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Being Bullied About Weight May Raise Risk of Drug Use
More than half (55%) reported weight-related teasing, including 76% of overweight girls, 71% of overweight boys, 52% of girls who weren't overweight, and 43% of boys who weren't overweight.
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Dirty Air Cuts Millions of Lives Short Worldwide: Study
Researchers calculate that air pollution actually has a bigger impact on life expectancy than tobacco smoking, HIV/AIDS or violence.
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Helping Seniors Manage Meds After Hospital Reduces Readmission: Study
Many older patients take multiple medicines and these often change after a hospital stay
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Want to Help Keep Diabetes at Bay? Brush & Floss
New research found that people who regularly brush their teeth three times a day reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes.
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A Flood of COVID-19 Patients Could Swamp Hospitals
If cases of COVID-19 start to increase, will hospitals be ready? Experts talk about what it will take to handle the oubreak.
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Coronavirus: Do You Need a Mask?
As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, protection is on everyone’s mind. Many celebrities have posted photos of themselves on social media wearing masks over their noses and mouths...
View Article“How the Thrilling Rush of Endorphins Triggered Magic In My ADHD Brain”
When faced with life’s most unfair, out-sized, relentless obstacles, we have two choices: fear everything and run, or face everything and rise. From a very young age, I learned to go with the second...
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Neil Patrick Harris and Family Deliver Love With Food
Neil Patrick Harris talks about his family, his career, and his support of God's Love We Deliver.
View ArticleListen to “Marijuana and the ADHD Brain: How to Identify and Treat Cannabis...
Listen to “Marijuana and the ADHD Brain: How to Identify and Treat Cannabis Use Disorder” with Roberto Olivardia, Ph.D. Click the play button below to listen in your browser. Mobile users can open...
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'Necrotizing Pneumonia' May Be New Vaping Hazard
Necrotizing pneumonia is an uncommon complication of pneumonia. It destroys areas of lung tissue, and can occur even if someone has been treated with antibiotics, according to a previous review in...
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Mom's Purse May Hold Hidden Dangers for Kids
A purse, backpack or diaper bag can contain a hodgepodge of medications and supplements, cosmetics, hand sanitizers, candy, coins and other items that attract little hands. That can also set the stage...
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Report Reveals Link Between Poverty, ADHD
Nearly 19% of children living in families below the federal poverty level had a diagnosis of ADHD or a learning disability, compared with about 13% of families at or above the poverty level, the new...
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Deadly Seattle-Area Outbreak Rattles Nursing Homes
At least five residents of a skilled nursing facility in Washington state have died from COVID-19, prompting facilities around the country to explore its plans and prepare for the worst.
View Article“Laughter Is the Best Medicine? Ha Ha Ha (Actually, That Does Feel Pretty Good)”
I am a nervous wreck as I walk on stage in an unmistakable neon-pink Barbie bathrobe. I hear laughter (a good sign) before I’ve said one word. When the laughter subsides, I speak: “My parents were...
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Unscrambling the Egg Data: One a Day Looks OK
The three-decade study showed no association between moderate egg consumption and risk of heart disease
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March 5, 2020 Behavioral and neural markers of emotional competence contribute to symptoms of psychopathy (mental or behavioral disorders), particularly in children at risk for attention deficit...
View ArticleLearning Disabilities Association of America Supports the READ Act
MEDIA CONTACT: Cindy Cipoletti, Executive Director, 412.341.1515 ext. 206, ccipoletti@ldaamerica.org, www.ldaamerica.org Pittsburgh, PA (March 5, 2020) – The Learning Disabilities Association of...
View Article“Housekeeping Is Not Motherhood.”
Domesticity does not equal motherhood. I once sat in a class where teenage girls said they needed to learn how to cook, do laundry, and clean if they wanted to one day be good moms. I stopped...
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Low Stock, High Prices for Coronavirus Supplies
The advice to get prepared for coronavirus has triggered widespread shortages of masks, hand sanitizer and cleaning supplies and instances of price gouging, especially online.
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FDA Bans Shock Devices Used on Mentally Disabled
The devices deliver shocks through electrodes attached to the skin of patients, but there is evidence that they pose significant mental and physical risks to patients, including worsening of...
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