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Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey Artistic Director Emerita Has Died

Black Health Matters

According to the PBS documentary “Free to Dance,” Jamison was already tall at age six, so her parents enrolled her in dance to complement her exceptional height with grace. Nothing in my life, until then, had prepared me for rejection,” she told Dance Magazine. “There is about her an aura of mysticism.

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‘No one can see you now’: What states are doing to boost primary care

Association of Health Care Journalists

Evidence abounds that access to primary care improves health and lowers costs. And yet, only 5% of health care spending in this country goes to primary care, less than in any other Western democracy. Freyer is a health care journalist based in Rhode Island. Prior to that, he was CEO of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island.

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October Lunch and Learn: Building a niche beat as a freelance journalist

Association of Health Care Journalists

Our October Lunch and Learn focused on building a niche beat as a freelance health care journalist. Seegert has been covering aging since about 2010. She recognized that Obamacare was emerging and there was a need for health reporters to explain the nuances. Almost anything can be an aging issue,” she said.

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Frontiers Forum Live 2023: Accelerating and mobilizing open science for global challenges

Frontiers

Meet the International Champions Talks from science leaders further showcased humanity’s ability to understand and conquer different health challenges by working collaboratively across all levels of society. »

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Aliyah Griffith – Mahogany Mermaids and Marine Marvels

Frontiers

Around the age of 8, I asked a dolphin trainer what her job was. I think that’s how I slipped into the overworked, people-pleasing mode, which was becoming detrimental to my health, leading to having no work-life balance.”. So, how was Aliyah’s initial interest in marine science ignited?

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The Different Ways Quercetin Promotes Wellness

Mercola

However, there are many other compounds that help boost your health, namely quercetin. I believe quercetin deserves more attention as the growing body of research shows that it helps optimize your health in different ways, such as fighting cancer and viruses, as well as repairing damage caused by oxidative stress.

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How to use national data to cover trends in severe maternal morbidity

Association of Health Care Journalists

For journalists who want to track trends in the quality of maternal health, a more useful gauge may be the rate of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) , which affects tens of thousands of women annually. It’s associated with both adverse maternal and infant health outcomes and higher healthcare costs. per 10,000 in 2016 to 87.2