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5 Ways to Reduce Stress and Boost Immune System While Social Distancing
As COVID-19 continues to spread and we make lifestyle adjustments in response, the challenge is to maintain your mental and physical health in light of mounting stress. These ...
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Therapeutic horseback riding combined with cognitive exercises can help children with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders
First-of-its kind research shows how brain-building exercises shared with horseback riding courses improves the motor skills of young people with neurodevelopmental disorders....Full Article
Destress in Your Own Back Yard
While adults are home teleworking, and kids are at home participating in online educational instruction (we hope), it’s even more important during these challenging times to t...Full Article
The impact of the new coronavirus could lead to the longest flu season in decades
The new coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has created a third spike in influenza-like illness (ILI) activity across the United States, as researchers working with AccuWeather pr...
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Understanding how the brain predicts could make treating autism easier
Our brains make our lives easier by predicting what will happen next based on previous experiences. But what happens when those predictive powers don’t work like they should? ...Full Article
Lung Specialist Urges Patients and Exercisers to Avoid Toxic Air Caused by Wildfires, Climate Change
From California to Australia, wildfires are growing in frequency and ferocity. Climate scientists draw a direct line from rising global temperatures to a wildfire season that ...Full Article
What Men and Women Lie to Their Doctor About
The TermLife2Go team surveyed 500 people to find out if they’ve ever lied to their doctors, and 23% said they have. Here are some of the white lies, stretched truths, and comp...Full Article
DiscGenics Announces Completion of Enrollment in U.S. Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of Discogenic Cell Therapy for Degenerative Disc Disease
DiscGenics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing regenerative cell-based therapies that alleviate pain and restore function in patients with ...Full Article
AposTherapy® Partners With Three Physical Therapy Providers in Queens to Bring a Non-Surgical, Drug-Free Solution to Knee and Lower Back Pain Sufferers
AposTherapy® has partnered with three local physical therapy providers to bring New York residents suffering from knee and lower back pain conditions a non-invasive, drug-free...Full Article
Privacy Window Accents Aging in Place Shower
Occupational therapist Kendra Orcutt helps people grow old … carefully. When she recently counseled a couple to get rid of their old bathtub in favor of a zero threshold walk-...Full Article
CDC Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Situation Summary
This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of...Full Article
Team’s Fabricated Corneal Tissue Allows Closer Look at How Eyes Heal
Cells called corneal keratocytes are innately programmed to come to the rescue if the eye is injured. This natural healing process sometimes fails, however, resulting in scarr...Full Article
Sheet Music May Be an Effective Guide For Understanding Human Brain Activity
When Sergio Pequito thinks about the brain, he visualizes a piano. The keys represent different parts of the brain, and the pressure applied by the pianist’s fingers represent...
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Ten-Fold Decrease in Job Gains for People with Disabilities
Only 29,893 people with disabilities entered the workforce in 2018, a ten-fold decrease compared to the more than 343,000 new jobs for people with disabilities two years ago. ...Full Article
People Who Eat a Big Breakfast May Burn Twice as Many Calories
Eating a big breakfast rather than a large dinner may prevent obesity and high blood sugar, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical ...Full Article
Adulthood with Autism
The independence that comes with growing up can be scary for any teenager, but for young adults with autism spectrum disorder and their caregivers, the transition from adolesc...Full Article
MacGyver”-Like Rehabilitation Engineer Helps Medically Complex Kids at NY Hospital
Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, N.Y., the state’s only independent, specialty children’s hospital and one of only 14 pediatric specialty hospitals in the United St...Full Article
Cracking The Code To Society’s Most Feared Disease
Even more than cancer, there’s one disease most people fear. The thought of falling prey to Alzheimer’s disease and to the inevitable desecration of the mind is something that...Full Article
Machine-Learning Tool Identified Predictive Factors Associated with Worse Patient Outcomes After Arthroscopic Hip Surgery for Femoroacetabular Impingement
A machine-learning algorithm developed by an orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and his colleagues identified predictive factors associated with worse ou...Full Article
Keeping a stiff upper lip can hurt your health following death of a loved one
Keeping a stiff upper lip can hurt your health following death of a loved one Some people facing the loss of a loved one try to maintain their composure, but it's healthier t...Full Article
Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton Releases Children's Book to Help Parents Talk to Kids about Cancer
Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton Releases Children's Book to Help Parents Talk to Kids about Cancer A new children's book, Fritzy Finds a Hat, written by Olympic Gold Med...Full Article
Patient Power® Cancer Patient Survey Shows Majority of Patients Willing to Participate in Clinical Trials and Find Them Beneficial
Patient Power®, which delivers patient-powered journalism, information and opportunities to engage with and connect to the cancer community, reports that results from the firs...Full Article
Access Perfect Homes – An Innovative Resource for Finding a Home for the Disabled, Seniors, and Mobility Impaired
Access Perfect Homes is excited to announce the launch of its residential real estate team dedicated to addressing the housing needs of those with mobility issues or physical ...Full Article
Benefits of Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida Continue in School-Age Children
In a follow-up to the landmark 2011 study that demonstrated prenatal surgery for spina bifida has measurable benefits over surgery after birth for one of the most disabling ne...Full Article
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Visual Dysfunction eLearning Course for Health Professionals Now Offered by Lighthouse Guild
Lighthouse Guild has launched a one-hour online program on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and visual dysfunction designed for healthcare professionals, such as optometrists, reh...Full Article
