by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 15, 2020 | Health News
You can listen on your favorite podcast app or read the transcript below. Dr. Sanjay Gupta: I want you to imagine for a moment, life in a refugee camp, you and your family packed in a dense, overcrowded space. You share a bathroom with everyone in the community. You try to wash your hands, but […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 15, 2020 | Health News
English physician John Langdon Down first characterized it in 1866. It is a condition or syndrome, not a disease. It is due to extra material in chromosome 21. In those with trisomy 21, the individual possesses a full extra copy of the chromosome. There is currently...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 15, 2020 | Health News
Giving a meal Before (or after) you have that big dinner for Dad, you could help provide meals to those in need by volunteering at a local soup kitchen or food bank. Feeding America has 200 food banks around the country and offers a helpful way to find a nearby one....
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 15, 2020 | Health News
The need to protect themselves against the coronavirus adds another complication to emergency crews’ efforts in these dangerous conditions. Their personal protective equipment (PPE) can be difficult to wear in a crowd, said emergency medical services officials....
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 15, 2020 | Health News
They made plans in front of her, without inviting her. They’d ask her, “Why do you read so much? Why do you dress like that?” “I would typically let people walk all over me and say what they wanted, and even if they hurt me, I wouldn’t...