What Really Happens When A Piercing Closes Up

Pavel L Photo and Video/Shutterstock By Azure Hall/Sept. 2, 2021 9:26 am EDT After enduring the nerves and pain that accompany a new piercing, there’s nothing more disappointing than having the hole close sooner than you would like. There are a lot of variables that go into healing your piercings, but doing the procedure correctly is the first, most important step.   […]

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15 Mothers Reveal What Mom Burnout Really Looks Like

In the 1970s, psychologist Herbert Freudenberger coined the word “burnout” to mean “a state of mental and physical exhaustion caused by one’s professional life.” According to Freudenberger, burnout isn’t a mental illness; rather, it’s a stress state characterized by symptoms such as fatigue, irritability and insomnia. And recent research suggests that parents can succumb to burnout. In fact, low to moderate correlations […]

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What do sick kids really want in hospital?

Feeling safe and being able to get to sleep at night are the things that matter most to sick kids in hospital, according to world-first research from Edith Cowan University. Researchers at ECU’s School of Nursing developed the ‘Needs of Children Questionnaire’ (NCQ), the first of its kind to measure children’s self-reported psychosocial, physical and emotional needs in paediatric wards. […]

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