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Online program prompts vaccination among vaccine-hesitant mothers

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A web-based program that educates mothers about how to find reliable health information and the dangers of babies contracting vaccine-preventable illnesses was effective in persuading vaccine-hesitant mothers to vaccinate themselves and their infants, according to a study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

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Wood, director of Northeastern Universitys Extreme Medicine Certificate Program, says its important for people to recognize the signs of heat illness and how quickly heat exhaustion can progress to heat stroke, when immersion in cold water is necessary to save lives. Heat stroke is the most serious heat illness, Wood says.

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