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  Children who are homeless are at risk for experiencing many complicating issues that impact their physical and emotional health. Unfortunately, this impact can have long term, cumulative effects over the course of a lifetime. The earlier we can...

Combining two medications with parent training appears to improve anger, irritability and violent tendencies in children whose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is coupled with severe aggression, a new study suggests.   "Augmented"...

We don’t always understand the world as well as we imagine, especially when it comes to the effects of public policy.This includes the crime rate and the impact of various interventions on it. Despite our lip service to data driven practices and...

Exposure to air pollution can vary sharply by the ethnic or racial makeup of a community, according to a large, multistate study.     The data showed that people living in Hispanic neighborhoods are exposed to more air pollution than those...

  "The common conception is that suicide is a problem for high-income countries," says Dr. Shekhar Saxena, director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the World Health Organization. But WHO's first ever report on suicide...

  Twenty years ago this week, in 1994, then-President Bill Clinton signed a crime bill. It was, in effect, a long-term experiment in various ways to fight crime. The measure paid to put more cops on the beat, trained police and lawyers to...

Mouse over Groups in the upper navigation bar, then click on Group Directory . That will take you to the Group Directory page ,   Click on the tab All Groups.   To the right of that tab, there's a drop-down menu where you can Sort for...

The “General Theory of Love” (GTL) shows it’s vital to value our mammalian attachment system. We need to stay close to other mammals. This week I've got some great quotes and MP3 audio clips from General Theory, to follow up on Dr....

  More than 4,000 Santa Cruz County children were homeless at some point during the 2012-13 school year — a number equivalent to the combined student enrollment of Live Oak and Soquel school districts. Whether crowding into the homes of...

  The California family court’s questionable handling of one celebrity’s high-ticket divorce case has caused the discussion over the link between family court corruption and child safety into the mainstream media spotlight. Much of...

  A few extra pounds might do more than test the strength of that belt around your waist, a small study sugg ests: You could also boost your blood pressure slightly, even if you gain just 5 percent of your body weig ht. For the study, researchers...

  People who are in control of their gambling habits play for fun and like the idea of possibly winning big. They set limits on how much money and time they can spend, and they are likely to gamble on the internet. But gambling is just one of...