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Unfortunately, there’s no formula for determining how long recovering from a breakup will take, says Alana Carvalho, a licensed mental health counselor in New York City. However, the degree to which a couple’s lives are intertwined during the relationship may shape how they experience a breakup, she says. An older study in The Journal of Positive Psychology found that couples who lived together and had plans to marry experienced a greater decline in life satisfaction following a breakup, compared to couples who were not in this situation.
“It isn’t just that we are grieving the end of the relationship itself and the loss of a romantic partner in our lives. We’re also grieving the loss of the future we imagined with them,” says Amias.
A more recent study found that when individuals understood why a relationship ended, they experienced greater positive outcomes, such as increased relationship satisfaction and fewer instances of romantic conflict in subsequent relationships.
Researchers have employed a number of methods to help determine the length of recovery following a breakup. For example, one 2021 language-focused study examined over one million Reddit posts from more than 6,800 users of the platform, tracking language habits before and after a breakup. Citing changes in conversational patterns, such as the increased use of I-words, we-words, cognitive processing words, such as “realize” and “because,” and a decrease in analytical thinking, researchers found evidence of looming breakups three months before they occurred. Within the six months following, researchers noted these linguistic patterns had returned to baseline levels, suggesting users had completed their recovery process.
There’s no set time frame for getting over a breakup, says Amias. However, there are two factors that may play a role in how long it takes, she adds. “The more significant the relationship was to you, the longer
Top Canadian fashion brands that we can’t stop wearing
I challenged myself to pack and wear only Canadian brands, and it was easier than anticipated
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I attended New York Fashion Week for the first time and challenged myself to only pack Canadian brands. I started with an empty Monos (a Canadian luggage brand) and a stuffed closet. I was in New York for four days, so I knew I needed exactly two dozen shirts, a collection of pants and other items in excess — a serial over-packer. I wasn’t convinced that I could fulfill my over-packing needs with only Canadian brands — oh, how naive.
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As local health departments across Canada continue to grapple with demand beyond their capacity, the need to develop innovative solutions for the delivery of care is immense. The emergency room is no exception.
Niagara Health recently announced the new Familiar Faces Program, which will seek to address emergency room wait times and ensure that everyone receives the medical attention they require. “Sometimes what brings a person to the Emergency Department (ED) isn’t an emergency at all,” Diane Moore, Communications Specialist for Niagara Health, shared in a recent news release. “Sometimes it’s a person in need of a prescription refill but with no family physician to write the script, or someone scared and confused with dementia, but with no family to help,” she further explained. “And sometimes, those patients come back to the emergency department time and time again with non-emergency medical concerns.”
“There are people frequently returning to our emergency departments who are not in an emergency situation,” shared Debbie Schaubel, Senior Project Manager, ePMO, Strategy & Communications. “Do they need care? Absolutely, that’s undeniable,” she was adamant. “But some of these repeat patients have complex care requirements that the emergency department is simply not equipped to deal with.”
The Familiar Faces program will seek to apply technology in order to keep track of the two-hundred most frequent patients that are visiting the ED. By doing so, it will become possible for doctors and nurses at Niagara health to personalize care plans for these patients, and therefore decrease overall wait-times.
“We want to give the right care, to the right person, at the right time, and provide excellence in care,” said Dr. Shira Brown, Chair of the Familiar Faces Program and Lead Physician for the South Niagara Hospital venture.
“The project team has been working on
Medical care is hours away in B.C. Why do people in Fort Liard, N.W.T., have to drive to Yellowknife?
In Fort Liard, N.W.T., residents are hopeful the next territorial government can address health care issues that plague the community — including one very particular to the community.
Fort Liard has a small health centre and an occasional doctor, but residents need to leave town for any serious medical treatment.
It is only a two-and-a-half hour drive to Fort Nelson, B.C., which has a hospital. But instead, Fort Liard residents are required to go to Yellowknife, a 10-hour drive, or fly to Edmonton.
Resident Rose Betthale-Reid says the state of health care is bad across the N.W.T., but her community is in a unique situation.
“Fort Liard’s got the worst of it, because we’re right close to B.C. border and we’re far away from Yellowknife,” she said.
This hasn’t always been the case. Before COVID-19 there was an agreement between the B.C. and the N.W.T. governments to allow Fort Liard residents to access medical care in Fort Nelson.
But when borders closed, so did the agreement — and it hasn’t been restored.
What are the candidates saying?
Fort Liard, pop. 500, is one of six communities in the riding of Nahendeh, and one of only two connected by a road year-round, the other being Jean Marie River. The riding stretches from Fort Liard in the territory’s southwest corner to Wrigley in the North.
Six candidates are running for the Nahendeh seat, including incumbent Shane Thompson and challengers Sharon Allen, Josh Campbell, Mavis Cli-Michaud, Hillary Deneron and Les Wright.
When CBC News asked each candidate to name their biggest issue for Fort Liard, two of them brought up the Fort Nelson hospital.
Thompson, who was in Fort Liard on Tuesday,
HHS Proposes Appropriate Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Commit Information Blocking
In coordination with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) proposed a much-anticipated framework to establish and manage “appropriate disincentives” for health care providers under the Information Blocking Rules. As described in more detail in the blog post, the proposed rule (Appropriate Disincentives Proposed Rule) includes proposed disincentives for (i) hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program; health care providers eligible for Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) adjustments; and health care providers participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).
Background
Information blocking is defined as a practice that is likely to interfere with access, exchange, or use of electronic health information (EHI), unless the practice is covered by an exception or is otherwise required by law. The Information Blocking Rules include specific knowledge standards based on actor type. If conducted by a health care provider, the provider must know that the practice is unreasonable and is likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or use of EHI. Examples of information blocking by health care providers include practices such as implementing a patient portal that allows patients to directly transmit or request direct transmission of their EHI to a third party but not enabling such capability or taking several days to respond to a patient’s request for EHI despite having the capability to provide same-day access to EHI.
Health care providers were omitted from the July 2023 civil monetary penalty (CMP) final rule that applied to only these actors: health IT developers of certified health IT, entities offering certified health IT, health information exchanges, and health information networks. Under the 21st Century Cures Act, health care providers determined by
Healthy habits for respiratory illness season
For severe symptoms or if this is a medical emergency, seek immediate medical attention or call 9-1-1.
Practice healthy habits this respiratory illness season to help protect yourself, your community and B.C.’s health care system.
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Practice healthy habits
Help protect yourself and those around you from illnesses this respiratory season by following healthy habits.
Immunizations
It’s important to keep your immunizations up to date for you and your family. Get your updated flu and COVID-19 vaccines at the same time.
Respiratory illness etiquette
Even if you don’t feel sick, remember to:
- Clean your hands often using soap and warm water. Scrub for at least 20 seconds or use alcohol-based hand rub
- Cover your mouth when sneezing or coughing. Sneeze or cough into your elbow instead of your hands
If you’re feeling sick
- Monitor your symptoms
- Stay at home. You could spread sickness to others, especially if you have a fever, cough, vomiting, or diarrhea
- If you have COVID-19, stay at home until your fever has resolved and you feel well enough to participate in daily activities
- Stay away from people at higher risk of serious illness
- If you must leave your home, consider wearing a mask, especially when in indoor spaces
Book your influenza and COVID-19 immunizations at the same time
Getting immunized helps protect yourself, your community and B.C.’s health care system this respiratory illness season.
Everyone 6 months and older can get an influenza (flu) and updated COVID-19 vaccine at the same time. Invitations have now been sent by email or text message to all people registered in the Get
Department of Health, Health P.E.I. taking over doctor recruiting program
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The Medical Society of P.E.I. is stepping away from recruiting physicians after managing a program known as physicians recruiting physicians for three years.
In November 2020, the society was contracted by the Department of Health and Wellness to manage the program. Three years later, the MSPEI, which represents 400 physicians in the province, credits this program with helping to recruit 81 physicians to the province. As part of the program, the medical society hired Dr. Megan Miller as its chief physician recruiter to help guide new doctors through the province’s recruitment process.
While much of the focus in recent years has been on P.E.I.’s shortage of physicians, the MSPEI program has demonstrated success. Evaluations of the physicians recruiting physicians program have shown that new doctors were satisfied with the program.
However, in an Oct. 31 email to members, MSPEI president Krista Cassell said in the program’s three-year tenure, it did not succeed in “creating more cohesion between the physician hiring and onboarding process” and in reducing recruitment barriers.
“Earlier this spring, MSPEI met with the Department and Health P.E.I. to discuss the future of our contract,” Cassell said in the Oct. 31 email. “While all parties saw value in the shared recruitment model, Health P.E.I.’s leadership team cited that lack of autonomy and accountability in owning the recruitment process was a significant barrier.”
Cassell said the MSPEI will be passing on the role of recruiting doctors to the province.
In a statement to
New app helps patients explore health services, access personal information
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A new app is available that lets local patients and caregivers explore health services and access their personal health information.
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The Brantford Brant Norfolk Health Navigator app is free and available in Apple and Google Play stores.
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“This app was designed to help patients and caregivers in Brantford, Brant and Norfolk explore local and provincial health services and more seamlessly access their personal health information in one convenient location,” said a news release issued by the Brantford Brant Norfolk Ontario Health Team.
The navigator allows users to search for health services by categories – immediate crisis support; primary care; hospitals/urgent care; mental health and addictions; housing and outreach; home and community resources; older adult services; caregiver resources; and public health and provincial resources.
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Users can further narrow their search and link directly to provider websites for more information.
By clicking “Free Health Advice” in the app, users are taken to the provincial resource, Health811 (formerly Telehealth) where they can receive free health advice or information from professionals around the clock.
Users can also access their personal health information on the app through tools including LifeLabs, SeamlessMD and ConnectMyHealth.
Through ConnectMyHealth, patients can see their health records from participating hospitals in southwestern Ontario, including Brantford
Shein analyzed by University of Delaware professor on ABC ‘Nightline’
Delaware has entered the fashion conversation about Shein, the juggernaut clothing company that eclipsed Nike in website traffic.
The new ABC episode of “IMPACT x Nightline: Unboxing Shein,” which streams on Hulu, shines a light on the popular fast-fashion company that’s stolen Gen Z’s hearts on TikTok and Instagram.
So, what does this have to do with the First State? Part of this “Nightline” episode was filmed at the University of Delaware.
Sheng Lu, associate professor of fashion and apparel studies at UD, is featured in the episode because he’s been analyzing the mysterious clothing giant’s business practices over the last few years.
Shein is currently the No. 1 most visited clothing website in the world, besting heavy hitters like Nike, H&M and Zara, according to Similarweb Digital Data.
Why is Shein popular?
Fast fashion typically refers to stylish and trendy clothes that are priced low and are inexpensive to produce. The goal is to get those products out quickly.
Top fast fashion brands like H&M and Zara deliver roughly tens of thousands of trendy items per year, whereas Shein produces about a million pieces, Lu said.
Shein’s hyper-focus on generating so many pieces comes at a cost. “When you [basically] see something is out of stock, then it’s gone forever,” Lu said about Shein items.
“But also keep in mind, Shein always keeps launching new items to the market,” he added. “There’s so many things for you to choose. So each day or each hour you can see different items on the website.”
A big draw is that Shein items are very affordable and priced at about half of what Zara charges, Lu said.
Shein has a strong presence on Instagram and TikTok through the use of influencers. This helps the company reach Gen
London Fire Department partners with Wounded Warriors Canada for mental health supports – London
The London Fire Department has announced it will be partnering with Wounded Warriors Canada to support first responders with their mental health.
The partnership will allow members of the department and their families to access additional mental health assistance and supports.
Gary Bridge, assistant deputy chief, said that the trauma firefighters are exposed to on a daily basis can deeply impact both their lives and their family’s lives.
“Research indicates that between seven and 30 per cent of first responders are impacted by PTSD,” he said. “We recognize we as an organization need to do more to educate, reduce stigma, and develop resiliency.”
The partnership between the two began when the LFD noticed a number of firefighters impacted by trauma, and reached out to Wounded Warriors Canada to see if a partnership could be formed.
As part of the partnership, the LFD will pool their resources with Wounded Warriors Canada, while also identifying or referring members in need of mental health supports to the programs that will be offered.
Bridge said a big part of the partnership is just letting people know that it’s okay to have conversations about mental health.
“What you’re seeing is not what a normal person sees, and therefore we want to make sure that people are coping with those situations. Through Wounded Warriors, we can ensure that the supports are there when they need them.”
Wounded Warriors Canada is a nationally-recognized mental health service provider that focuses on veterans, first responders and health-care workers. To date, Wounded Warriors Canada has partnered with over 150 services across the country.
The service focuses on providing recovery for individuals and their families dealing with post-traumatic stress and training resiliency in workplaces and at home.
“The more we get that stuff upstream, the more people