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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 26, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of...Full Article
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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New App Allows Medical Providers to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus in Waiting Rooms
DocClocker®, a pioneering app that enables medical facilities for the first time to provide patients with real-time wait time reporting, is preventing the spread of COVID-19 (...Full Article
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
Heroic American Surgeon Dr. Tom Catena Earns Top Medical Missionary Award for Saving Lives in Africa’s Forgotten War Zone
An American surgeon hailed as “the world’s most important doctor”— to more than a million patients—is being honored with a top international medical award. Today, Florida-base...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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HeartMath® Institute Giving Away 100,000 Copies of New Online Program to Help Kids Learn to Manage Emotions
New Initiative Aims to Put Kids on the Path to Avoid Depression and Anxiety, Learn to Manage Emotions According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 31...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
AccuWeather, Plume Labs Partnership to put users of popular, free app in more control of their health and wellbeing
Global weather and digital media leader AccuWeather is pleased to announce an exclusive partnership with Paris-based Plume Labs, an innovative company dedicated to making air ...Full Article
March 2020 National Nutrition Month
Dr. Nicole Avena Provides Tips to Boost Your Immunity and Navigate a Plant-Based Diet for Optimal Nutrition The quest to achieve a healthy lifestyle and boost one’s immunity ...Full Article
Ulman House Observes First Anniversary of Operations
First-of-its-kind healthcare hospitality facility supports AYA cancer patients. On Friday, January 10, the Ulman Foundation (Ulman) celebrated the one-year anniversary of the...Full Article
The National Kidney Foundation and CVS Kidney Care have Joined Forces
to Promote Kidney Health
Organizations collaborate for National Kidney Month to raise awareness about the deadly disease The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and CVS Kidney Care, a CVS Health company...
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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 26, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of...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
Could Sloppy Record-Keeping Cost You Your Life? Advice from a Registered Nurse (RN) and Nurse Practitioner
In a medical emergency, anyone can be rattled enough to forget important details, finding themselves unable to answer physicians' important questions about their health or tha...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
The Year of the Nurse and Midwife
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing is collaborating with nurses in academic and clinical centers across Northeast Ohio to mark 2020 as “The International Year of the N...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
Paper-based test could diagnose Lyme disease at early stages
After a day hiking in the forest, the last thing a person wants to discover is a tick burrowing into their skin. Days after plucking off the bloodsucking insect, the hiker mig...Full Article
Are your children sleeping enough? New research points to blood test that might hold the answer
A simple blood test could provide a reliable metric to tell if children are sleeping enough – which is also a marker for general health as sleep affects susceptibility to many...Full Article
'Very active' flu season continues as a second wave could be coming
The 2019-20 flu season continues to be more active than normal, with Influenza B the leading type of virus among patients nationwide. But patient visits were down compared to ...Full Article
UNC Greensboro doctoral nursing student recognized for public health research
UNC Greensboro doctoral nursing student recognized for public health research Jaimee Lee Watts, a doctoral nursing student at UNC Greensboro, was named one of 13 “Students Wh...Full Article
