In rural Kenya, 64-year-old John Kamau's world of silence is about to change. For decades, isolated by hearing loss from the community's vibrant life and his grandchildren's conversations, he sees hope when a community health ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Here's a surprising statistic: Nearly 50% of people with asthma do not take their medications as prescribed. That means they risk a flare-up of symptoms or a visit to the emergency room. Asthma researchers have studied medication ...
Apr 16, 2024
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New research published in Nature Human Behavior suggests that text nudges encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which had proven effective in prior real-world field tests, are also effective at prompting people ...
Mar 18, 2024
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The term "peer pressure" is often linked to the experiences of children or teenagers in extreme situations. One University of Texas at Dallas researcher wondered if adults continue to succumb to similar pressures of social ...
Mar 6, 2024
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Telemedicine's early days of handling mostly mild illnesses like sinus infections or pink eye are fading fast.
Feb 5, 2024
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China announced Wednesday that it has started giving its citizens a COVID booster that can be inhaled through the mouth.
Jan 23, 2024
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When hospitals support trauma survivors' mental health during and after treatment, patients are less likely to return in crisis, researchers report.
Dec 31, 2023
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Author Neil Gaiman said, "Escapist fiction is just that: fiction that opens a door, shows the sunlight outside."
Nov 29, 2023
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Patients who are younger or who haven't taken opioid pain medication before are more likely to not need any after many common surgeries, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine.
Nov 15, 2023
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Halloween is often frightening for loved ones who have dementia, but there are ways to keep it safe and not scary.
Oct 30, 2023
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