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Regulating Emotions: Countdown to Calm
Learning to identify and appropriately express emotions in response to events is one of the many tasks of child development. Learn more about what can be done to help your child's emotional development.
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Falls Prevention: The Vestibular System and Balance
Many elderly people fall because they lose their balance. Learn how this happens and steps that can be taken to help prevent the higher risk of falling as we get older.
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Staying Active and Healthy While at Home
Understand the importance of physical activity and work setup while at home.
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What Every Parent Should Know About Children’s Vision
Healthy eyes are a critical component to a child’s development. Vision is a fundamental sense that may affect visual and brain development, learning and school performance, communication, and visual processing abilities.
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How to Prevent Rotator Cuff Injuries
Tips to prevent rotator cuff injuries.
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Protecting Your Eyes from Sunlight
Quality sunglasses are vital in protecting the eyes against the sun’s harmful UV rays.
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Help for Aphasia
Tips for communicating with someone who has aphasia.
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Five Tips for Relieving Anxiety
A little anxiety in your life is normal, especially in uncertain times like those we in which we have been living. However, when anxiety starts to interfere with your sleep, mood, relationships, and parenting, it may be time to take steps to address it.
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Is Your Child Stuttering?
As children develop language skills between two and five years of age, they might experience a period of normal disfluency.
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Tips to Reduce Digital Eye Strain
Symptoms of eye strain and tips to help.
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“Mask Mouth” and What Can I Do for It?
Causes of "mask mouth" and tips to help.
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Are You Grinding and Clenching Your Teeth?
Teeth grinding and clenching symptoms and how early diagnosis and treatment can help.
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Women and Heart Disease
It is important for women to schedule regular checkups and talk with their doctors about ways to prevent and control heart disease.
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Eye Institute Offers New Treatment for Dry Eyes
Two new instruments to help combat dry eye.
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Can My Child Benefit From Pediatric Occupational Therapy?
The Midwestern University Therapy Institute now offers pediatric occupational therapy, and parents are often unsure about what signs they should watch for that may indicate that their child could benefit from Occupational Therapy.