Swift, effective action is essential to face any crisis decisively. And, if it’s a global one like the COVID-19 pandemic, these actions need to be efficiently coordinated to increase their impact while lessening the initial threat. This is exactly what…
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Important Lessons We Can Learn from Our Parents’ Heart Health
The more things change, the more they remain the same. This statement couldn’t be truer when talking about heart health issues over the years. In the 60’s and 70’s, there was a major smoking issue among adults. In contemporary times,…
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Researcher offers lessons learned from a pre-pandemic study of telemedicine use
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has become a new norm for many routine and non-emergency medical needs. But there are lessons to be learned from telemedicine’s use—or lack thereof—prior to the pandemic, and a new study from…
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Why should my child take swimming lessons? And what do they need to know?
Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional death from injury worldwide. From July 2018 to June 2019, 276 people drowned across Australia—a 10% increase on the previous year. Among those were 19 children under four years old, eight children…
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Putting neglected tropical diseases in the spotlight: Lessons learned from Chagas disease
Today, January 30th 2020, is the inaugural World Neglected Tropical Diseases day. For the first time, global community leaders, health experts, civil society advocates, and policymakers have united to raise awareness about neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), in hopes of removing…
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