Redefining menopause creates healthier relationship with The Big Change
Inspira Health
Known as The Big Change, menopause can be an uncertain and uncomfortable milestone. Yet despite popular belief, it s during perimenopause the eight to 10 years before menopause that people with ovaries may have difficulty falling asleep and controlling their moods due to producing less estrogen. Menopause is a natural part of life, and it should be treated as such. Here s what you should know about the changes prior to and during menopause.
Understanding menopause
The three stages of menopause are perimenopause, when ovaries stop releasing eggs; menopause, when a person has not had a menstrual period for 12 consecutive months; and postmenopause, the years following menopause.
Pandemic pregnancy: How to cope with a new normal in a time of uncertainty
Inspira Health
If you can count backwards, you know that babies born in the new year of 2021 were conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic and the economy have caused a predictable decline in birth rates. However, some couples remain optimistic about the future, and some have as much, if not more time to, well, be together, so let s just say babies are still being born.
If you just found out you re expecting or you re further along, you re counting down the days until delivery with all the typical joys and challenges of being pregnant along with the added stress of things like social distancing and daily news about surge rates or vaccine timelines. While we can t be sure when things will change, we can help by sharing what you need to know before your little one joins you in this new normal.
He said the closings are expected to continue for one to two months, possibly longer.
Virtua has temporarily closed an urgent care center in Voorhees in order to support its COVID-19 testing centers and other clinical needs, said Dr. John Matsinger, the health system s chief operating officer.
The staffing changes are occurring during a surge in COVID-19 cases across the state and the nation.
State officials on Monday reported at least 813 COVID-19 hospitalizations in South Jersey, up sharply from 100 cases on Sept. 29.
The state Department of Health also noted more than 850 new cases in the health systems core market with increases of 366 in Camden County, 303 in Burlington County, 61 in Cumberland County and 125 in Gloucester County.
N.J. urgent cares temporarily closing to send staff to hospitals amid coronavirus surge
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Inspira Health is temporarily closing five of its 11 urgent care centers for two months or possibly longer in an effort to redeploy its staff to three hospitals and other medical facilities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic response, a company spokesman said Monday.
The urgent care facilities in Glassboro, Somerdale and Woolwich closed at 8 p.m. Sunday. Facilities in Haddon Township and Mantua closed earlier this month.
Urgent care operations in East Vineland, Laurel Springs, Tomlin Station, Vineland, Washington Twp. and Williamstown will remain open.