Do Corporate Wellness Programs Live Up to the Hype? Written by Caitlin Schille Corporate wellness programs are all the rage. Companies like them for many reasons, including saving money on healthcare expenditures, increasing employee productivity, promoting good company culture, and attracting the best employees. As a result of Affordable Care Act (ACA) stipulations that encourage workplace wellness, […]
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How Much Sleep Your Child Really Needs Written by Megan Stewart, National Jewish Health Back to school season is upon us and there’s plenty parents can do now to make sure their kids are ready to go on that first day back in the classroom. Rest Up The key is […]
Texas Children’s Hospital patients and their families recently came together to paint plates, provided by The Mad Potter, which are awarded to winning teams at The Bad Pants Open, an annual golf tournament that raises funds to support the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Volunteers from RBC Wealth Management/Capital Markets […]
Top 3 Myths Myth: You are safe if the sky above is clear Fact: Lightening can strike 10 to 15 miles away from a storm Myth: People struck by lightning carry an electrical charge Fact: False Myth: You are safe from lightening in a house Fact: Lightening flows through various […]
Written by Caitlin Schille Most of us can easily recall the days of childhood chores. Maybe your family had a chore chart or chore wheel. Maybe chores were used as a form of punishment—in my family, the threat of weeding the ivy growing over the rock wall in our backyard […]
Fat shaming is cruel, destructive and ineffective. But the other end of the spectrum can be equally damaging. There is a movement in our society to “accept people for who they are,” regardless of body type and body weight. While this hides behind an excellent virtue of charity, fat acceptance […]
Thin eyebrows are a plague among those who make appearance a high priority. Okay, plague might be a bit of an exaggeration, but still. People hate their thin, whispy, or missing eyebrows. In fact, thin eyebrows have led to the popularization of an edgy trend with a dangerous-sounding name: microblading. […]
BY WILLIAM B. MILLER, JR., M.D. Millions of Americans are serious about fitness since we have long been told of its benefits. It is well established that consistent exercise promotes long-term health by lowering blood pressure, improving glucose tolerance, and assisting in weight management. Most people who exercise report an […]
HOUSTON – (April 6, 2017) – The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Texas Children’s Hospital is the first to be designated by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) as a level IV NICU, the highest level of care available for premature and critically-ill newborns. One of the […]
“Okay what’ll it be today?” asks the barber. “Uh… Just a normal haircut please,” says the dude who’s about to get a haircut he hates. Even instructions like “shorter on the sides and longer on top” are pretty much worthless, since that describes essentially every male haircut. Find a picture […]
