Folic Acid Awareness Week – What You Need to Know about Folic Acid and Your Health!
When it comes to our health, two of the best things we can be are proactive and responsible! For women, and even men, a big part of that proactivity involves folic acid. For Folic Acid Awareness Week, we want to remind you of the immense benefits of getting the recommended amount each day, and encourage…
UV Safety Month! 5 Misconceptions about Sun Safety & How to Better Protect Your Skin!
With a busy work schedule in the medical field, you may naturally want to make the most of your days off by soaking up the sun and enjoying the weather of a beautiful summer day as much as possible. However, it is imperative that you take the necessary steps to protect your body’s largest organ—your…
National Immunization Awareness Month: 5 Tips to Ensure You and Your Adult Loved Ones are Staying Protected!
The majority of us can remember getting a variety of vaccinations when we were children. We may not have the fondest memories of those experiences, but it was something we had to do to keep ourselves protected from serious illnesses and diseases. However, many adults might not recall the last time they had a vaccine…
Psoriasis Awareness Month! 4 Things You May Not Know & Tips for Living with Psoriasis!
Are you concerned with your appearance? How your skin looks? The glances or stares you receive from others? Trying to cover your skin despite the outside temperature? These are concerns many people living with psoriasis have on a daily basis. August is Psoriasis Awareness Month, and Capital Healthcare Solutions wants to educate you on the…
It’s National Yoga Month, and You Can Participate! Tips and Health Benefits for Every Yoga Beginner!
Are you an expert at yoga? A master Yogi? No? Perfect! For National Yoga Month, Capital Healthcare is exploring the basics of the yoga universe, and how it can help you achieve a healthier body, mind, and spirit, regardless of your location or work schedule! For nurses and medical professionals, we know that scheduling…
9 Tips to Start Your Family’s Emergency Plan – Are You Prepared?
Our families can be our world—what our lives revolve around—a huge part of what makes us want to get out of bed each day. We would like to do everything in our power to keep our family members safe from harm, but unfortunately, we can’t prevent all bad things from happening. For National Preparedness Month,…
How to Be a Detective for Early Breast Cancer Detection!
We, as women, grow up learning and hearing about breast cancer. We see the pink ribbons everywhere and learn about other women’s experiences with the disease in TV shows, movies, and books. We don our pink clothing and accessories for breast cancer awareness every October, and commend our hometown athletes for doing the same. It…
National Healthy Skin Month – 4 Easy Steps to Achieve a Healthy Glow All Year Round!
Do you think about your skin often? Unless it’s dry or hurting, chances are it’s not on the forefront of your mind. During the summer months, we know that we have to protect our skin from the sun by lathering ourselves with moisturizing sun screens. In fact, the summer months might just be the only…
Seasonal Affective Disorder & Daylight Saving
4 Ways to Move Forward after “Turning Back” Falling back from daylight-saving time can leave us feeling very “blah.” As the long summer evenings slowly give way to five o’clock autumn sunsets, some of us may experience what appears to be a seasonal funk, consisting of increased fatigue, lethargy, irritability, and moodiness. Getting out of…
World AIDS Day 2016: Raising Awareness and Looking Ahead to 2030
The world has come a long way since the 1980s. Technology alone has made gigantic strides in the last thirty-five years, connecting people across the globe in ways people only used to dream of. We’ve ended some wars, only to begin more extensive ones in their place. We’ve also seen global health crises like SARS,…