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Study: Illness in Home Affects Girls’ School Attendance

In this month’s Pediatrics, Aslan et al1 address one of the factors contributing to inequities in education for girls in low- and middle-income countries. By using data from 38 countries’ demographic and health surveys, they analyze the differential impact of childhood illness and maternal work outside of the home on school attendance for adolescent boys […]

Regular, Brisk Exercise Reduces Alzheimer’s’ Risk

Regular exercise may offer some protection against Alzheimer’s disease, even for people who are genetically at risk, according to recent research. In the study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, people who did more moderate-intensity physical activity were more likely to have healthy patterns of glucose metabolism in their brains—a sign of healthy brain […]

Black Medicare Patents More Likely to Be Readmitted

Black Medicare patients are being readmitted to hospitals at a much higher rate than are white patients, according to a recent study. The study, which surveyed New York state residents age 65 and older, is the latest in a series of reports that suggest minorities are getting shortchanged on quality care. Read More

When You Show Up in E.R. with Sickle Cell

“You’re too pretty to have a disease,” declared the nurse in the emergency department (ED) dismissing Constance Benson’s reports of unbearable pain, a byproduct of her sickle cell disease (SCD). Constance, who is in her late twenties, is a professional actress and model living in Kennesaw, GA. It wasn’t until Constance’s blood tests came back […]

Couple Battles Rare Disease

In 2010, Sonia Vallabh watched her mom, Kamni Vallabh, die in a really horrible way. First, her mom’s memory started to go, then she lost the ability to reason. Sonia says it was like watching someone get unplugged from the world. By the end, it was as if she was stuck between being awake and […]

University Trucks in Medical Training to Rural Nebraska

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — The University of Nebraska Medical Center is trucking in medical training to rural parts of the state. Four trucks equipped to simulate emergency room, ambulance and other scenarios have been stationed in Kearney, Lincoln, Norfolk and Scottsbluff, where the school’s College of Nursing has divisions. The goal is to provide free continuing […]

U.S. Makes Strides Against Heart Disease — But Not Everywhere

Between 1980 and 2014, the number of Americans dying from cardiovascular disease was cut in half. Though cardiovascular disease — an umbrella term for conditions that affect the heart and circulatory system, commonly known as heart disease — remains the most common cause of death in the U.S. by a wide margin, the drop in […]

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NAS: Evidence on Preventing Dementia Inconclusive

The public is enormously concerned about dementia and cognitive impairment, and a wide range of programs and products, such as diets, exercise regimens, games, and supplements, purport to keep these conditions at bay. It is difficult for individuals, health care providers and policy makers to ascertain what has been demonstrated to prevent or reduce risk. […]

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Illinois Nursing School Gets $2 Million Grant

NORMAL, Ill. — The Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing is getting a $2 million federal grant to help make the nursing workforce more diverse. The school says in a news release the nursing school is getting $500,000 a year for four years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The money […]

Study Examines Zika in Young Guatemalans

A large natural history study examining the neurologic, neurodevelopmental and other clinical outcomes of Zika virus infection in infants and young children has begun in rural Guatemala. It will focus on those infected with Zika virus after birth rather than those infected congenitally. The study is being conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and […]

Few Opioid-Addicted Youth Get Medication

CHICAGO — Only one in four teens and young adults with opioid addiction receive recommended treatment medication even with good health insurance, according to a study that suggests doctors are not keeping up with the needs of youth caught up in the worst addiction crisis in U.S. history. “Young people may be dying because they […]

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Rutgers Dean Seeks to Remove Health Disparities

The gay men’s health crisis is sill with us. HIV/AIDS are now treatable, but not yet curable. One of the pre-eminent AIDS/HIV researchers into the disease and advocate for those it has infected is the incoming Dean of Rutgers School of Public Health, Dr. Perry Halkitis. He joins Correspondent Brenda Flanagan. Flanagan: Your identity is […]

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