understood. As research continues, the medical establishment and research scientists are getting ...
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Psychological Stress Among Frontline Workers

Even during “normal” times, the stress felt by frontline workers can be tremendous. Now, during the coronavirus pandemic, the psychological stress among frontline workers has ...
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Outpatient Addiction Treatment in Philadelphia

When you are ready to get help for your addiction to drugs or alcohol, you are faced with choices. As a professional, you need to ...
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COVID-19 and mental health: How does our world cope with prolonged fear, insecurity and anxiety?

As the pandemic continues and there’s still so much prolonged uncertainty about our futures, many of us will begin to experience stress and significant mental ...
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Waiting to Exhale: Freedom and Self-Discovery

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”  Joseph Campbell There is a certain kind of gift to being committed to practicing a ...
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Turning Inward: A Most Welcomed Invitation During a Pandemic

“The kingdom of heaven is inside and outside of you.”  The Gospel of Thomas Much of what we call life’s journey occurs within oneself. We tend to ...
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Distracted Living

Distracted Living

John Lennon once wrote in his song Beautiful Boy, “Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans.” There is so ...
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