Designs for Health

APRIL 23, 2025

Anti-nutritive compounds found in plant-based foods, including oxalates and phytates, have the potential to hinder nutrient absorption further. Despite the multifaceted nature of kidney stone formation and progression, dietary manipulation can be a crucial strategy in managing the condition and mitigating risk. Johnson, MS, CNS, LDN

Nutrition

Relentless School Nurse

JUNE 18, 2025

Managing Chronic Conditions in Broken Systems Asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, and life-threatening allergies don’t pause when budgets are tight or staff are short. With rising rates of diabetes, asthma, anxiety, and other conditions, this isn’t safe for students or nurses. Many have over 1,500 students and more.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 9, 2025

One moment, we’re calmly administering routine medications or checking in on a student with a chronic condition. We treat injuries, manage chronic conditions, administer medications, and respond to emergencies. Our days are filled with the unexpected, the urgent, and sometimes the life-altering.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

MAY 19, 2025

This means fewer screenings, more untreated chronic conditions, and more students falling through the cracks. Hunger in the Land of Plenty Meanwhile, changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) threaten to leave millions of children without consistent access to food.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

JULY 4, 2025

Medicaid is a critical funding source for school nurses and the health services that enable students—especially those with disabilities and chronic conditions—to learn and thrive. For many, these accounts are empty promises. Who Wins, and Who Pays the Price?

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

MAY 24, 2025

The Houses passage of Trumps Big Beautiful Bill marks one of the most sweeping assaults on the health, nutrition, and future of Americas children in recent memory. Even brief gaps in coverage can have lifelong consequences, including unmanaged chronic conditions, missed developmental milestones, and increased hospitalizations.

Health

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 26, 2025

We manage chronic conditions like asthma and diabetes. Nutrition gaps would widen. The Impact on Preschool Nurses Like Me As a preschool nurse, I see how critical our role is in the success of every Head Start classroom. We conduct health screenings that catch vision problems before they interfere with learning.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 2, 2025

The consequences of these actions extend across critical areas such as education, healthcare, and nutrition, leaving millions of children at risk. Head Start programs also offer health services and nutritional support for families living below the poverty line. However, the GOP-led House passed a budget that eliminates SNAP entirely.

Schooling

Designs for Health

JANUARY 28, 2025

Human clinical trials support that SBIs may help promote gut health, nutritional status, and healthy inflammatory responses in adults and children with inflammatory bowel diseaseor irritable bowel syndrome. The average daily stool count for participants with IBS and IBD significantly decreased from 6.5 before SBI use to 2.6

Immune system

Designs for Health

JULY 11, 2025

An electrolyte imbalance can disrupt normal bodily functions and may lead to symptoms like headaches, fatigue, or even severe conditions such as mental confusion. Fluid loss occurs in both intracellular and extracellular fluid compartments and can potentially reduce plasma volume.

Nutrition

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 1, 2025

A growing number of medically fragile students attend school along with students with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, and severe allergies, requiring ongoing oversight. School nurses are responsible for monitoring these conditions, administering medications, and educating students on self-care practices.

Wellness

Stanford Childrens

JUNE 23, 2025

When she was a few weeks old, she developed a serious condition that’s common in micro-preemies called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). The condition inflames and kills parts of the intestine tissue. This condition leads to chronic diarrhea and hampers nutrient absorption because food moves too quickly through the shortened intestines.

Nutrition

The Sporting

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Everything You Need to Know About Nutrition for Rhythmic Gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport that gives special consideration to body image. International rhythmic gymnast Neringa Masionyté explains everything you need to know about diet and nutrition for gymnasts. A young rhythmic gymnast in action!

Nutrition

Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 9, 2023

Amid these constraints, school nurses work diligently to educate students, staff, and parents about various health-related topics, including nutrition, hygiene, and managing chronic conditions. Ultimately, creating a safe and inclusive school environment for students with medical needs requires collective effort.

Schooling

Designs for Health

OCTOBER 10, 2024

When considering the importance of nutrition and skin health, five foundational focus areas should be discussed: nourishing the skin, hormonal health balance, strengthening the gut-skin connection, fortifying the skin barrier, and building collagen. Nutrition can be thought of as the core of these foundations.

Nutrition

Stanford Childrens

AUGUST 14, 2024

asked Rachel Herdes, DO , a pediatric gastroenterologist with the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Nutrition Support program at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. Arizona has been a patient of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Nutrition Support program at Stanford Children’s ever since. Is that an x-ray on your T-shirt?”

Motivation

Stanford Childrens

APRIL 15, 2024

Jah’Seki was born with a condition that damaged his small intestine, requiring much of it to be removed. To survive and grow, he has been on total parenteral nutrition (TPN)—intravenous feeding—his entire life. The purpose of the program is to provide nutritional support to help compromised bowels grow and regain function.

Nutrition

PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

Therefore, high school strength and conditioning curriculum plays a pivotal role in students’ long-term development in physical education. This article explores specific programs and approaches for the different levels of students in a high school strength and conditioning program.

High School

Stanford Childrens

APRIL 24, 2023

For 12 hours each day, she was hooked up to parenteral nutrition , or TPN, which delivers liquid nutrients through a central line or semipermanent IV. She had pseudo-obstruction syndrome —a rare, chronic condition where the muscles in the intestines do not contract normally, causing symptoms that mimic a bowel obstruction.

Nutrition

The Sporting

DECEMBER 29, 2022

With supplements of various brands loaded on the shelves of different supermarkets and online, companies presenting their innovative fitness equipment for their targeted audiences, one cannot ignore the importance of nutrition when it comes to attaining the optimum fitness goals – especially intake of protein after strenuous physical activity.

Nutrition

Designs for Health

AUGUST 20, 2024

Nutrition is at the forefront of human health. Nutritional adequacy is described as meeting the nutrient intake recommendations defined by official guidelines. Nutritional adequacy is described as meeting the nutrient intake recommendations defined by official guidelines. Several factors contribute to nutritional inadequacy.

Nutrition

The Sporting

JUNE 19, 2023

These are questions we see posed repeatedly on fitness forums and nutrition subreddits. The Sporting Blog Nutrition department is on hand to add some anecdotal advice, and inform you about the different ways you can take turmeric and how it might just benefit you. Why not just try it? This is often the response.

Health

The Sporting

APRIL 12, 2023

His older brother, Benny, introduced him to the sport and helped him learn the basics of weight training and nutrition as he himself had competed in some local contests. He managed to achieve these through a combination of heavy lifting, high-volume training and a focus on nutrition and recovery.

Nutrition

The Sporting

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Top 5 Healthy Fats for Fitness 1: Fish Oils Without a doubt, fish oils are considered to be among the best nutrition-loaded fats as they are high in omega fatty acids. It is better to add some variety so you can get better nutritional diversity otherwise not attainable in the best way. 12 percent. Cholesterol.

Exercise

Stanford Childrens

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It takes a lot of energy to maintain the body’s needs when the heart and lungs are not working well, and many infants with heart conditions can’t take in enough calories by mouth. The Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare program supports Bay Area parents of children with a variety of complex and chronic conditions.

Conditioning

MSU

OCTOBER 21, 2024

I started my career instructing at a community college in Arizona after completing my bachelor’s degree in clinical health fitness from Central Michigan University and my master’s degree in exercise and nutrition science from Lipscomb University.

Nutrition

Stanford Childrens

OCTOBER 1, 2022

When the spinal cord is open, there is a risk for meningitis, which is a life-threatening condition. It gives kids their best chance at walking and gaining bowel and bladder control, and it helps parents navigate the health care system, manage shunts, enhance nutrition and social skills, and cope. Iliana loves the playground.

Conditioning

AASP

MAY 21, 2024

Most student-athletes have access to medical healthcare, nutrition services, strength & conditioning, mental health clinicians and mental performance coaches, and student-athlete development staff. ” One of the perks of being a student-athlete is that you are surrounded by a support team.

Wellness

Designs for Health

APRIL 10, 2023

Deficiencies in vitamin D in the pediatric population may be a result of inadequate nutritional intake, decreased absorption, darker skin pigmentation, lack of sun exposure, and genetic conditions. Vitamin D is essential for bone formation during childhood development. ng/mL to 44.76 ng/mL after 6 months of supplementation.

Immune system

I Love to Watch You Play

AUGUST 9, 2021

Piattoly is the former New Orleans Saints, Pelicans, and Tulane Athletic dietician, and the Co-founder and Director of Sports Nutrition for My Sports Dietitian (www.mysportsd.com) and the Eat2Win Nutrition App. The interview is also available on our podcast (see above) and on iTunes and Spotify. (The

Nutrition

Designs for Health

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In the pediatric population, they may be a result of inadequate nutritional intake , decreased absorption, darker skin pigmentation, certain pathologies, lifestyle changes, and genetic conditions. Deficiencies in vitamin D are common in both pediatric and adult populations.

Immune system

Stanford Childrens

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Learning that the baby they were expecting had an extremely rare heart condition At her 21-week ultrasound, Michelle said, the ultrasound technician went quiet. We appreciated their honesty about how rare and challenging her condition was, and we valued how they included us as parents. Martin was a calming, reassuring presence.

Conditioning

PLT4M

MAY 3, 2023

Mental Health Issues Facing Students The mental health conditions of students are a major public health concern. ” And while studies and research have documented students’ poor mental health, anyone who has spent time in a school has seen firsthand students’ startling mental health conditions.

Fitness

First Beat

MARCH 28, 2024

With the onset of conditioning work, I truly start integrating Firstbeat. Conditioning sessions differ in volume and intensity throughout the week and usually take place during team practices at the side of the court to allow players to focus on team tactics at the same time.

Movement

Stanford Childrens

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

We think about these conditions all of the time. They are right at the front of our minds, so it’s not hard for us to catch these airway and swallowing conditions.”. A gastrostomy, or G-tube , was placed to ensure that he received proper nutrition, something he still needs today.

Conditioning

Stanford Childrens

JUNE 3, 2022

A nationwide shortage of baby formula is creating empty store shelves and raising questions among parents about how to provide babies with proper nutrition. Elemental formulas are for kids with severe allergies and certain medical conditions. These have been the hardest to find during the shortage. Should parents stock up?

Nutrition

Stanford Childrens

AUGUST 22, 2023

By 2019, her condition had worsened to the point where she was hospitalized near her home. News & World Report , providing a full range of services, including medical, psychological, respiratory therapy, nutrition, and social work. “We She will be with me until she’s 21,” Dr. Wadia said with a smile.

Psychology