"Gimme this baby!" laughed Monica Washington as she threw her arms wide to hug Edwin, age 1, and his mother, Jasmine Kidd. As Edwin joined the other giggling infants on the playroom floor of the Mother Nurture Project breastfeeding support...
Researchers at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research recently crunched nearly two decades worth of national data to gauge female wellness across the country -- and uncovered a roster of disturbing health...
If you've found yourself getting caught up in the conversations about poverty and inequality spurred by the Baltimore demonstrations and riots, you should read this Harvard Magazine profile of the work of Sendhil Mullainathan, a behavioral...
In her quest to achieve some semblance of justice in the world and in her own life, abuse survivor Rachael Kay Albers angrily sought refuge in feminism. Until one day, she noticed an irony: In her aggressive approach to fighting for a...
As business leaders who realize that more and more California jobs require advanced education, we know California’s preschools are essential for workforce development, to avoid a serious skills gap. We are also excited to see that this...
Obesity and depression -- not only lack of sleep -- are underlying causes for regular drowsiness, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. They say the findings could lead to more personalized sleep medicine for those with...
The process of innovation is often one of mystery. Where does an idea come from? How do innovators find it? What makes them different from everyone else fumbling around in the dark? Compounding the puzzle is the irony that those most likely to...
Negative experiences in childhood have been labelled a ‘toxic stress’ on dental health, according to a new report. Research p ubli shed in the journ al of Community Dentistry Oral and Epidemiology has provided strong evidence for...
Recognizing that patients' experiences of childhood and adult trauma are common and have a direct impact on their health, UCSF clinical researchers and Positive Women's Network-USA have developed and are reporting a new primary care model. "In...
San Diego Author Casey Gwinn Publishes New Book Focused on Children Exposed to Trauma NYC Filmmaker Hannelore Williams Calls Cheering for the Children "Transformational" Every child needs a cheerleader and a pathway to...
I’ve used Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), popularly called “tapping,” for four years, and gotten major relief from severe fight-flight emotions like fear and anger (emotions I could feel). I’ve also gotten relief from...
To better understand the roots of racial division in America, think about this: The human brain seems to be wired so that it categorizes people by race in the first one-fifth of a second after seeing a face. Brain scans show that even when...
Bullying starts as early as elementary and middle school, and occurs more frequently for students who later identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual, a new study suggests. The study found that from fifth through 10th grade, children who later...
Emeryville, a small city in the San Francisco Bay Area, has given initial approval to the nation's highest minimum wage by setting baseline pay at $16 an hour in 2019, with gradual increases leading up to that level. The 5-0 vote on Tuesday by...
For adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, employment prospects are often disappointingly few and far between. According to a 2013 report published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry , the underemployment starts early. Just over 50 percent of young adults with ASD worked for pay outside the home within eight years after they finished high school. And when they did, the work was part-time and low-paying more often than not. Only about 20...