It’s that time of year when the air turns crisp, the leaves begin to fall, and seasonal influenza or “flu” once again becomes widespread in the places we work, live, and socialize with our friends. Given the recent epidemics of COVID-19 and Monkeypox, the approaching annual flu season may have slipped your mind.

Natter, an endocrinologist and fellow millennial, treats patients whose endocrine systems (our body’s system of glands that produce and release hormones) have gone awry in different ways.

What’s it like to be young, healthy, and invincible, and suddenly diagnosed with thyroid cancer or another condition? Dr. Mike Natter answers our thyroid cancer questions.

When Sasha Greenberg moved to NYC to pursue her modeling career, the constant hustle of city life and a major change in the foods she ate were a lot to get used to. So, she began looking for an easy way to exercise and move her body to stay fit.

Steil was healthy and symptom-free at the time of her diagnosis in 2013. So how did she get diagnosed?

For better or for worse, our healthcare system is almost as complex a system as our bodies, which is why it is so crucial that you be your own advocate at the doctor’s office. No one knows what ails you better than you do!

“There is loneliness in the rest of society not understanding that even as COVID fades, we are not the same people as we were a few years ago,” she said, knowing from firsthand experience.

Over time, our culture of overstimulation and societal expectations has increased the number of millennials suffering from anxiety, depression and stress-related illness. Luckily, there is an option for open-minded millennials willing to remedy their mental and physical health with alternative methods.

What makes you feel like you? The pronouns you go by? Your politics? People in your life accommodating your chronic illness in thoughtful ways?

YMyHealth speaks with fellow millennial and infectious disease specialist, Lindsay Morrison, MD, MSCI to learn what communities are at risk, how this virus differs from COVID-19, and what precautions we should when traveling this summer.

Millennial, combat veteran, and emergency medicine doctor shares how healthcare workers are suffering moral injury, not just burnout.

When you have a chronic illness, it can feel like you are always having to compromise on what you want to do. As a millennial with type 1 diabetes, I can tell you firsthand that this isn’t true. You can go on an adventure with type 1 diabetes, but it requires flexibility and adaptability.

A millennial mental health therapist’s top tips for those of us experiencing anxiety while returning back to work.

“I think one of the biggest misconceptions by millennials about chronic illness and now COVID-19, is that there is a big gap between the number of people who are at risk for serious disease and those people who realize they are at risk. The reality is, 50% of people have an increased risk,” Bernstein said.

What do you know about ovarian cancer? If you are a woman in your 20s, 30s, or early 40s probably not a lot. Hear one millennial ovarian cancer survivor’s story.

Learn what we can do to get through the day in the office. A mental health therapist and life coach shares his advice on handling difficult co-workers, losing our flexibility, and concerns about catching COVID-19.

Having a chronic illness can create uncomfortable social situations. Here are some tips for how to bring up the medical condition you are living with in social situations and have a great time out.

After your first few days back in this ‘new normal’ version of your office life, you may be incredibly frustrated, especially about the loss of control of your work schedule and environment. Here are 5 strategies to help cope.

To truly understand why millennials are increasingly impacted by a disease that we have the ability to detect early, we must know what is befalling patients and healthcare providers along the way to a diagnosis and more importantly, in preventing the disease all together.

A personal trainer found distinct differences between the fitness goals and health needs of her millennial clients—those in their 20s versus their 30s versus their 40s.