Renee Butkus and Arlene Weissman, Ph.D., from the American College of Physicians in Washington, D.C., conducted a survey of 573 internists (response rate, 56.5 percent) regarding experiences, practice behaviors, and opinions related to firearms...
The size and shape of two brain regions involved in emotion and motivation may differ in young adults who smoke marijuana at least once a week, according to a study published April 16 in The Journal of Neuroscience . The findings suggest that...
This is a view from the coastal trail near Muir Beach in California. It's a steep climb to this vantage point, but well worth the hard work. As mentioned in the weekly newsletter, we'll be doing mini-profiles of ACEsConnection members. Here's my...
...To begin with, the dramatic disparities the rates of nonfatal gunshot injury: overall it’s 46.5 per 100,000 for the city as a whole from 2006-2012. It’s 1.62 per 100,000 for whites; 28.72 for Hispanics, and 112.83 for blacks. For all...
...At Mount Saint Vincent, children's treatment begins with an evaluation of their brains, based on a system developed by Houston-based ChildTrauma Academy. The first tests seem like part of a comprehensive medical checkup: resting heart rate, gag...
The most salient finding is that increases in emotional difficulties are associated with lags in cognitive development for two separate measures of learning within and across multiple study sites. Exposure to potentially traumatic events, male gender,...
The percentage of Americans with diabetes has doubled since 1988, with nearly one in 10 adults now diagnosed with the blood-sugar disease, researchers report. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the rate of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes was 5.5...
Mental health assessment and care coordination by a social worker eased anxiety and depression after hospitalization for heart disease, the MOSAIC trial showed. Mental health-related quality of life improvements were twice those achieved with usual...
...About 80% of the clients at Metro Community Provider Network have some behavioral or psychosocial component of their care. Metro Community didn't find zeroing in on their highest utilizers moved the needle on controlling costs. Instead, they...
The offspring of mice that suffered early-life stress show signs of the disturbance their parent experienced, researchers from the University of Zurich and their colleagues have found, pointing to a potential RNA-based mechanism by which trauma may be...
The numbers tell us two sobering facts about girls and juvenile justice. First, they indicate that the percentage of girls in the juvenile justice system has steadily increased over the decades, rising from 17 percent in 1980 to 29 percent in 2011....
As mentioned in the weekly newsletter, we'll be doing mini-profiles of ACEsConnection members. This week, we of the ACEsConnection team will go first, and we're taking different approaches to telling our stories. I’ve known ACEsConnection...
As mentioned in the weekly newsletter, we'll be doing mini-profiles of ACEsConnection members. We of the ACEsConnection team will go first, and we're taking different approaches to telling our stories. Mine's a Q-and-A. Q. What personal or...
I was fighting a rat for the remnants of a corn dog I'd salvaged from the trash. That's when I realized I'd crossed the final line I had drawn. I had told myself, as long as I don't shoot up, I'm OK. As long as I'm not homeless, I'm OK. But now I was...