Self Advocacy

Mental Health

Selena Gomez’s new beauty brand wants you to know you don’t need makeup

29/09/2020 06:00am | 2729 views

The singer-actor’s new Rare Beauty makeup line is on a mission to promote self-acceptance and support mental health.

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Preventive Care

CV medications underused by Hispanic/Latino patients with PAD

18/08/2020 06:00am | 2719 views

Hispanic and Latino patients with peripheral artery disease underuse guideline-recommended CV medications such as antiplatelet and lipid-lowering therapies, researchers found.

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Preventive Care

When Should I Get Tested for COVID-19?

05/08/2020 06:00am | 2704 views

When we first started hearing about COVID-19 in the U.S., the symptoms of the virus – and thus, the criteria for testing – seemed pretty straightforward: If you have a fever and a cough, get tested (if your doctor has access to a test). But as doctors and researchers learned more about the virus (and more people were tested and diagnosed), it became clear that the symptoms were not so straightforward– and sometimes not present at all. So, now that there’s a laundry list of “maybe” symptoms, how do you know when to get tested?

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Sleeping In on Weekends Won't Erase Your 'Sleep Debt'

21/07/2020 06:00am | 3310 views

For those who try to catch up on lost sleep during the weekend, French researchers have some bad news: Once Saturday and Sunday have come and gone, many will find they're still seriously short on sleep.

 

 

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Preventive Care

How COVID-19 Spreads

15/07/2020 06:00am | 2755 views

COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through close contact from person-to-person. Some people without symptoms may be able to spread the virus. We are still learning about how the virus spreads and the severity of illness it causes.

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