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Is it Time to Sunset Hats’ UV Protection Claims? 

Erum N. Ilyas, MD, interim chair of dermatology in the College of Medicine and colleagues sort out these questions in a recently published article in The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology. The teamfound that those UPF claims — which refer to the hat’s ability to block UV — aren’t really that reliable for consumers seeking protection from the sun’s rays.

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Q+A: Eating Disorders and Body Image: Two Overlooked Problems for Men

The growing popularity of weight-loss medications like GLP-1s has triggered a broad reevaluation of the driving forces behind our relationship with food. As a result, researchers are also taking a fresh look at the neurological and psychological drivers of eating disorders — including binge-spectrum eating disorders, which affect approximately 2.8 million adults in the United States.

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What News Media Gets Right and Wrong about SNAP Eligibility

Considering the importance of media coverage to SNAP’s success, is this coverage fair and comprehensive? Researchers at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health set out to answer this question, recently publishing an article in the journal Health Affairs Scholar that analyzed 84 news stories from 1997 through 2022 about a measure of SNAP eligibility.

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Q+A: A New Path to Holistic Health Care: How is Mindfulness Meditation Helping Nurses?

Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions has created a 10‐week graduate-level “Mindfulness Meditation” class. The course is setting new standards — not only in reducing stress and burnout among students, but also in equipping future health care practitioners with essential self-care tools – to create a better education path to prepare nurses holistically.