Beat the Heat with Technology!
In the summers of long ago, farmers and ranchers would schedule the day’s work based on the meteorologist-predicted air temperature and humidity levels. Today, planning outdoor work activities can beRead More
Category Archives: Hazards
UV Awareness
Co-written by Charlotte Halverson and Carey Portell Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and is related to repeated exposure to the sun, which causes damagingRead More
Pesticide Safety Awareness
Spring is here, which means that the growing season is beginning. As such, people will be using pesticides to protect their crops and prevent weeds. There is a risk ofRead More
Alpha-Gal Syndrome
Do you know what Alpha-gal syndrome is? Alpha-gal syndrome is a recently identified type of food allergy to red meat and other products made from mammals. In the United States,Read More
A Deadly Combination – Texting and Driving
We all understand the message “don’t text and drive.” But what does the message mean for Ag producers? General dangers exist operating farm equipment such as tractors, combines, farm trucks,Read More
SARS-CoV-2: Up close
The genetic blueprint material for SARS-CoV-2 is called RNA (yellow spirals). The RNA contains information to specify the amino acids that make up the proteins, which are the actual buildingRead More
Pandemic fear: Young adults with past childhood anxiety at greater risk
Could a child’s personality hold clues to how well they will handle stressful events as a young adult? A recent study has found early risk factors that predicted anxiety inRead More
Data guides health discovery: An interview with NLM Director Patricia Flatley Brennan
Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D., leads the National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NLM’s hardworking experts and vast repositories of information have beenRead More
Six ways to communicate better while you wear a mask
Social distancing and face masks are necessary for preventing the spread of COVID-19. But they can also make communication more difficult for the 37.5 million U.S. adults with hearing problems.Read More
Asthma medicine may not be one size fits all
The symptoms are all too familiar for parents of kids with asthma: coughing, wheezing, and chest tightness. About 6 million kids in the U.S. have asthma, which may make itRead More
NIH collaborates on national limb loss registry
[Introduction] Limb loss is an important medical issue, especially for U.S. military service members. Now the first national database on limb loss is planning to open in 2020—with help fromRead More
Tips for staying healthy and safe this summer
MedlinePlus and NIH offer lots of information online to help. We’ve summarized some helpful highlights to get you started. Sun Exposure and Your Skin Too much time in the sunRead More
Invest in Your Health: Cover Up! Head to Toe Personal Protective Equipment
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Expanding hearing health care
“What’s that you said?” Perhaps you’ve heard yourself say those words more often than you’d like to admit. Or maybe you, a family member, or a friend is consistently turningRead More
A lifelong asthma struggle
Jeff Long, Ph.D., can hardly remember a time when he didn’t suffer from serious asthma. Jeff, who is now in his 50s, started experiencing symptoms when he was just aRead More
The future of asthma monitoring
With so many pollutants indoors and outdoors, determining what triggers asthma in children is not easy. Now, NIH-supported researchers are developing technology to help identify those triggers more easily. NewRead More
A journey with midlife hearing loss
Stephen Ferranti knew he had to address his hearing loss issues when he realized it could affect his job. As a product strategy manager in his mid 50s working for aRead More
Helping others hear better
Lise Hamlin was born with hearing loss in one ear, though she was able to communicate adequately for 30 years. That changed overnight. One morning, when she was in herRead More
Don’t let asthma define you
When Sylvia Granados-Maready was born, she was diagnosed with asthma. To this day, Sylvia lives with asthma without letting it define her. “All my life, I’ve had asthma,” she said.Read More
Understanding and preventing tick bites
[Introduction] As people spend more time outdoors, so do many insects and pests. Among them are ticks, which are small bloodsucking parasites and arthropods. Some diseases you can get fromRead More
How to remove a tick
Removing a tick can be tricky. We’ve compiled a list of helpful tips for you to follow with information from MedlinePlus and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Read More