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The Cities Where Even 3 Minimum Wage Jobs Won't Pay the Rent
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...
Stress May Affect Fertility
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...
Therapists' Apps Aim To Help With Mental Health Issues
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...
Can Fear Of Cancer Keep College Kids From Binge Drinking?
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...
ACLU Wants Supreme Court to Review Shackling of Juveniles
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...
Smoking Proves Hard to Shake Among the Poor
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...
Brain differences in college-aged occasional drug users
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...
An advance in understanding drug 'habits' and their treatment
(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...
New website aims to help adults recognise signs of mental health issues
(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...
Economic Abuse: Recognizing It In The Doctor’s Office And Beyond
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...
Locked-up kids secluded more in 2013 (Ohio)
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 to Participate in National Center for Trauma-Informed Care Initiative
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...
The Most and Least Healthy Counties in the U.S.
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...