The Vatican has failed to acknowledge the huge scale of clerical sex abuse and has implemented policies that have led to "the continuation of the abuse and the impunity of the perpetrators", a UN panel said on Wednesday in a scathing...
The United Nations has accused both sides to the Syria conflict of grave violations against children. Children caught in the Syrian war are being recruited as child soldiers, used as human shields, and tortured, according to a new UN...
When men end up in therapy, it’s often the result of an ultimatum, or they find themselves collapsing under the weight of cumulative losses. They know there’s something wrong. But when it comes to talking about the traumatic event...
In the heated debate over Woody Allen, there is one thing people seem to agree on: The public can never be sure what exactly happened that day in 1992. Dylan Farrow says her father led her into an attic room and sexually molested her. Allen insists...
I'm conducting my research on teen moms at an urban high school. The interviews have been quite interesting. I will be conducting focus groups. I'm trying to figure out how to utilize the ACE questionnaire in my study as a way to prevent...
My mother is mentally ill. My 15-year-old cousin committed suicide. Many of my relatives struggle with depression, although few use the word. By all accounts, I should be mentally ill, right? It’s inherited — or contagious —...
Brain research has shown that traumatized youth often have strongly developed fear and survival responses, leaving them in a state of anxiety and hyper-awareness that makes it difficult to concentrate and listen in the classroom; many are prone...
Williams was arrested after a domestic dispute where he allegedly struck his girlfriend in the face and attempted to cut off the dog's leg, authorities said. The animal was found in nearby woods, her left femur shattered in 10 places. A large knife...
Ivan Oransky , Global Editorial Director, MedPage Today, did a Q-and-A with Pritpal Tamber about his Wellthcare project. When we talk about the costs and value of healthcare, are we actually ignoring most of what contributes? And how will that...
Serenity, a domestic violence shelter in this small rural Arkansas community of 12,000, is moving to a new facility. And for the first time in its 25-year history it will hang a sign out front. Serenity is one of approximately 1,700 domestic violence...
A new study correlating brain activity with how people make decisions suggests that when individuals engage in risky behavior, such as drunk driving or unsafe sex, it's probably not because their brains' desire systems are too active, but because...
Government initiatives to improve access to healthy foods may have a limited impact on obesity in the US, according to new research by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Penn State University. Disadvantaged neighbourhoods often lack access to low-cost healthy foods, which has led to recent US policy initiatives that focus on increasing the number of local supermarkets through grants and loans. These programmes include the $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative,...
Pierre Rouzier, a medical doctor from Amherst, was as prepared as anyone could be for responding to the carnage that unfolded in April 2013 when two bombs were detonated at the Boston Marathon. What he wasn’t quite prepared for was the...
The researchers recruited 69 mothers and their 12- to 14-month-old infants to participate in the study. Researchers attached cardiovascular sensors to both mother and infant and took baseline recordings from each. After settling in, mother and infant...