Ask Victor Lopez, a 17-year-old transgender male, what it was like when he got his period at the age of 8, and he’ll tell you a wrenching story about locking himself in his room for hours, crying and hiding from his family. Just getting...
Hannah Blomdal stood in her darkened front yard, trying to surmount her fear. Her family’s suburban home looked calm, even bucolic, on the April evening. But the 17-year-old’s thoughts were agitated. A few months earlier, the...
Silvestre Segovia had vowed many times over that he would never return to solitary confinement. Languishing in the vast Texas prison system's solitary confinement wings for more than a decade had exacted a heavy emotional toll. And...
Right now, 62 million girls worldwide are not in school. They’re receiving no formal education at all—no reading, no writing, no math—none of the basic skills they need to provide for themselves and their families, and...
LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) young people appear to be less resilient than their older LGBT counterparts, according to a new study at the University of Missouri School of Medicine that explored the role resilience plays in lowering...
Bridgeport is Going Green to Improve Health Three years ago, Angel Torres-Sosa avoided the menacing, vacant lot around the corner from his Bridgeport, Conn., home. The neglected area in the Reservoir neighborhood was smothered with weeds and...
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has announced the eight communities that were selected from more than 340 applicants to receive the 2015 RWJF Culture of Health Prize . Each of the winners will receive a $25,000 cash prize and the...
Just a quick follow-up note to say that the Trigger Points Anthology can now be ordered online. Here's the link ...
I'm Nurse Rona, and I host a show called "About Health" twice a month. You can hear all of the past shows and learn about my guests at http://www.nurserona.com/ . Join me and Dr. Will Courtenay and Niiobli Armah, to discuss the...
“How come Garrett does not want to talk to me?” Grover, the blue-haired Muppet, asks Garrett’s big sister, Angelina. The 4-year-old Garrett and his twin AJ have autism and are more interested in their snacks and Lego bricks...
The difference between what the rich and poor eat in America begins long before a baby can walk, or even crawl. A team of researchers at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences found considerable differences in the solid...
A new report released Wednesday by the student advocacy group Education Trust-West calls for an increased focus on helping black students thrive in California schools. Called “Black Minds Matter: Supporting the...
The test emphasis in education is finally failing. Here's a long-proven alternative developed by Dr. James P. Comer of Yale University. For over 40 years, Dr. Comer’s program has shown that in order to help...
Healthy People 2020 identifies positive youth development (PYD) as a major new approach for interventions, describing it as “the intentional process of providing all youth with the support, relationships, experiences,...
Giving kids a healthy and happy childhood can improve their health and well-being for the rest of their lives. That’s according to a report released this week by the Trust for America’s Health, which outlines 40 ways to...