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Listen to “The ADHD-ODD Connection,” with David Anderson, Ph.D.
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Girl With Cerebral Palsy Takes 1st Unassisted Steps
A Texas mom is calling her young daughter her hero after the 6-year-old took her first steps without a walker or braces -- and video of the emotional moment has gone viral.
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Frequent Male Pot Use Linked to Early Miscarriages
The association between frequent pot use before conception and miscarriage persisted even after researchers restricted their analysis to couples in which the female partner didn't use marijuana.
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Suicide Attempts Rising Among Black Teens
Researchers at New York University found that between 1991 and 2017, there was an increase in the number of black teenagers who said they'd attempted suicide in the past year.
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Vision Problems Strike More Than 2 Billion Globally
Untreated distance vision impairment in low- and middle-income regions is about four times higher than in high-income regions, and $14.3 billion (U.S. dollars) is needed to treat the 1 billion people...
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Is Melanoma Suspected? Get 2nd Opinion From Specialist, Study Says
Getting a second opinion from a pathologist specially trained in skin lesions -- a dermatopathologist -- yields the most accurate results, the new study found.
View ArticleQ: How Can I Help My Child Score Small Wins to Boost Her Confidence?
Q: “How can I get my 15 year old to understand that by making her bed every morning she is setting up her first win for the day?” — SydneyMumma Hi SydneyMumma: I’m not sure you can. Let me explain....
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Listen to “How to Build a Better IEP or 504 Plan for Your Child with ADHD”...
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View ArticleMyths Create Misunderstanding about Learning Disabilities
MEDIA CONTACT: Beth McGaw, President, Learning Disabilities Association of America, 404.401.9400, bmcgaw@ldaamerica.org Pittsburgh, PA (October 15, 2019) – Poor diet, too much television, and kids...
View ArticleHow Quitting A Stressful Job Made Me Realize I Am Worthy
During the summer of 2006, shortly after a move to Florida, I was hired to dog sit for a couple living in my residential community. They had a cute Boston Terrier with the calmest disposition I had...
View ArticleMy ADD Sabotages My Social Skills Online
I’ve left several online groups lately. Not because they were full of mean people or because I lost interest in the topic (the popular Syfy show “The Magicians”). I didn’t leave because I was overly...
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Sleep Apnea Linked to Diabetic Eye Disease
They found that patients with diabetic macular edema had a much higher rate (80.6%) of severe sleep apnea than those without the eye condition (45.5%).
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Beyonce's Dad Puts Spotlight on Male Breast Cancer
It's an extremely rare form of cancer in men, and male breast cancer accounts for just 1% of all breast cancer cases, said Dr. Siddhartha Yadav, a hematology-oncology fellow with the Mayo Clinic in...
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Hospitals Work to Better Spot Deadly Sepsis in Kids
While sepsis overwhelmingly strikes the elderly -- up to 85% of all cases are in seniors -- every year in the United States, more than 75,000 children get sepsis, according to the Sepsis Alliance....
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Chlamydia Can Harm Male Fertility
The Australian research is the first to find the sexually transmitted disease in testicular tissue biopsies of infertile men with no identified cause for their infertility.
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What Helps Calm Agitated Dementia Patients?
Health care professionals rely on several medications to lessen symptoms of agitation and aggression, but these medications carry significant risks. One, ironically, is worsening memory and thinking,...
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Breast Milk Combats Growth of Bad Bacteria
The study found that human breast milk inhibits the growth of the harmful bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Clostridium perfringens, but neither cow's milk or infant formula had...
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Moms' Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Lower Risk of Birth Defects
The risk of major birth defects was about 30% lower in children whose mothers had weight-loss surgery than in those of the obese mothers, the findings showed.
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‘We Vape, We Vote’: Vaping Laws Become Political
In response to the crackdowns on vaping, those who use or sell the e-cigarette products are mobilizing. Touting the “We Vape, We Vote” slogan, this burgeoning movement is positioning itself to be a...
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