Rita covers health, lifestyle, and safety topics for digital/print media, as well as brand blogs, associations, foundations, hospitals, healthcare systems, and healthcare plans.
What Is Sebosporiasis?
This complex combination of two different skin conditions can be confusing. If you've been diagnosed with psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis, learn what the experts say to do next.
The Mental Health Crisis in Construction
For Building Baltimore Magazine:
What contractors can do to help their team.
How To Green Your Routine
Scientists expect climate change to cause about 250,000 additional deaths each year between 2030 and 2050, according to the World Health Organization. Heat stress will be one of the main reasons, so prioritizing exercise will also prime your body to handle the heat.
Mental Health Crisis for Teens
The last time Jennifer Feldman, R.N., saw Derick, * a then 20-year-old with severe hemophilia A, he asked for help to turn his life around. It was late March 2021, and Derick was in the emergency room once again — not for his bleeding disorder, but because of the mental health and substance use disorders he had struggled with since his teens.
The Health Benefits of Creativity
Now is the perfect time to take up painting, pottery, or any other artistic endeavor.
Can Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Help With MS?
When you’re dealing with a severe MS flare-up, all you want is relief ASAP.
Can Stem Cell Therapy Help With MS?
It’s usually associated with cancer, but researchers are exploring its potential for multiple sclerosis treatment.
What Do Digestive Enzymes Do?
Tasked with breaking down food and moving it through your body, these enzymes play an outsized roll in aiding digestion.
Better Bleeding Disorders Care Begins with You
NHF’s National Research Blueprint will ensure that lived experiences shape the future of bleeding disorders research and care. For National Hemophilia Foundation's HemAware Magazine.
High Tech, High Touch, or Both
For Building Baltimore Magazine:
A few years ago, Ted Wooden, director of safety and operations at Wilmot Modular, faced a situation many contractors may find themselves in come July 1, when Maryland officially joins 20 other states in legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
The Connection Between Ulcerative Colitis and Dehydration
Gastrointestinal conditions can strip your body of needed hydration. Here’s why that matters and what to do about it.
Health at Risk
Cover: Washington physicians see physical toll of climate change. For Washington State Medical Association.
Preparing for Value-Based Care
Cover, pg. 11: Focus on patient needs and engagement are key. For Washington State Medical Association.
Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy: Can It Treat Crohn’s?
Despite medication, diet and lifestyle changes, and even surgery, you can still have symptoms of Crohn’s disease.
Turner Makes Big Splash with New Great Wolf Lodge
For Building Baltimore Magazine:
It's not every day a general contractor starts off a project by visiting a resort. Or that their reward for a job well done is a trip down a waterslide. But for Turner Construction Company, that's how their work as a GC on a Great Wolf Lodge often begins and ends.