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Types of sunscreen

Sunscreens and the Facts About Protecting Your Skin

Elnaz F. Firoz, MD
June 27, 2025

Your skin is much more than what people see. The skin is a whole system that acts as a barrier to protect the inside of your body from the outside world. It is vital that we do what we can to protect it. What is sunscreen and...

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Elderly Support & Covid19

Supporting Your Elderly Neighbors, Friends and Family While Social Distancing

Marcia Liss, PhD
April 13, 2020

As human beings, we need to have a purpose, to understand what helps us get out of bed in the morning. When we are...

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What is a clinical trial?

Why Clinical Trials Are Important

Bharat Ramratnam, MD
February 12, 2020

A clinical trial is a study led by a researcher that gathers individuals with a certain disease or condition and offers...

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Healthy Aging

Aging Healthy: Preventing Injuries

Lynn McNicoll, MD
August 26, 2019

With age comes wisdom. Unfortunately, trips, falls and injuries may come with it too. There are several reasons for that...

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Prepare Your Home Before Joint Replacement Surgery

Prepare Your Home Before Joint Replacement Surgery

Heidi Antosh, MS, OTR/L, and Liz Clegg, MS, OTR/L BCPR
June 5, 2019

Joint replacement surgery has evolved over the years. Technology and techniques have improved, outcomes are better, and...

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Need Pain Relief? Education and Physical Therapy Can Help.

Courtney Klenk, PT, DPT, OCS
May 28, 2019

When you think of physical therapy, you think of exercising, right? I occasionally meet patients who are afraid of...

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What Is a Living Will?

Brown University Health Blog Team
May 23, 2019

An often-overlooked part of end-of-life planning is setting up a living will, sometimes referred to as an advance...

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Topics of Interest

Have You Noticed You’re Forgetting Things?

Jonathan Drake, MD
March 29, 2023

As we age, the body changes in many ways. Some things we think of as normal signs of aging, such as the appearance of...

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Prepare Your Home Before Joint Replacement Surgery

Prepare Your Home Before Joint Replacement Surgery

Heidi Antosh, MS, OTR/L, and Liz Clegg, MS, OTR/L BCPR
June 5, 2019

Joint replacement surgery has evolved over the years. Technology and techniques have improved, outcomes are better, and...

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What Is a Living Will?

Brown University Health Blog Team
May 23, 2019

An often-overlooked part of end-of-life planning is setting up a living will, sometimes referred to as an advance...

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Upcoming Events & Recent News

July
30
2025

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Join us for this in-person, eight-hour course on providing mental health first aid for youth.Youth Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training course designed to give members of the public ...
July
31
2025

SoCRA Rhode Island Chapter Meeting

The Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA), a non-profit and educational membership organization committed to providing education, certification, and networking opportunities to all persons involved in clinical research activities will hold its Rhode Island ...
August
2
2025

Free Skin Check for Skin Cancer

Get a free, private skin cancer screening by expert dermatologists this summer. Presented jointly by NBC10 (WJAR), Brown Dermatology, the Partnership to Reduce Cancer in Rhode Island, Brown University Health Community Health Institute, Rhode Island ...
August
4
2025

Safe Sitter

Join the Brown University Health Community Health Institute for a Safe Sitter training session from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Monday, August 4, 2025. The Safe Sitter curriculum is designed exclusively ...