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Health risks are all around us. A nearby sneeze may raise your risk for catching the flu. Obesity boosts the odds you’ll get diabetes. News headlines warn about food poisoning, Zika virus, and shark attacks. This infographic from NIH will help you to put risks into perspective, a necessary step in making decisions for your health. Shark Attacks, What Do You Hear, Genetic Diseases, Zika Virus, Health Plus, Food Poisoning, Making Decisions, Medical Knowledge, In Construction

The Challenges of Understanding and Communicating Health Risks

Health risks are all around us. A nearby sneeze may raise your risk for catching the flu. Obesity boosts the odds you’ll get diabetes. News headlines warn about food poisoning, Zika virus, and shark attacks. This infographic from NIH will help you to put risks into perspective, a necessary step in making decisions for your health.

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Clinical Studies infographic

Speech And Hearing Month Ideas

Better Hearing And Speech Month

Communication Disorders

Month Ideas

Communication Development

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The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) celebrates Better Hearing and Speech Month, an annual observance sponsored by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to raise awareness about communication disorders, which take many forms and span all ages.

Speech Therapy

Means Of Communication

Celebrate World Voice Day Infographic

April 16 is World Voice Day, a day when organizations around the world join together to encourage healthy voice habits.

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Maternity Yoga

Tcm Fertility

Awareness Infographic

Getting Pregnant Tips

Infertility Awareness Infographic

Infertility is the inability to achieve pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse (or after 6 months if the woman is older than 35). The term describes men who can’t get a woman pregnant and women who can’t get pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term.

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Trying To Get Pregnant

Infographic Health

Get Pregnant

Women's Health Infographic: Ovulation

6 Things to Know About Ovulation

the science behind competition info sheet

Women's Health Infographic: Conception

6 Things to Know About Conception

a poster with instructions on how to sleep in the baby's cribs

Infographic: Dads—Help Baby Sleep Safe

Dads today spend triple the time caring for their children as dads did 50 years ago. Making sure dads with infants know how to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related causes of infant death is more important than ever.

the health and safety plan for pregnant women is shown in this poster, which includes instructions to

Peaceful Birth

Facts About Pregnancy

Pregnancy Infographic

Exercise During Pregnancy

Infographic: Healthy Pregnancy: Get the Facts

Pregnancy Myths: All pregnancies are different. If you have questions about how any of the facts provided in this infographic may affect you, please talk to your health care provider.

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Placenta Encapsulation

Student Midwife

Nursing School Studying

Birth Doula

Infographic: The Placenta

What is the Placenta? A temporary organ linking mother and fetus — brings nutrients and oxygen to and moves harmful waste and materials away from the fetus.

an info sheet with different types of food

Infographic: Why Do We Need Media-Smart Youth?

Why Do We Need Media-Smart Youth? Youth ages 11 to 14 spend an average of 8 hours and 40 minutes each day using media.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is an injury caused by a blow, jolt, or penetrating object that disrupts normal functioning of the brain. Counselling Tools, Medical Tools, Brain Injuries, Brain Tissue, Healthy Cholesterol Levels, Speech Pathology, Playing Football

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Speech Pathology

Playing Football

Infographic: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Pediatric Causes and Prevention Strategies

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is an injury caused by a blow, jolt, or penetrating object that disrupts normal functioning of the brain.

the info sheet shows that children are not allowed to be in their homes or families

Nursing Instructor

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Infographic: HIV Transmission from Mother to Child

Children are most likely to get HIV from their mothers in 1 of 3 ways: in the womb, during birth, from breastfeeding or breast milk. 30 years of NICHD research has helped establish safe and effective ways to prevent this type of HIV transmission.

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Infographic: Distracted Driving

Driver inattention is the number one cause of motor vehicle crashes.

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