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The great majority of those who have experienced a difficult childhood do not have an adventurous history from which to draw inspiration. Perhaps one parent didn’t yell for days — they did nothing. Perhaps love just appeared when it was needed – little things, looking back. However, a child’s brain doesn’t work on a curve; […]

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Key Highlights Introduction The care and concern of another person can be both stressful and rewarding. A break from care – respite care at home provides respite for a period of time, and you don’t need to relocate your loved one. This guide is for you if you are considering home care options – to […]

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What do mindful walking, walking meditation and walking in a labyrinth have in common?
All are simple strategies to help manage stress and anxiety, and all serve as a tool for meditation, self-reflection and pain management.
Howard Karl Butcher, RN, PhD, FAAN, and colleagues describe labyrinths as a single winding path that leads to a center and back.
“Labyrinths are often confused with mazes. A maze is designed as a puzzle to be solved by finding one’s way out. A maze has many paths, and high walls with dead ends that are designed to bewilder and confuse. Unlike a maze, labyrinths consist of a

The CDC issued an alert to clinicians and public health departments this week about a surge in potential human rabies exposures and vaccinations in the United States.Rabies-related inquiries increased 17% in July and August of this year compared with the same period in 2025, and the use of rabies vaccine and immune globulin is up 33% and 76%, respectively, in 2026, according to the CDC.
The agency said “several high-profile rabies outbreaks and mass rabies exposure events” caused the jump in exposures.
The alert came 2 weeks after four baby goats with rabies at a North Carolina

Contrast sensitivity in patients with Parkinson’s disease was significantly worse across lighting conditions, pointing to the potential for testing beyond photopic conditions, according to a study in Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics.
“Multiple studies have demonstrated that individuals with Parkinson’s disease experience a marked reduction in photopic contrast sensitivity, often involving intermediate and high spatial frequencies,” Alba Herrero-Gracia, a PhD student in the department of optics and optometry and vision sciences at the University of Valencia, Spain,

The 6th Annual Retina Summit for Fellows and Residents will be held virtually Sept. 19, offering case-based discussions, research updates and interactive learning for retina fellows and ophthalmology residents.
“The meeting is designed for retina fellows and ophthalmology residents who want practical, up-to-date education, but it is also valuable for early-career retina specialists looking to strengthen their clinical and surgical decision-making,” Healio | OSN Associate Medical Editor Rishi P. Singh, MD, FASRS, course chair, told Healio.
Provided by Vindico Medical Education, the free CME

Children returned to school amid the largest surge in measles in the United States in decades, raising concerns about the spread of the highly contagious virus as vaccination rates continue to slide.
As of Sept. 11, there have been 3,294 confirmed measles cases in the U.S. this year — more than 1,000 more than the total number in 2025.
The last time there were this many measles cases in one calendar year was 1991 — 9 years before measles was declared eliminated in the U.S., a status the country could soon lose.
According to Aaron E. Glatt, MD, MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, chief of infectious diseases at

The FDA has approved Zanvastro, an antisense oligonucleotide treatment for pediatric and adult patients with Alexander disease, a rare, progressive and often fatal neurological disorder that can affect motor, cognitive, autonomic and gastrointestinal function.
According to a press release from manufacturer Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Zanvastro (zilganersen) is the first approved disease-modifying treatment for the condition, which affects about 300 people in the U.S.
The approval is the culmination of more than a decade of research as part of a natural history study of Alexander Disease that began

I was lucky enough to see the amazing depth and breadth of family medicine growing up as the granddaughter of a family medicine doctor.
My grandfather practiced full scope with OB, then worked in and ran our local emergency room, and eventually became the chief medical officer of our local hospital.
During my education and training, I was constantly impressed with the amazing care and compassion offered by family medicine doctors. I went on a similar journey of my own, first practicing academic family medicine in a community residency program, attending fellowship, and now practicing family and

Federal health officials on Friday declared an end to the largest recorded outbreak of cyclosporiasis in United States history.
CDC and FDA websites tracking the outbreak were updated mid-morning to say that it was over after more than 2 months.
Although the FDA said it would continue investigating the outbreak, which was traced to iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico by Taylor Farms, the agencies noted that there has been a sharp decline in cases, and that stores and restaurants should have cleared their shelves of the contaminated lettuce.
“This outbreak has ended,” the CDC page says.
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