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Brooke Buckley was diagnosed with narcolepsy in 2019 at age 22. After living with symptoms for about 7 years before receiving a proper diagnosis, she hopes to bring awareness to this misunderstood condition. Buckley is also a trained speaker and advocate with Project Sleep, and she enjoys playing tennis and hiking with her dog, Athena. Follow her on Instagram. Important: The opinions expressed in WebMD Blogs are solely those of the User, who may or may not have medical or scientific training. These opinions do not represent the opinions of WebMD. Blogs are not reviewed by a WebMD physician or...

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The development of preventative therapies for age-related chronic diseases is a significant biological challenge, but a necessary one.

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded nearly $90 million in funding to 496 health centers across 48 states, the District of Columbia, Federated States of Micronesia, Puerto Rico, Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. HRSA-funded health centers will use these funds to increase the number of patients diagnosed with hypertension who have controlled blood pressure. “Nearly 30 million people rely on HRSA-funded health centers for care, of which nearly 18 million are racial and ethnic minoritie...

Overdose. >> jon: fees are generally people who might get a prescription if they break a leg or something, they need some kind of a pain killer and they just get hooked? >> it's a great question. when we surveyed doing this, the narrative around this epidemic was its kids, they're abusing good drugs that their finding and their parents or grandparents medicine chest. what we found is that's not really what's going on. this is not an epidemic of abuse, this is an epidemic of addiction. and the vast majority of cases, people's initial exposure at the very least is coming from a prescription that...