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Feb
01
0 comments Tags: consumer health, health education, health literacy, heart health, National Health Observances, science education
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Significant contributors to heart disease include high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and high cholesterol. February is American Heart Month. It’s a good time to start taking steps to improve your health. (Remember those New Year’s resolutions?) Consider also taking some time this month… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Health Observances, Training & Education
Jan
21
0 comments Tags: COVID-19, disease outbreak, health literacy, nih, nlm, public health
Please join NNLM for this important webinar: Addressing Attitudes and Science Mistrust During the COVID-19 Pandemic When: Thursday, January 28th at 8:30 a.m. Alaska time / 9:30 a.m. PT / 10:30 a.m. MT [It will last approximately two (2) hours.] This national program is brought to us by NNLM SCR and the Texas CEAL Consortium… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News from NIH, News from NLM, Public Health
Jan
14
0 comments Tags: COVID-19, education resources, health literacy, online education, science education, science literacy
Are you a life-long learner? Learning something new can help stimulate our brains and re-energize us. Learning more about the science behind our health can help us become more engaged in our health, can help us better understand health news stories, and be more informed health consumers. Each month for 2021, this blog will feature… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Training & Education
Jan
07
0 comments Tags: All of Us, consumer health, health literacy, NNLM Reading Club, public library
The New Year is a celebration of new beginnings. This may be especially true as we welcome 2021, which we hope will be a resilient New Year. Resilience sustains us through adversity by cultivating practices that help us cope … and 2020 was nothing if not full of adversity. How can we practice resilience in… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Blog, Health Literacy, News From NNLM PNR, Public Libraries
Dec
01
0 comments Tags: All of Us, consumer health, genetics, health literacy, NNLM Reading Club, public library
We inherit many things from the people who went before us – our physical characteristics, aspects of our personality and, sometimes, our health. December’s Reading Club selections discuss inherited diseases, focusing specifically on cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell disease, and cancer caused by the BRCA mutation. … Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Health Literacy, News From NNLM PNR, Public Libraries