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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
When to Use (Or Not Use) Antibiotics on Your Skin
Cold weather can be hard on your skin. When your skin becomes dry, as often happens in the winter, it can easily crack and bleed. When caring for a cut or other wound, it migh...Full Article
Antihistamines show promise in treating long COVID-19 symptoms, UCI case report says
Antihistamines show promise in treating long COVID-19 symptoms, UCI case report Antihistamines may provide relief for the millions of people suffering from the painful, debili...Full Article
The American Academy of Audiology Celebrates March 3, World Hearing Day
In 2007, the World Health Organization designated March 3 as World Hearing Health Day in order to raise awareness to the growing numbers of those suffering from hearing loss a...
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Combating Health Misinformation
On July 15, 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an urgent plea for all Americans to take part in slowing a serious threat to public health. He wasn’t talking about the COVID...
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Obesity Is More Prevalent In People With Type 1 Diabetes Than Previously Thought
People with type 1 diabetes should be screened regularly for obesity and chronic kidney disease, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical ...Full Article
Minds On The Media - 10 Tips For Improving Children’s Cognitive Development In A Digital World
Children are exposed to more digital media today than ever before, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted so much of their educational and social lives online. Whi...Full Article
Be Tech Wise With Toddler, Say ASHA and the Screen Time
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With parents and caregivers inundated with often-conflicting recommendations on screen time and technology usage by children, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association ...
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