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Better sleep for kids starts with better sleep for parents – especially after holiday disruptions to routines

January 4, 2023 No Comments

Everyone knows that sleep is critical for growing children and their mental and physical health. Regular, high-quality sleep habits help children consolidate memory and learn better. A lack of sleep contributes to childhood depression, anxiety and even risk of suicide, along with physical health problems, including risk of injury. The

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This course teaches students how to connect with older adults to forge intergenerational bonds and help alleviate loneliness and isolation

December 27, 2022 No Comments

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course “Legacy Building with Older Adults – Students Re-Humanizing Health Care” What prompted the idea for the course? In March 2020 – as the COVID-19 pandemic was causing widespread lockdowns across the U.S.

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Celine Dion’s diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome brought a rare neurological diagnosis into the public eye – two neurologists explain the science behind it

December 27, 2022 No Comments

The announcement by celebrated singer Celine Dion in early December 2022 that she has stiff-person syndrome – a rare neurological disorder – stunned the world and led to an outpouring of support for the French Canadian star. Until Dion’s revelation, most people had probably never heard of the condition. Worldwide,

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What is voluntary sterilization? A health communication expert unpacks how a legacy of forced sterilization shapes doctor-patient conversations today

December 14, 2022 No Comments

Sterilization is a safe and effective form of permanent birth control used by more than 220 million couples around the world. Despite its prevalence, however, patients seeking sterilization from their doctors often face a surprising number of challenges. In men, the sterilization process is known as a vasectomy, which involves

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China wants more people to eat potatoes – how changing national diets could help fix our global food crisis. Podcast

December 12, 2022 No Comments

How do you get a country to change its national diet? That’s what China has been trying by introducing potato as a staple as part of an effort to improve food security. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we talk to three experts about why countries need to shift

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Pharma’s expensive gaming of the drug patent system is successfully countered by the Medicines Patent Pool, which increases global access and rewards innovation

December 7, 2022 No Comments

Biomedical innovation reached a new era during the COVID-19 pandemic as drug development went into overdrive. But the ways that brand companies license their patented drugs grant them market monopoly, preventing other entities from making generics so they can exclusively profit. This significantly limits the reach of lifesaving drugs, especially

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More than 4 in 5 pregnancy-related deaths are preventable in the US, and mental health is the leading cause

December 2, 2022 No Comments

Preventable failures in U.S. maternal health care result in far too many pregnancy-related deaths. Each year, approximately 700 parents die from pregnancy and childbirth complications. As such, the U.S. maternal mortality rate is more than double that of most other developed countries. The Department of Health and Human Services declared

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Abuse in women’s professional soccer was an ‘open secret’ – the ‘bystander effect’ and structural barriers prevented more players from speaking out

October 10, 2022 No Comments

An investigation has found that widespread abuse of players in U.S. women’s professional soccer existed despite some of the behavior of coaches being “an open secret.” Based on more than 200 interviews, the report – led by former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates – highlighted systemic verbal and emotional

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No, it’s not just sugary food that’s responsible for poor oral health in America’s children, especially in Appalachia

October 4, 2022 No Comments

Brushing your teeth is essential for maintaining optimal oral health, but like most aspects of health, the full story is more complicated. As directors of the Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia, we know firsthand that inequalities exist when it comes to oral health, including in children. Some people

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Hurricane Ian: Older adults have many reasons for not evacuating – here’s why it’s important to check on aging neighbors

September 30, 2022 No Comments

As mandatory evacuations for Hurricane Ian began in Florida and the warnings about damaging wind and flooding intensified, I called my aging parents to check in. Being a disaster researcher, my concern for them was already in high gear, even though they weren’t directly in an evacuation zone. My dad

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Better sleep for kids starts with better sleep for parents – especially after holiday disruptions to routines

January 4, 2023 No Comments

Everyone knows that sleep is critical for growing children and their mental and physical health. Regular, high-quality sleep habits help children consolidate memory and learn

 290 Views

Read More »

This course teaches students how to connect with older adults to forge intergenerational bonds and help alleviate loneliness and isolation

December 27, 2022 No Comments

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course “Legacy Building with Older Adults – Students

 60 Views

Read More »

Celine Dion’s diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome brought a rare neurological diagnosis into the public eye – two neurologists explain the science behind it

December 27, 2022 No Comments

The announcement by celebrated singer Celine Dion in early December 2022 that she has stiff-person syndrome – a rare neurological disorder – stunned the world

 52 Views

Read More »

What is voluntary sterilization? A health communication expert unpacks how a legacy of forced sterilization shapes doctor-patient conversations today

December 14, 2022 No Comments

Sterilization is a safe and effective form of permanent birth control used by more than 220 million couples around the world. Despite its prevalence, however,

 69 Views

Read More »

China wants more people to eat potatoes – how changing national diets could help fix our global food crisis. Podcast

December 12, 2022 No Comments

How do you get a country to change its national diet? That’s what China has been trying by introducing potato as a staple as part

 70 Views

Read More »

Pharma’s expensive gaming of the drug patent system is successfully countered by the Medicines Patent Pool, which increases global access and rewards innovation

December 7, 2022 No Comments

Biomedical innovation reached a new era during the COVID-19 pandemic as drug development went into overdrive. But the ways that brand companies license their patented

 74 Views

Read More »

More than 4 in 5 pregnancy-related deaths are preventable in the US, and mental health is the leading cause

December 2, 2022 No Comments

Preventable failures in U.S. maternal health care result in far too many pregnancy-related deaths. Each year, approximately 700 parents die from pregnancy and childbirth complications.

 2,037 Views

Read More »

Abuse in women’s professional soccer was an ‘open secret’ – the ‘bystander effect’ and structural barriers prevented more players from speaking out

October 10, 2022 No Comments

An investigation has found that widespread abuse of players in U.S. women’s professional soccer existed despite some of the behavior of coaches being “an open

 6,015 Views

Read More »

No, it’s not just sugary food that’s responsible for poor oral health in America’s children, especially in Appalachia

October 4, 2022 No Comments

Brushing your teeth is essential for maintaining optimal oral health, but like most aspects of health, the full story is more complicated. As directors of

 7,530 Views

Read More »

Hurricane Ian: Older adults have many reasons for not evacuating – here’s why it’s important to check on aging neighbors

September 30, 2022 No Comments

As mandatory evacuations for Hurricane Ian began in Florida and the warnings about damaging wind and flooding intensified, I called my aging parents to check

 5,954 Views

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