Santa Barbara, California, Newton, Connecticut, Aurora Colorado; These cities have become synonymous with tragedy and heartbreak, as have over 100 other cities around the Unites States since 2009. Our country now endurees an average of two mass...
The ways grizzly bears deal with hibernation and fluctuating weight might offer valuable new clues to human obesity and diabetes, new research suggests. The study authors note that the tissues of obese people with type 2 diabetes become dangerously...
Big, potentially traumatic events create greater risk of health and behavior problems for the children who experience them, even into adulthood, according to a Child Trends report released this week. It also found nearly half of children have had at...
When a woman drinks heavily during pregnancy, the harmful effects on her child's brain development appear to continue over time, a new study indicates. The findings point to a possible reason for the persistent attention and behavior problems...
Toxic Algae Blooms Cause 500,000 People in the Midwest to Loose Water Driven by Climate Change, Algae Blooms Behind Ohio Water Scare Are New Normal The toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie that provoked last weekend's tap water ban in Toledo,...
Technology is enabling more people to get mental health counseling, even if they can’t get to a therapist’s office. As therapists don’t do physical exams, the field is perhaps uniquely suited to transition from face-to-face meetings...
In an extraordinary rebuke of the New York City Department of Correction, the federal government said on Monday that the department had systematically violated the civil rights of male teenagers held at Rikers Island by failing to protect them from...
Doctor responsible for mental health of people in detention becomes the most senior figure to condemn system from within, saying immigration department deliberately harms vulnerable detainees in a process akin to torture. “We have here an...
Scratch one more simple explanation for autism off the list. This time it's the idea that children with autism have low levels of oxytocin, often called the "love hormone" because it can make people more trusting and social. "Our data blew that out of...
Carmen Smith remembers the day about a year ago when she gained Medicaid coverage. "It was like Christmas Day, it was like getting a gift from Santa Claus!" she says. "People don't realize how important and how special it is to have insurance to be...
A tiny part of the brain keeps track of painful experiences and helps determine how we will react to them in the future, scientists say. The findings could be a boon to depression treatments. The habenula (pronounced ha-BEN-you-la), a part of the...
Any large scale social problem cannot be solved solely by government action. On the contrary, government solutions are no solutions. Don't confuse my bluntness with those anti-government demagogic rants spewed by militia groups — to the...
You’ve heard about the “school-to-prison pipeline.” Now, add to that the “cradle-to-prison pipeline,” the “poverty-to-prison pipeline” and the “prison-to-poverty pipeline.” Whatever you call the...
A mother who sings to her preterm infant while providing 'kangaroo care,' or holding with direct skin-to-skin contact, may see improvements in both her child's and her own health. The finding comes from an Acta Paediatrica study of 86 mother-infant...
During the period of childhood and adolescence, brain function, working memory and attention performance all rapidly improve, suggesting that this is a crucial time for developing brain networks. To study how prenatal alcohol exposure may alter this...