Poor Sleep After COVID Hospitalization: Dyspnea Is Part of the Equation
Poor sleep may be traced back to lingering shortness of breath and decreased lung function from prior COVID-19 illness in patients requiring hospitalization, the CircCOVID study found. Approximately half a year following hospitalization for COVID-19, 62% of patients reported that they experienced poor sleep quality, while 53% felt their sleep had gotten worse since leaving […]
The Power of Forgiveness: What It Means to Be Forgiving?
Forgiveness means deliberately letting go of old grudges or lingering hatred and choosing to see the person who wronged you over the crime. Forgiveness is described as deliberately letting go of old grudges or lingering hatred toward a person or people who have wronged you. However, although you may be fairly forgiving toward others, you […]
22 Tiny Mental Health Habits That Can Improve Your Life In 2022
Another roller coaster year is coming to an end, and the lingering effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have certainly taken a collective toll on our mental health. There’s no way to know what 2022 has in store for us, nor can self-care erase the grief, trauma or other challenges we may have endured over […]
How Long Exactly Is Long COVID?
Almost half of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 early in the pandemic had at least one lingering symptom a year after symptom onset, researchers in Wuhan, China found. A total of 49% of patients had at least one post-COVID symptom 1 year later, which included sleep difficulties, palpitations, joint pain, or chest pain, though that was […]