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55% of U.S. counties do not have a single practicing psychiatrist. #More Than Enough. NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

May 18, 2023 Author: Ansley Fey | Categories: Mental Health

Did you know that May is nationally recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month? This spotlight provides the perfect opportunity for you to take a moment to reflect on how yourRead More

Engineer and athlete Rory Cooper, Ph.D., draws from personal experience to design new technologies for people with disabilities

May 9, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Limb Loss

Rory Cooper, Ph.D., is a Paralympian, Army veteran, world-renowned inventor and engineer, and disability advocate. In 1994, he founded the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL), a collaboration with the UniversityRead More

Music and health

May 2, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Sound Health

Music and pain Research suggests that listening to music can help reduce acute and chronic pain. Music-based interventions may also help people with certain kinds of pain. This includes painRead More

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Free COVID-19 Vaccines and Tests Ending May 11

April 18, 2023 Author: Ansley Fey | Categories: COVID-19

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency is set to end on May 11, 2023. Some key changes are noted below. For additional information about how these changes might affect you, contactRead More

Audio analgesia: How sound blunts pain—at least in mice

March 21, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Pain

Music can take your pain away Since the 1960s, music and other sounds have been found to ease pain from a range of different health conditions and procedures. Research showsRead More

Zain Verjee speaks at the Unstoppable Africa Conference in 2022.

Zain Verjee is no longer hiding from psoriasis

March 16, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Psoriasis

As a leading international journalist on CNN and other major television news outlets, Zain Verjee’s face was visible to millions of people every day. But she “spent a lifetime hiding”Read More

Shedding light on facial pain

March 15, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Pain

Joining forces to tackle facial pain Pain is your body’s way of telling you that something might be wrong and is the most frequent reason people seek medical care. FacialRead More

How a prosthetic ankle improves balance control

March 14, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Limb Loss

When someone loses a leg or other limb, a prosthetic device (a tool designed to replace a missing part of the body) can play a role in improving their qualityRead More

David Rice gives the opening remarks during the NIH 2018 National Disability Employment Awareness Month kick-off event.

Deafness is not a burden

March 9, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Hearing Disorders and Deafness

Being deaf is not the same for everyone with the condition. Deafness means partial or complete loss of hearing in one or both ears and can range from mild toRead More

Tesha Samuels advocates for others after living with sickle cell disease

March 1, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle cell disease affects more than 100,000 people in the United States every year, and for three decades, Tesha Samuels was among them. After going through a gene therapy programRead More

Loud and clear: What to know about hearing loss

February 23, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Hearing Disorders and Deafness

Hearing loss affects approximately 37.5 million people in the United States ages 18 years or older. It affects one in three people ages 65 to 74 and nearly half ofRead More

The costs of living with sickle cell disease in the United States

February 14, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Sickle Cell Disease

In the United States, more than 100,000 people are living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited blood disorders that affects hemoglobin (the protein inRead More

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, former Director of NIAID.

Meet Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

January 31, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Infectious Diseases

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), served the American public for over five decades. A doctor, scientist, and infectious diseaseRead More

Getting an accurate read on pulse oximeters

January 13, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: NIH Research

Pulse oximeters have been used in hospitals and doctors’ offices for decades. The small, painless devices measure blood oxygen saturation, which helps doctors decide how to treat patients. During theRead More

Sunscreen in the winter?

January 11, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Skin Cancer

Sunscreen is usually associated with beaches, the pool, and sweltering summer days. We spend less time outside in winter, and when we do, we bundle up to protect ourselves fromRead More

60 years of innovation: NICHD research through the years

January 6, 2023 Author: Medline | Categories: Pregnancy

Since 1962, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has helped save lives and improve the well-being of people most often excluded from research.Read More

Calling out colorectal cancer

December 14, 2022 Author: Medline | Categories: Cancer

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men and women in the United States, with 151,030 new cases estimated to occur this year. “Colorectal cancer” can referRead More

Smiling woman in a classroom wearing scrubs

Gratitude and Continuing Nursing Education

December 1, 2022 Author: Charlotte Halverson | Categories: News, Uncategorized

Gratitude is a word that holds so much meaning…especially as we look back on Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday, and look forward to the winter holidays and time to spend with friends andRead More

Health Spotlight: Slips, Trips, and Falls

November 1, 2022 Author: Stacey Jenkins | Categories: Cold-Weather Wellness, Weather

Every autumn, AgriSafe highlights the importance of preventing slips, trips, and falls as our agricultural workers are challenged by the cold, wind, and ice that comes with winter weather. While thisRead More

Rooted in Diversity: National Native American Heritage Month

November 1, 2022 Author: Knesha Rose-Davison | Categories: Uncategorized

November is Native American Heritage Month. AgriSafe is proud to celebrate the ongoing contributions Native Americans and indigenous cultures have made to the agriculture, forestry, and fishing industries. AgriSafe would alsoRead More

The brain and memory: Understanding how the brain thinks

October 19, 2022 Author: Medline | Categories: Memory

Time flows continuously, so why do we remember events in chunks of time? Where does our brain determine when different memories start and stop? These were some of the questionsRead More

Health Spotlight: Long COVID

October 1, 2022 Author: Charlotte Halverson | Categories: COVID-19

There is no question – COVID-19 has impacted healthcare delivery and education on many levels. Rural healthcare providers can attest to the impact on individual care and community responses. CheckRead More

Live long, be well: Science-based tips for healthy aging

September 30, 2022 Author: Medline | Categories: Healthy Aging

It’s a time to celebrate getting older, but caring for your body, mind, mental health, and relationships has health benefits no matter your age. These science-based tips can help youRead More

Stay connected to combat loneliness and social isolation.

Stay connected: Tips from the National Institute on Aging for combating social isolation and loneliness