Thu.Jul 03, 2025

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The Relentless School Nurse: When Public Policy Fails, Children Pay the Price

Relentless School Nurse

As school nurses, we are the sentinels of student health, on the frontlines of care, advocacy, and equity. We are not only caregivers but also witnesses to the daily realities that shape our communities and, ultimately, our nation’s future. From chronic absenteeism to unmet mental health needs, from hunger and housing instability to the trauma that walks through our doors in the bodies and behaviors of the children we serve, school nurses see it all.

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What is Informal Sport? Negotiating Contemporary Sporting Forms

PE Scholar

Understanding sport as a spectrum of negotiated practices and decision-making, provides a useful framework for understanding (in)formality.

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An Update on the Science of Skin: PeptiYouth™

Designs for Health

The skin is the first organ of the body that shows signs of aging, which can manifest as altered skin texture, loss of tone and elasticity, and decreased suppleness. Aging skin is influenced by both external and internal factors, including oxidative stress , mitochondrial dysfunction, and the accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). These factors are associated with natural changes to aging skin, including reduced protein synthesis, which inherently affects proper elastin and coll