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  • Physical therapy scene

    Keeping Things In Balance

    If it seems that falls are inevitable, there is good news: falls can be prevented if you know your risk level, where your weaknesses lie, and how to improve those weaknesses.

  • Gut Microbe illustration

    Exercise Can Improve Gut Health

    Two Studies - one in mice and the other in human subjects - offer the first definitive evidence that exercise alone can change the composition of microbes in the gut

  • Suzanne Jackson

    Standing on Broad Shoulders, and Offering Her Own

    John Randolph Medical Center CEO Suzanne Jackson received the 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Applied Health Sciences.

  • Undergraduate Research Experience Valuable

    Working in a research lab greatly enhances the undergraduate educational experience, as KCH student Garret Waterstradt reports.

  • Dr. Marni Boppart

    Research profile: Dr. Marni Boppart

    Dr. Marni Boppart, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, is working to understand the cellular aspects of muscle aging.