This article features ACEsConnection member Dr. Nadine Burke Harris. "Each day, children file through pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris' clinic in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood, 1,000 patients a year with the typical childhood...
"Imagine a preschool child who has great fun on the school playground but every time he hears the teacher say it is time to go back inside, he tends to go the other direction. He’s hard to “corral” back into the building and then has...
"The 9/11 attacks on America appear to have caused about one million former smokers across the country to take up the habit again and maintain it, according to a Weill Cornell Medical College public health study. "The analysis, published in the June...
"A chemical hormone released in the body as a reaction to stress could be a key trigger of the mechanism for the late onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study by researchers at Temple University. "Previous studies have shown that the...
"Childhood trauma — and the toll it can take later in life — became the main focus of a Cass County Resource Network family wellness forum Thursday afternoon.... "Six community leaders answered questions following a presentation on the...
"The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women reviewed published literature and recommendations regarding the prevalence and identification of abuse in women, particularly in older...
"More importantly for educators, the study, published online in the professional journal Learning and Instruction, suggests that student engagement—essential for success in school—is malleable, and can be improved by promoting a positive...
"State policymakers' attention to teacher quality—an issue education research shows is essential to improving schooling outcomes for racial minority students—is highly responsive to low graduation rates among white students, but not to low...
"The American Medical Association (AMA) has just yesterday adopted a new policy that declares obesity a disease. The group says that now obesity is a disease it will require a range of medical interventions to advance treatment and prevention. Over 35...
"$75 billion proposal would expand access for pre-kindergarten learning.... "The U.S. Secretary of Education made a stop in Butler County on Thursday to tout President Barack Obama’s $75 billion proposal to expand access for pre-kindergarten...
"...Drill down to the level of detail required in rewriting major state law, as many sympathetic lawmakers and their allies are finding this spring, and it starts to get more complex. "Make that a lot more complex. "So far, advocates for children say...
"About a third of women worldwide have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner, according to the first major review of violence against women.... "In a series of papers released on Thursday by the World Health Organization...
"Mindfulness -- a mental training that develops sustained attention that can change the ways people think, act and feel -- could reduce symptoms of stress and depression and promote wellbeing among school children, according to a new study published...
"Fifteen years ago the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study found that children exposed to traumatic events were more likely to develop mental and behavioral health problems like depression and...