Inequality has risen across America. Once high-paying middle class jobs have disappeared, as the job market has cleaved into high-wage knowledge and professional jobs and an even larger number of low-pay, low skill service positions. The result of...
Can stress affect a woman’s ability to become pregnant? A new study says it may. Over four years, 401 women who were stopping contraception and trying to have a baby underwent saliva testing for two stress-related...
Games like Flappy Bird and Candy Crush have helped many of us de-stress during long waits at the doctor's office and crowded Metro rides. But what if an app could actually help with mental health? Researchers from Hunter College and the City...
Many college students associate a good time with good friends, good music and good booze. But with half of all college drinkers engaging in binge drinking, the habit remains one of the biggest health risks among young adults. Campaigns that tackle...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is asking the state’s highest court to stop the indiscriminate restraint of children in juvenile courts. Restraining juveniles in court, without first having a hearing to determine if there is...
MANCHESTER, Ky. — When smoking first swept the United States in the early decades of the 20th century, it took hold among the well-to-do. Cigarettes were high-society symbols of elegance and class, puffed by doctors and movie stars. By the...
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered impaired neuronal activity in the parts of the brain associated with anticipatory functioning among occasional 18- to 24-year-old users of stimulant drugs, such...
(Medical Xpress)—Cocaine promotes habitual behaviours and these can potentially be reversed with the use of an antioxidant, research at the University of Sydney has shown. The findings have just been published in Neuropsychopharmacology . For...
(Medical Xpress)—A psychologist from the University of Reading has played a pivotal role in a project which aims to help adults become more aware of mental health issues in young children. Professor Shirley Reynolds, Director of the University...
Sarah’s husband was not only the primary earner in the household, but he also controlled the family’s finances. In addition to physically abusing her, he would withhold Sarah’s “allowance” so that she and their children...
As the state prepares to defend itself against a federal lawsuit for alleged illegal seclusion of mentally ill juvenile offenders , new statistics show the total number of seclusion hours rose significantly last year. ... The Dispatch...
Larkin Community Hospital (LCH), one of Florida's twelve statutory teaching hospitals and the largest osteopathic teach ing hospital in the nation, has been selected as one of five organizations nationwide to participate in the National Center for...
What are the results where you live of the U.S. County Health Rankings & Roadmaps that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published today? Here's a quick overview from AtlanticCities.com. ...a new report shows just how much variation in quality of life there is within each state, if you look at the most- and least-healthy counties.In Kentucky, for instance, the percentage of children living in poverty ranges from 8, in Oldham county near Louisville, to 57 percent...
When her abusive husband left for work last fall, she grabbed her kids, her dog and her bags, only to run up against a heart-wrenching obstacle: None of the city's more than 50 domestic violence shelters would accept the pet. "Should I still leave?"...