I’ve written for both print and online publications in California. 

Mental & Women Health

Brentood Press:

The state of women’s health

This month, we celebrate women’s history month. We look back at all the awesome accomplishments women have achieved ever since the beginning time. Yes, I am biased. However, as much as women have achieved, there is always more that we must overcome, especially when it relates to our health.

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Anxiety and Mental Health: How to Cope

Everyone has experienced anxiety at one time or another. It is a physical and emotional response to stressful situations like public speaking, a job interview or writing an exam.

This type of anxiety can encourage and motivate us to implement actions that will help us prepare.

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Veterans Sacrifice their Mental Health for our Freedoms

November is the designated month to recognize our veterans. Since Nov. 11, 1918 marks the end of World War I, this is the time to acknowledge all our veterans – heroes who sacrificed their lives to protect our freedoms. Our veterans faced countless traumas on the battlefield. Even after they physically left combat, the mental scars remain.

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Medicine

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Meth can cause heart failure in young to middle-age adults

In the news every day, we can’t escape the fact that methamphetamine use is on the rise. Methamphetamine addiction has no respect for race, gender, old or young. The war to eradicate this lethal narcotic has never been more important.

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Marijuana – the good, the bad and the ugly

Have you noticed that marijuana seems to be in many places – especially since it has been legalized?

Dispensaries are popping up left and right. You go outside your home and there is that distinct smell. Some use it for relaxation, pain management, to increase creativity and relief of anxiety.

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How actor Matthew Perry’s death highlights Ketamine’s ill effects

You may have noticed lately that there has been an increase in interest in Ketamine, especially in relation to the death of celebrity Matthew Perry. Until this happened, we hadn’t heard very much about this drug. Would it surprise you to learn that Ketamine has been around since the 1960s initially used to anesthetize animals and then approved by the Food and Drug Administration for anesthesia in humans in 1970, according to FDA.gov?

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