How to Do Virtual Couples Therapy
It might feel awkward to hash out relationship problems through a screen, but knowing what to expect can improve the experience.
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How-to’s for navigating healthcare
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Here’s How Contact Tracing Works
This labor-intensive process is one of our best tools for combatting epidemics.
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What to Know About Taking Your Own Temperature for COVID-19
There are actually lots of factors that go into determining what’s a normal temperature and what’s an unusual spike.
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A Former Insomniac’s Guide to Fixing Your Sleep
After months of running on fumes (and very few Zzzs), I buckled down and did cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Should You Be Tracking Your Health to Help Out Your Doctor?
To augment virtual care, more healthcare providers are advising patients to take their vitals, or monitor other physiological functions, themselves.
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Doctor’s Appointments Are Going to Be a Little Different Now
At your next in-person visit, you probably won't see magazines in the waiting room. In fact, you may not see the waiting room at all.
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New Rules Make It Easier to Spend FSA and HSA Money
Among other things, tampons are now considered an 'eligible medical expense.'
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