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Summer Skin Care and Safety Tips

Dermatology at Brown University Health
June 8, 2024

It's that time of year to get outside and enjoy the nice weather. With longer days and more sunlight hours, don’t forget to prioritize your skin health! Here are some summer skin care tips for protecting your skin this season...

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Young girl calming down with book

Creating a Calming Corner: A Simple Way to Help Kids Feel Better

Alicia Ead, LICSW
June 3, 2025
More and more children are dealing with strong emotions like stress, sadness, and anger. In fact, about one in five...
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PTC pain medication graphics

Safe Use of OTC Pain Medications: What You Need to Know

Bethany Carroll, RPh
May 27, 2025
Over-the-counter (OTC) pain medications are a common go-to for managing everyday aches and pains. Whether it is a...
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Patient talking to ED provider

Patient Satisfaction Surveys: Improving Your Experience as a Patient

Brown University Health Blog Team
May 20, 2025
At Brown University Health, we strive to deliver the highest quality patient care we can. To make sure that we do that...
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Women with bladder pain

Understanding Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)

Meredith C. Wasserman, MD
May 6, 2025
Urinary tract infections (UTI) are common bacterial infections that affect different parts of the urinary system. It is...
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Speech Therapy and Its Connection to Mental Health

Rebecca Craine, MSEd, CCC-SLP
May 1, 2025
Speech and language development is an integral part of early childhood. When kids aren’t progressing as they should, it...
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Red light therapy mask

Red Light Therapy: Benefits, Safety and Things to Know

Kaitlin Leduc, PharmD
April 15, 2025
Red light therapy is a unique way to treat certain medical conditions as an alternative or in addition to taking...
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Topics of Interest

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Dr. Google and Online Symptom Checkers

Olivier Gherardi, DO
September 14, 2024

Calling Dr. Google! Looking up your symptoms online can be helpful when in search of a diagnosis, but it can also be...

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Elbow bump

COVID-19 Habits We Should Keep After the Pandemic

Brown University Health Blog Team
May 11, 2023

There is plenty we would all like to forget about the coronavirus pandemic. The masks, social distancing, time away from...

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WFH Burn Out

7 Ways to Prevent Work From Home Burnout

Brown University Health Blog Team
August 20, 2020

COVID-19 has brought major changes to our daily lives, with one of the biggest being the immediate shift to working from...

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Upcoming Events & Recent News

June
10
2025

Advancing Cancer Research in Rhode Island: Cures and Care

Join the Brown University Health Community Health Institute from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10 for a free virtual Community Health Ambassadors lecture featuring Stephanie Graff, MD, director of breast oncology at ...
June
13
2025

Bravo Bradley: The Future Starts Now

Gala co-chairs Kosta Bitsis, Rick Granoff, and Daniel J. Wall invite you to an extraordinary evening at the Wyndham Newport Hotel. Enjoy a night of fine dining, lively entertainment, and dancing – all in support ...
June
22
2025

Blood Pressure and Blood Glucose Screening

Join the Brown University Health Community Health Institute at Roger Williams Park on Sunday, June 22, for a free blood glucose and blood pressure screening. Speak with our outreach staff about our programs and resources ...
June
24
2025

Mental Health First Aid for Adults

Join us for this in-person, eight-hour course on providing mental health first aid for adults.Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour course that gives non-behavioral health specialists the skills to ...
June
24
2025

Safe Sitter

Join the Brown University Health Community Health Institute and the Middletown Fire Department for a Safe Sitter training session from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. The ...