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Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Henry M. Jackson Foundation Wins $11.5M Defense Health Contract for TBI Research Support (envzone.com) — Silver Spring will host part of a new $11.5 million Defense Health Agency contract supporting traumatic brain injury research and clinical guidance for military care. The Henry M. Jackson Foundation will provide expertise to improve diagnosis, treatment tools, and training for military healthcare providers. Work runs through August 2027 and aims to boost both patient care and operational readiness.
• Patients with Wounds That Will Not Close Get a Rare Say in How Treatments Are Tested (medicaldaily.com) — The FDA is hosting a major public meeting today at its White Oak campus in Silver Spring to rethink how chronic wound treatments are tested and evaluated. While the in-person session is just for today, anyone can submit written comments about daily life with nonhealing wounds through October 26. Patients and caregivers are encouraged to describe pain, mobility limits, and treatment burdens in plain language.
• Families feel the pinch of higher children's shoe prices as kids head back to school (philasun.com) — A Silver Spring-based foot and ankle specialist explains how quickly kids outgrow shoes, just as families nationwide are grappling with sharply rising children's footwear prices. Parents are stretching budgets, hunting for deals, and sometimes saying no to pricey status sneakers as inflation and economic pressures make back-to-school shopping tougher. The piece also highlights growing interest in secondhand options and versatile, hand-me-down-friendly styles.
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