Amelia Brust

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • November 26, 2024

Do you know your family health history? | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

Some people inherit heirlooms—jewelry, furniture, clothing, and other items—from their relatives. But there’s something even more valuable we all inherit: our health.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • October 22, 2024

Caregiving 101: Worksheets, resources, and suggestions from the National Institute on Aging | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

Being a caregiver or care partner is a big undertaking. Caregivers don’t just manage someone else’s health care, daily tasks, financial decisions, and other logistics. They also have their own schedules and responsibilities to balance. It can be hard to know where to begin! Whether you’re new to caregiving or have been doing it for a while, the National Institute on Aging’s (NIA) website has expert-backed advice to help make things more manageable. Here is just a sample of what you’ll find. As...

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • September 24, 2024

8 tips for talking (and listening) to your teens about drugs and alcohol | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

Talking to your children about drugs and alcohol can be…well, awkward. It’s hard to know what to ask them, what to say, and if you’ll get through to them. If you’re not sure how to get the conversation started, these tips from SAMHSA may help.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • September 17, 2024

‘I choose to climb instead of fall’ | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

Rachel George is in recovery for opioid use disorder (OUD). Now she’s sharing her story with NIH MedlinePlus Magazine to let others with OUD know they are not alone and there are people who want to support them.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • June 27, 2024

More than two decades of NIH research gives answers on a rare disease affecting bones, skin, and the endocrine system | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

Why do patients with fibrous dysplasia/McCune-Albright Syndrome break their bones so easily? Or hit puberty as early as infancy? Or sometimes lose their vision and hearing? Twenty-six years ago, researchers at NIH began piecing it together.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • June 4, 2024

Making it easier to get HIV treatment | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

HIV research has come a long way since the epidemic began in the 1980s. Today, people with HIV can live long and healthy lives with the right treatment. The treatment for people living with HIV is known as antiretroviral therapy (ART), which is a combination of medicines taken together. Patients need to take ART for the rest of their lives. This can be hard for people who have financial and other barriers to accessing health care. Recent studies supported by the National Institute of Allergy an...

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • March 7, 2024

Meet the Director: Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

For 75 years, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has studied many different diseases and conditions that are distinct and can intersect. Under Director Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., NHLBI participates in many efforts to tackle heart disease, address long COVID, and reduce health disparities.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • January 9, 2024

Meet the Director: Helene M. Langevin, M.D., National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

Helene M. Langevin, M.D., was destined for a career in medicine. Not only did she grow up around doctors, but she was always curious about how the body worked. As Director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health she looks at how mainstream and nonconventional treatments, when used together, can improve whole person health.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • January 2, 2024

‘Why can’t I sleep?!’

A good night’s rest does more than energize you—sleep can affect your mood, keep your heart healthy, and help you feel better when you’re sick. But not everyone gets enough sleep every night to feel rested. In fact, about 1 in 3 adults in the United States say they don’t get enough sleep.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • December 19, 2023

Ask an Expert: Marishka K. Brown, Ph.D., Director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research

Sleep is second nature. But for biomedical research, sleep is a relatively new field of study. Marishka K. Brown, Ph.D., said sleep health research has exploded in the past decade or so.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • December 12, 2023

Taking on the stigma of ADHD

Penn Holderness and his wife Kim made history last year by becoming the oldest contestants ever to win the long-running hit TV show, The Amazing Race. Holderness, a songwriter, YouTube video producer, and internet personality, attributes this success at least in part to being one of the millions of Americans with ADHD.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • November 7, 2023

6 findings from the Sister Study you should know

Since 2003, the still ongoing Sister Study has followed more than 50,000 women from all 50 states and Puerto Rico to find causes of breast cancer. The study led to findings about relationships between disease, lifestyle, and environmental factors. Here are six major findings from the Sister Study that may surprise you.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • November 2, 2023

Voices of the Sister Study

For 20 years, the Sister Study has partnered with more than 50,000 women across the United States to learn about breast cancer risks. The participants are women whose sisters have had breast cancer. Dale Sandler, Ph.D., principal investigator for the Sister Study, said people with a family history of breast cancer are more likely to develop it themselves.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • October 17, 2023

INFOGRAPHIC: Who Are the "Sisters"?

The Sister Study is a long-term study of more than 50,000 women whose sisters have had breast cancer. These women are twice as likely to develop the disease compared to women without affected sisters, according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Here is a snapshot of who these women were when they enrolled in the study.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • September 28, 2023

Endometriosis under a microscope

Endometriosis is when cells from the lining of your uterus grow in other areas of your body. Some places they can grow are on or under your ovaries and fallopian tubes. This can be painful or cause heavy bleeding and bleeding between periods. There is no cure for endometriosis, but NIH supports research to find new treatments.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • August 17, 2023

Meet the Director: Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., FAAN, National Institute of Nursing Research

Nursing is the largest health care workforce in the United States. As Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., FAAN, wants nurses’ perspectives included in research to end health disparities nationwide.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • June 15, 2023

Meet the Director: George F. Koob, Ph.D., National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Even after decades of research in the field, George F. Koob, Ph.D., is still learning new things about alcohol, its overall effects on human health, and alcohol use disorder. He has been Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) since 2014, and he wants everyone to know what the institute has to offer.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • May 11, 2023

Prosthetics through the ages

Millions of people in the United States are currently living with limb loss. This number is expected to grow as the population ages and rates of diseases such as diabetes that can cause dysvascularity (poor blood circulation in the legs) increase. For people with limb loss, prosthetic devices improve quality of life by providing movement and independence.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • March 9, 2023

Deafness is not a burden

Being deaf is not the same for everyone with the condition. Deafness means partial or complete loss of hearing in one or both ears and can range from mild to severe to profound. It can happen at any age and can be hereditary, genetic, or caused by environmental factors such as occupational noise. The ways in which people who are Deaf communicate also vary, and this affects how they move through the world or connect with other people.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine • February 23, 2023

Loud and clear: What to know about hearing loss

Hearing loss affects approximately 37.5 million people in the United States ages 18 years or older. It affects one in three people ages 65 to 74 and nearly half of people ages 75 and older. But only about a quarter of those who could benefit from a hearing aid use one.