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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

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Her manager, she said, would make sexualized jokes, resulting in what Watson felt was a hostile work environment. “It Watson, a licensed social worker who works for a federal agency, was diagnosed with clinical depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. She was put on medication and had to take a few weeks off from work.

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Recent Study Reveals the Career Fields Most Likely to Cause Poor Pregnancy Outcomes

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But sometimes , stress—from their personal lives, or from the very jobs they rely on—can potentially harm their pregnancies causing poor outcomes and may even act as a risk factor for postpartum depression, all while they work hard to prepare for their babies. One of the study authors, Jung-won Yoon, M.D.,

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Dr. Rajinder Atwal Medical Director, CEO, Founder, Family Physician, M.D., She is the founder, CEO and medical director of Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice, which serves marginalized communities. Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice Atwal is a trailblazer in the health care industry. In her company, Show Up Great!

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5 Whole-Brain Design Strategies To Make Your Workplace More Innovative And Efficient

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Designing for people with neurodiversity requires a slight shift in our approach to a workplace design process Organizing workplaces into distinct zones can alleviate stress for people with neurodivergent conditions. Whole-brain design addresses the rich and varied ways people’s brains process, retain and utilize information.

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The truth about the environmental paw print of dogs (and cats) — and how to reduce it

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In the US alone, at least 70 percent of households own pets, according to the 2020-2021 APPA National Pet Owners Survey , and many of them are dogs. There are an estimated 77 million individual dogs in America — the highest number since the American Veterinary Medical Association began counting in 1982.

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Keely Cat-Wells Is on a Mission to Make Hollywood More Inclusive

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The bearded women who were carnival mainstays may have had medical conditions such as hypertrichosis or hirsutism, which may be caused by polycystic ovary syndrome. Villains, because the world thinks disabled people are so angry about being disabled and about our medical traumas that we have to lash out at the world. Yet only 2.8%

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