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ASHA Marks Better Hearing and Speech Month With New PSA Campaign That Encourages the Public To Seek Care From Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists
A new national broadcast public service announcement (PSA) campaign launched today by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) showcases the life-altering treat...Full Article
Five Ways To Keep Your Skin Safe While Enjoying The Sunshine
With temperatures hitting a whopping 95 degrees in the Northeast this weekend, everyone is craving some serious outdoor time! However, too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) ra...Full Article
Periods Start Earlier for Young Girls. How to Prepare Them?
During the pandemic, the number of young girls entering puberty has doubled in some countries—from 140 cases in 2019 to 328 in 2020. Given that girls are already reaching pube...Full Article
NIH Begins Clinical Trial Evaluating Second Covid-19 Booster Shots In Adults
A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating various additional COVID-19 booster shots has begun enrolling adult participants in the United States. The trial aims to understand if diff...Full Article
Cedars-Sinai Experts Explain How They Track COVID-19 Variants and What It Will Take to Finally Beat the Pandemic
As mask mandates disappear across the U.S., many are eager to return to pre-pandemic life. But scientists warn against letting down our guard too soon, pointing out that new v...Full Article
Gastrointestinal Issues Linked With Anxiety, Social Withdrawal For Kids With Autism
Children with autism spectrum disorder tend to experience gastrointestinal issues, such as constipation and stomach pain, at a higher rate than their neurotypical peers. Some ...Full Article
NIH’s All of Us Research Program Releases First Genomic Dataset of Nearly 100,000 Whole Genome Sequences
Nearly 100,000 highly diverse whole genome sequences are now available through the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program. About 50% of the data is from in...Full Article
Inflation, War Push Stress To Alarming Levels At Two-Year Covid-19 Anniversary
Two years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, inflation, money issues and the war in Ukraine have pushed U.S. stress to alarming levels, a...Full Article
Lead As a Social Determinant of Child and Adolescent Physiological Stress and Behavior
Lead is an environmental neurotoxicant that causes neurocognitive deficits and cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. It also disproportionately affects socially disadvantage...Full Article
ANA Hails Signing of Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act
The American Nurses Association (ANA) hails the signing of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (S. 610/H.R. 1667) into law by President Joseph R. Biden. Th...Full Article
The Secret To Staying Young: New Research Highlights Power Of Life Long Exercise To Keep Muscles Healthy
Lifelong physical activity could protect against age-related loss of muscle mass and function, according to research published in The Journal of Physiology. Individuals aged 6...Full Article
Clinical Decision Support System Reduces Cardiovascular Risk In Patients With Serious Mental Illness
In a new study, researchers demonstrated that they can significantly lower cardiovascular risk for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) by using a clinical decision suppo...Full Article
Mandatory Masking In Schools Reduced COVID-19 Cases During Delta Surge
Schools with mandatory masking during the Delta surge had approximately 72% fewer cases of in-school transmission of SARS-CoV-2 when compared to schools with optional or parti...Full Article
Run Not Just Fun For Rice Students, Elementary Partners
Regular exercise is good for everyone, and youngsters stand to benefit most -- if they stick to it. Rice University researchers are figuring out how to encourage that tenacit...Full Article
Babies Exposed To Cannabis In The Womb May Be At Risk For Obesity, High Blood Sugar
Cannabis use among pregnant women is on the rise and may be associated with negative health outcomes in children, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s...Full Article
University of Pennsylvania Announces New Tuition-Free Program to Recruit, Train and Deploy Nurse Practitioners to Underserved Communities Across the U.S.
The University of Pennsylvania announced the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program, which will recruit and prepare a diverse cadre of expert nurse practi...Full Article
Understanding Aphasia: Bruce Willis Diagnosis Puts Language Disorder in the Spotlight
The recent announcement by Bruce Willis’ family that the actor has been diagnosed with aphasia has brought attention to the language disorder, which is relatively common but n...Full Article
NIH’s All of Us Research Program Releases First Genomic Dataset of Nearly 100,000 Whole Genome Sequences
Nearly 100,000 highly diverse whole genome sequences are now available through the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program. About 50% of the data is from in...Full Article
Amygdala Overgrowth That Occurs In Autism Spectrum Disorder May Begin During Infancy
The amygdala — a brain structure enlarged in two-year-old children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — begins its accelerated growth between 6 and 12 months of age...Full Article
Shifting Off Screens - Tear-Free Tips for Making the Transition Away From Devices
BE PREPARED We’ve all seen it - the tears, scrunched up faces, and tantrums that result from those dreaded words “time to put the tablet away.” One of the biggest frustratio...Full Article
ASHA and HLAA Stress Need for Hearing Protection Across the Lifespan This World Hearing Day, With Millions at Risk for Preventable Dama
With 1 in 8 children and 1 in 4 adults in the United States estimated to have hearing loss due to exposure to excessive noise, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association...Full Article
Walkable Neighborhoods Can Reduce Prevalence Of Obesity, Diabetes
People who live in walkable neighborhoods with access to parks and other outdoor activities are more active and less likely to have diabetes or obesity, according to a new pap...Full Article
New Medicare Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines a Huge Step Forward -- More Lives to be Saved
New Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recommendations to lower lung cancer screening (LCS) initial age and smoking history requirements can make these exams the...Full Article
Antibiotic Resistance: The Hidden Healthcare Crisis
One of the greatest contributions to medicine was Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of the first antibiotic. Penicillin became another great contribution when it was made rea...Full Article
How To Relieve Hives At Home - Tips From Board-Certified Dermatologists
Hives are a common skin reaction that causes itchy bumps or raised, swollen-looking patches to appear on the skin. If you have a darker skin tone, hives are often the same col...Full Article
