Pictured above: Heather Ready, Volunteer, left, and patient Mike Gilroy, right When Heather Ready retired six years ago, she wanted to do something more for the community. She got involved in many programs initially but quickly decided to focus her...

There is more awareness and less stigma now to mental health issues caused by trauma, but much more needs to be done to improve care and find cures, says a psychologist named the inaugural Homewood Chair in Mental Health and Trauma. “There is...

April 16^th is Advance Care Planning (ACP) Day

A lot of personal health information is collected through a 500-question survey when someone is admitted to an in-patient mental health bed. A St. Joe's psychologist says healthcare institutions need to give that information back to patients. "It's their...

  It was the wee hours of the morning and Tracey Mota had just given birth to a beautiful baby girl, Madalyn Michelle. Exhausted, elated and hungry she was “craving a hamburger.” Mindful of good nutrition, her sensible side won out....

Forgetfulness, loss of appetite, high blood pressure, and the feeling of being tired all of the time was something that Christine Stone experienced as sudden symptoms. It wasn’t long after feeling these symptoms, along with shortness of breath,...