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_ Medical Care Location-Tracking Apps Could Help with Chronic Health Problems By Sondra Forsyth article Location-tracking apps on smartphones could be used to help track and manage care for thousands of patients who suffer from … Read More→
_ Women's Health and Wellness The Social Costs of Smell Loss in Older Women By Sondra Forsyth article A 2017 study of older U.S. adults conducted by researchers from the Monell Center in Philadelphia and collaborating institutions reports … Read More→
_ Grandparenting Parenting 6 Reasons To Stop Feeding Your Kids and Grandkids ΓÇ£Kid FoodΓÇ¥ By Sondra Forsyth article According to the National Institutes of Health, on any given day one-third of children and 41 percent of teens eat … Read More→
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_ Medical Care A New Approach to Giving Penicillins By Jane Farrell article Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and WomenΓÇÖs Hospital (BWH) investigators have developed two approaches to increasing the use of … Read More→
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_ Allergies A New Use for Probiotics: Treating Hay Fever By Jane Farrell article A probiotic combination, already in use to maintain digestive health, may also help reduce hay fever symptoms, if itΓÇÖs taken … Read More→
_ Pets How to Safely Drive with a Pet in Your Car By Sondra Forsyth article Just a few decades ago, it was considered perfectly acceptable for adults to travel in cars without wearing seat belts … Read More→
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_ What ItΓÇÖs Been Like Becoming a Mother in My 40s By Sondra Forsyth blog When I became a magazine editor-in-chief in my thirties, I thought that my perk rich, cash poor, high-flying single gal […]
Medical Care Predicting Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients By Jane Farrell article Researchers have developed a ΓÇ£predictive toolΓÇ¥ to help determine the outcome for older patients who have suffered traumatic brain injury … Read More→
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_ Brain Health Human Brain Processes Critical to Short-Term Memory By Sondra Forsyth article Neuroscientists at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles have uncovered processes involved in how the human brain creates and maintains short-term memories. … Read More→
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_ Parenting Pets Children and Teens at Risk from Medicine Intended for Pets By Sondra Forsyth article Almost two thirds of households in the US own a pet and many of these households have children and teens … Read More→