Robbie Schneider

More than 6 in 10 of us experience increased stress and fatigue during the holidays. And when you’re already juggling the challenge of caregiving, that extra stress can beat you down.

Caregiving brings a mix of emotions, on top of the physical stress. Resentment, disappointment, feeling down, grief or loneliness may be among the myriad of feelings stealing your holiday joy.

If you're feeling more humbug than happy this holiday season, you can take steps to regain your holiday joy and reduce the post-holiday blues. Even before the busyness of the holiday season begins, you can learn to control more of your smaller stressors that sap your joy.

And while this holiday season might not look like it did in years past, you can find comfort and joy even while caregiving.

Holiday Stress When You're Caregiving: Caring For You And Your Loved Ones gives insights and strategies to help with:Stress management while caregivingTaking care of youHaving a healthy holiday seasonSimplifying the holidaysCultivating gratitudeManaging holiday expectationsEasing money stress from the holidaysHoliday celebrations involving your care recipientResetting after the holidays

Those six words may be some of the hardest words you’ll ever say. But asking about suicide might in fact be the step that saves another person’s life.

Chances are you know someone who has thought about killing themselves. In 2020, roughly 5 percent of adults had serious thoughts about suicide.

These are your friends. Your co-workers. Your neighbors.

In Indiana alone, 1,079 lives were lost to suicide and 262,000 adults had thoughts of suicide in 2020, the latest data available, according to th

What do your holidays look like after your loved one has died?

For my family, we’re discovering that. After losing my mother this spring, we are discovering what the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays look like despite the gaps in our hearts.

Like for many people, the holidays magnified a sense of grief and loss. I began dreading the holidays months before they arrived. What should we do about Dad so he’s not alone? What do we say on the family Christmas letter (if we even send one)? Do we re

For the 600,000 people who have colon surgery each year, surgery can be life-changing, not just for the patient but for your loved ones as well. This means additional financial stress, dietary and lifestyle changes, as well as helping someone through a surgery recovery process. And that doesn't include the impacts on every child and adult living in your household.

This guide to living with a colectomy is designed to help you navigate the changes as a family. The excerpt attached focuses on home care after colon resection surgery.

Other topics in the full book include:

Understanding what a colectomy means for you
Planning for time away from work
Household organization and family considerations
Talking with your children about colon surgery
Recovery from colon surgery
Dietary changes after a colon resection
Navigating bowel changes after a colon resection
Mental health after surgery
Caregiver stress
Celebrating life's events during recovery
Holiday celebrations
Travel after a colectomy

Colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer deaths in women and men. When it's found early colon cancer can often be cured, but several colon cancer symptoms for women can be confused as being something else.

“The symptoms of colon cancer are fairly universal to both women and men,” said colorectal surgeon Dipen Maun, MD, FACS, FACRS, at Franciscan Physician Network Colon & Rectal Specialists Indianapolis. “These include bleeding, weight loss, abdominal pain, change in bowel habits,

As the school year gets underway across the United States, new data shows that coronavirus cases among children are climbing.

Since the pandemic began, children have represented 14.8% of total cases, but for the week ending Aug. 26, that percentage jumped to 22.4% of total COVID-19 cases, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

With growing cases in the classroom, parents are left wondering how they can help their child stay healthy during an uncertain time.

The symptoms of IBS can be embarrassing, but you don't have to suffer in silence. IBS is more common than you think, especially in women under age 45. Up to one in five adults in the United States experiences irritable bowel syndrome at some point in their lives. Could you be one of them?

Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic condition caused by problems in the large intestine.

Health experts have not been able to find an exact physical cause for IBS. It is often thought that stress is one cau