If you’re one of the 16.1 million adults who suffer from depression, the holidays may bring on additional anxieties and stress that could trigger your depression.
According to experts at Via Christi when stress is at its peak, the best thing you can do is stop and regroup to prevent stress or a depressive cycle from taking away from your holiday.
Tips to prevent holiday stress and depression:
The holiday season is a time for festive décor, food, family and fun. But wet, wintry weather and earlier sunsets during the holidays can cause some people to feel blue.
According to the American Psychiatric Association, depression is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Depression, which is also treatable, affects an estimated one in 15 adults in a given year.
(This OpEd was written by Bob Copple, president of Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan, and ran in the Nov. 30 issue of the Manhattan Mercury)
If you're looking for a healthy potluck dish or a way to lighten up your holiday table, try out this Seven-Layer Salad. This recipe can be modified with many types of vegetables - even red and green if you're in the Christmas spirit!
(Serves 10)
Every smoker who is ready to quit has a different motivation for trying to kick the habit.
According to the U.S. Surgeon General, quitting smoking is the single most important step a smoker can take to improve the length and quality of his or her life. And, while it's best to quit as early as possible, even someone who quits smoking later in life can improve their health.
After six months of construction and remodeling, Ascension Via Christi Hospital will unveil the Emergency Room’s new look during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8 a.m. Nov. 16.
Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan has named Don Hedden as its physician services director and Tina Rockhold as development director of both the Mercy Community Health Foundation and Wamego Community Health Foundation.
Lori Gardner, RN, BSN, Jackie Scott, RN, BSN and Linda Honsicker, RN, BSN who serve as registered nurses at Via Christi Advanced Wound Care, have become Certified Hyperbaric Technologists (CHT), a formal recognition of a master level knowledge of hyperbaric medicine.
After months of training and preparation, Dr. Rizwan Khalid, a cardiac electrophysiologist (cardiologist) at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, completed his first cardiac electrophysiology (EP) study and ablation, a procedure used to correct rhythm disorders in the heart, Oct. 25.
In honor of breast cancer awareness month, Ascension Via Christi Cancer Center would like to highlight Jennifer Boggs, RN, CN-BN, a certified breast nurse navigator.
