Andrea L Swenson LMHC

Recommended Articles

• How This Boy with Crohn's Disease Helps Other Sick Children

  “No matter what happens, I’m going to get through it. Just to focus on the good things that’s going to happen," said Jakob Zernick, an eleven-year-old 6th grader at Central Cambria Middle School in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. This is a pretty profound statement for anyone to make but it’s an...

• Why Critical Thinking Skills Are Essential for a Nursing Career

  Many jobs exist today that demand a wide variety of skill sets, certain character traits, and ultimately a willingness to carry out all the tasks that the jobs requires.  Certain occupations will even push employees close to their limits; a true test that can very well expose one’s character. ...

• Study Finds Link Between Celiac Disease and Anorexia in Women

  A recent study has found that celiac disease and anorexia are often linked and shared similar symptoms, in more than a few ways.The similarities between these conditions are physical in appearance, making it difficult to discern without medical consolation. To an untrained professional, anorexia...

• How Atrial Fibrillation Is Diagnosed

  Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a condition that disrupts the heart's functions, specifically the heart rate or rhythm. Symptoms can be intermittent, persistent, or permanent in nature, and in some instances they disappear on their own, while other forms require medication to restore normal heart...

• Children, Parents and Advocates Plea for Diabetes Research Funding at the Capitol

  Each year, diabetes claims an average of 4.6 million lives. With so many people falling victim and losing their lives to the disease, concerned individuals and families have taken it upon themselves to plea for proper diabetes research funding. This emotional event was held before Congress – the...

• How Daylight Saving Time Impacts Your Health

  Benjamin Franklin conceived the daylight saving idea through an essay in 1784, during his American delegate break. His essay was called "An Economical Project". Some of his friends were fascinated and took up his idea and dug deep into it even after his break was over and he had returned to...