Rural Caregiving in the United States

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Rural Caregiving in the United States

Nearly 40 million individuals are providing informal (unpaid) care for an adult family member or friend in the United States.

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You Can’t Treat Your Way out of an Epidemic…But Can You Vaccinate It?

Routine vaccinations have reduced or even eradicated many deadly diseases; in the 1950s, polio was a public health crisis claiming

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Prevention Starts with Awareness

As a parent of three teenagers, I know it’s hard to consider the possibility that your child could be

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Smoking and Surgery: What You Need to Know

Tobacco use kills approximately five million people annually around the globe. Here in the United States, tobacco use kills 480,000

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Colorectal Cancer: Why Screening Matters

Nearly 50,000 people lose their lives to colorectal cancer each year. It is the fourth most common cancer in the

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Human Papilloma Virus Connected with Head and Neck Cancer

In 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer affirmed that there was sufficient evidence to conclude that the human

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Cancer Survivors Encouraged to Receive HPV Vaccine

There are many different types of the human papillomavirus (HPV). This virus is associated with a risk for developing cervical,

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What You Need to Know about the HPV Vaccine

What is HPV? Human papilloma virus or HPV is a virus that causes the most common sexually transmitted infection in

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The Opposite of Addiction is Human Connection: Youth-Adult Partnerships Spur Success at DEA 360 Strategy Summit

In my travels across the country and the world, I’ve worked with thousands of young people in youth and adult

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Can You Prevent an Overdose?

Words matter. In diplomatic circles, the words used to describe an international situation can shift alliances and reopen old wounds,