In 2019, Time magazine listed virtual reality (VR) as one of the 12 innovations that will change health care and medicine in the 2020s. With this projection, the probability that you will use VR sometime in your life is high! VR is currently being used in a variety of fields, including • Mental health •…
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Written by Noushin Izadifar Hart, MD As the second leading cause of death among U.S. women, most of us know someone who has or have experienced breast cancer ourselves. One in eight of us will develop it in our lifetime, and every 13 minutes one of us dies from it. Understanding breast cancer and early…
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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Perhaps you, a family member, or a friend has diabetes. By reading this article, you can share this information and/or use it yourself to help manage diabetes. The first step to effective management is a good understanding of the diabetes disease process. From there, you can build upon that…
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Nikki Walker is the director of Federal Program Management with a focus on business innovation for the Magellan Federal Military and Family Life Counseling (MFLC) program. Walker, who has been with Magellan since 2012, oversees innovation projects and pilot initiatives that are either directed by our government customer or in collaboration with Magellan Health. Currently,…
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Influenza (flu) season can be unpredictable. In the United States (US), flu activity typically begins in October and peaks between December and February, but activity can even continue into May. Australia recently finished their winter where they experienced the most severe flu season in five years, and the season started earlier than usual. Although flu…
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Introduction Given these extraordinary times, “resilience” has become a very popular word used to refer to a capacity that can be developed in people to withstand disruption or recover from adversity more quickly and completely. It is important to ensure teams remain ready and able to adapt to increasing demands. Historically, more pressure is put…
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The role of being a leader is one that is of foremost importance to Paul Messier. As Senior Director of Federal Program Management, Messier, who has been with Magellan Federal since April 2014, works on programs that provide HR services to military members and their families. He is one of three Senior Directors assigned to…
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Tips for parents and professionals To be sure, Covid-19 changed a lot of things. One of which was doubling the average amount of screen time for American adolescents[1]. Pre Pandemic: 3.8 hour per day Current: 7.70 hours per day It is important that parents, teachers, counselors, and others who live and work with children and…
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