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The new word recognition test tackles a stubborn disparity in healthcare: As the Hmong population ages, hearing loss is becoming a big problem. But few clinics are equipped to treat Hmong-speaking patients.
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Bill Pierce, a health specialist who served in the George W. Bush administration, explains the end of the emergency status.
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Milwaukee physicians share recommendations for navigating the current stage of the pandemic.
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If you’re someone with a job that doesn't require much movement, chances are you’re spending about eight hours a day sitting. This can have negative health effects for your mind and body. UW-Milwaukee professor of kinesiology Ann Swartz explains the impacts prolonged sitting can have, plus offers some tips to counteract them.
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Melinda Kavanaugh, a UW-Milwaukee professor of social work, helped create a tool to train physicians on how to better break difficult news to patients.
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If you’re interested in getting an induction stove, money is coming to help many people cover the cost.
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Researchers will install monitors at schools in the zip codes with the highest rates of asthma-related hospitalizations.
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Dr. Rita Deering, assistant professor of physical therapy and the director of the Movement Sciences Laboratory at Carroll University, joins Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to share what local research is underway to help determine when it’s safe to return to exercise after childbirth.
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Dr. Leonard Egede, the inaugural Milwaukee community chair in health equity research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, discusses his research on how social determinants can impact people’s health.
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In March 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act. If passed by the House of Representatives and signed by President Joe Biden, this bill would make daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time.