Talking only scratches the surface of speech therapy

“The top misconception that people have about speech therapy, is that we just help people talk.”Those words come from Cheryl Mansell, speech-language pathologist.“In reality, that aspect of speech therapy only scratches the surface,” she said.According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, an estimated 17.9 million U.S. adults, ages 18 and older, reporte...

A condition affecting millions of women worldwide, has a new name and the shift could meaningfully improve how it is understood, diagnosed and treated. Polycystic ovary syndrome, long known as PCOS, is now being referred to as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS.The change follows more than a decade of global research and collaboration, and reflects a growing recognition that the con...