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Cassey Ho is staying fit while loving herself
Working toward a goal Fitness trainer and entrepreneur Cassey Ho has won a large audience through her online fitness videos...
Exercise
Navigating long COVID
Mark Elliott, Ph.D., is a 66-year-old associate professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular medicine at George Washington...
COVID-19
Meet the Director: Dr. Nora Volkow, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nora Volkow, M.D., has been the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) since May 2003. NIDA supports...
Meet the Director
Healthy habits that last a lifetime: How to practice responsive feeding
Feeding time can be hard for new parents, especially since babies can’t use words to tell you when they’re hungry...
Child Development, Nutrition
Preventing childhood obesity: Program for first-time parents promotes healthy growth in firstborn babies and their siblings
An NIH-funded study called Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Healthy Trajectories (INSIGHT), has been shown to support healthy weight...
Child Development, Nutrition
The long haul: When COVID-19 symptoms don’t go away
*This article is an update to the original article, published on July 6, 2021. It was updated in July 2022 to reflect new...
COVID-19
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Most children who get infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 have mild or no symptoms and some may also...
COVID-19
Lymphedema: Living with swelling and stiffness
What is lymphedema? Lymphedema is chronic swelling that happens when something upsets the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is part...
Lymphedema
Meet the Director: Dr. Jon Lorsch, Ph.D., National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Jon R. Lorsch, PhD, has been the director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) since August 2013. In...
Meet the Director
Kathy Bates is figuring out how to live with lymphedema
When award-winning actress Kathy Bates was featured on the cover of NIH MedlinePlus magazine in 2016, she spoke about her experience...
Lymphedema
PregSource: Using input from pregnant people to uncover the secrets of pregnancy
What is PregSource? PregSource®: Crowdsourcing to Understand Pregnancy is a research project that collects data about pregnancy from the...
Pregnancy
Multiple sclerosis: What you need to know
What is it? Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a nervous system disease that affects the brain, optic nerve (which helps...
Multiple Sclerosis
CNN’s John King isn’t letting multiple sclerosis slow him down
"I’m lucky, but multiple sclerosis is with me every day" –John King CNN host John King has covered American politics...
Multiple Sclerosis