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August 06, 2022

Rising Rates of Concussion & A Surprising Benefit of the SNAP Program
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Rising Rates of Concussion
Traumatic brain injury is now the leading cause of death and disability in children 0-4 and 15-19 years of age. Alan Cook, MD, Medical Director in the Center for Clinical Research at the School of Community and Rural Health, The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center said that ER visits for concussions and similar injuries have nearly tripled in the past 20 years, and that the trend was the greatest among girls.
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A Surprising Benefit of the SNAP Program
SNAP--the supplemental nutrition assistance program--has provided food to many lower-income Americans. But new research from Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, PhD, Associate Professor at The Ohio State University College of Social Work, shows SNAP has another important benefit.
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Can You Avoid Joint Replacement Surgery?
A recent study of patients who had knee replacement for osteoarthritis found that more than half of them had the very same risk factor. Dr. Chris Wall, Deputy Director, Department of Orthopaedics, Toowoomba Hospital, Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, Rural Clinical School, University of Queensland in Australia, shares important details from his recent study.
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