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Talking Politics—Without Getting the Silent Treatment
Regardless of your political leanings or the company you keep, the road to the 2024 presidential polls will likely be studded with conversational potholes. So how do you keep insults (or rolls) from flying at the dinner table? According to Tiara Fennell, a licensed family therapist and director of ...View Article Details for Talking Politics—Without Getting the Silent Treatment -
To Gauge Maryland’s Drinking Water Quality, Researchers Tap Into the Public
Depending on where Marylanders live, their assurance of safe drinking water isn’t always crystal clear. In some Baltimore neighborhoods, it can be brown. While the city’s drinking water meets federal safety standards when it leaves municipal treatment plants, it might pick up lead, E. coli and other...View Article Details for To Gauge Maryland’s Drinking Water Quality, Researchers Tap Into the Public -
UMD-Led Website Aims to Snuff Out Tobacco Use Among LGBTQ+ Teens of Color
LGBTQ+ as well as Black and Latinx populations are at increased risk for using tobacco products, so youths of color who are LGBTQ+ are squarely in the sights of Big Tobacco. As a result, they experience greater tobacco-related health burdens than their non-LGBTQ+ and white peers, according to the Ce...View Article Details for UMD-Led Website Aims to Snuff Out Tobacco Use Among LGBTQ+ Teens of Color -
Op/ed: Make All Overdose Reversal Agents Available in Maryland
Black barbershops and beauty salons often serve as virtual community centers, improving not only the hairstyles but the well-being of their clients by hosting vaccine clinics health outreach activities, according to Professor Stephen B. Thomas, founding director of the University of Maryland’s Cente...View Article Details for Op/ed: Make All Overdose Reversal Agents Available in Maryland -
Study: Effective Policies Needed to Curb Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals
Without smart policymaking, banning harmful chemicals like bisphenols and phthalates—common ingredients in plastics manufacturing—can result in a game of regulatory whack-a-mole where chemicals of similar toxicity or that have not been rigorously tested take their place. The finding comes from a wi...View Article Details for Study: Effective Policies Needed to Curb Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals -
Returning to Workouts? Before Popping in Your AirPods, Take a Beat.
After a dreary winter—and brutal flu and cold season—most of us are welcoming a new kind of affliction: spring fever. Coma-like weeks on the couch, whether brought on by a super virus or the new season of “Vanderpump Rules,” may have you itching to resuscitate your fitness routine—or reluctant to em...View Article Details for Returning to Workouts? Before Popping in Your AirPods, Take a Beat.