America's children are already getting too much sugar and consuming too many calories. Now they're also getting an excess of vitamins and minerals in their food. According to a new report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), 45 percent of...
Blacks have the highest risk of dying from colon cancer, according to the CDC . And a new study suggests one of the possible reasons why. Researchers analyzed information from 503 patients in the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study . They...
A congressional committee has begun investigating why child abuse and neglect persists on North Dakota’s Spirit Lake reservation, almost two years after the federal government stepped in to address the problem. At a hearing on Tuesday, tribal...
Fewer than one in five city schools ’fessed up to even a single incident of bullying on a new tracking system run by the state — proof, advocates say, that Education Department officials and principals have failed to address a dangerous...
The Alouette Correctional Centre for Women in Maple Ridge played host to an unconventional baby shower this month as it collected donations for the reopening of its Mother and Child Unit. The program was cancelled in 2008, which was deemed...
A new study helps us to better understand the link between stress and negative health outcomes. Scientists may have identified the connection between chronic stress and heart attacks, according to a new study: white blood cells . “[They] are important to fight infection and healing, but if you have too many of them, or they are in the wrong place, they can be harmful,” said Matthias Nahrendorf of the Harvard Medical School, who was a co-author of the study, Agence...
The prevalence of cancers associated with risky behaviors such as drinking and smoking is on the rise in England. ACEs work have identified these same behaviors as maladaptive coping mechanisms. There has been a rise in rates of lifestyle-linked...
Prescription drugs may be used as maladaptive method to cope with emotional pain, but when putting restrictions on the drugs we also must consider the benefits for those dealing with physical pain. Prescriptions for narcotic painkillers have surged in...
A demonstration of anxiety in crayfish may help us understand the neuronal mechanisms of anxiety and stress in humans. For the first time, CNRS researchers and the Université de Bordeaux have produced and observed anxiety-like behavior in...
Without knowing about 'coherent narrative' and its role in processing trauma memory, I finally wrote "Last Chance at Normal" - the true story of my descent into the underworld of Los Angeles, journeying among drug lords and gang members as...
A pediatrician writes about the ACEs in the impoverished community in which he works. It's spring, and once again I find myself sitting on my back porch gazing at the disparities on the two sides of our modest backyard. On the sunny side, a dozen...
A hospital initiative in Los Angeles seeks to provide early intervention for toxic stress. An innovative program run by Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles is trying to head off mental health issues in older children by improving their home lives...
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons This op-ed looks at how schools use abusive restraint and seclusion techniques for managing difficult children and suggests a move towards Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. “The test of the...
New research complicates our understanding of the relationship between emotions and weight gain (a relationship critical to our understanding of ACEs .) Antidepressants are the most-prescribed drugs in the U.S. for people between the...
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons This new research may help us better understand the effects that parents stress and ACEs may have on their children. Women who take antidepressants during pregnancy may be unknowingly predisposing their infants to...