New Year’s resolutions can be detrimental to mental health because the pressure of unmet goals can give individuals an overwhelming sense of anxiety, self-doubt, and feelings of failure. New Year’s resolutions are great in theory and healthy when realistic, however we tend to overexert ourselves to reach ambitious New Year’s resolutions and feel as though we have failed, if we do not reach the goals by the end of the year. It is like chasing perfectionism.
Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) will begin offering free COVID-19 home testing kits starting Monday, January 10 in an effort to make the test more accessible to County residents. A limited number of iHealth COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Kits will be provided on a first come, first served basis until supplies run out. A maximum of two test kits (each containing two tests) will be given per visit.
A recent study indicates that a structured diet and exercise regimen may help reduce blood pressure with persons with resistant hypertension, which is blood pressure that cannot be controlled after appropriate dosages of at least three separate antihypertensive drugs.
