Fear followed Alberto Velazquez every time he left the apartment he shared with his mother and siblings in Pomona, Calif. If he saw a cop walking on the sidewalk, he said, his first instinct was to turn around and walk the other way. “I...
With mounting concern over the explosive rise in Type 2 diabetes, mostly among overweight and obese Americans, it is easy to forget that Type 1 diabetes, which is far less common, can be a much more serious disease that often seems to arise out...
The first thing you notice in the obituary for Molly Alice Parks is her photo. She's young, bright red lipstick; her hair streaked with pink and teal. Molly Parks died last Thursday in Manchester, N.H. She was 24. And what's most remarkable in...
The simple act of thinking can accelerate the growth of many brain tumors. That's the conclusion of a paper in Cell published Thursday that showed how activity in the cerebral cortex affected high-grade gliomas, which represent about 80 percent...
Welcome to Caring and Connected Parenting: A Guide to Raising Connected Children. This guide supports and strengthens the partnership between parents and children, particularly new parents embarking on this great adventure in their lives. Based...
Five years ago, during the recession, Maria Morcera lost her house to foreclosure in Atwater, a city in California’s Central Valley. The house wasn’t just where Morcera, her husband and their four children lived. It also was...
Girls with childhoods like mine don’t live long and they don’t grow up to become doctors. They die young and if they happen to stay alive, they end up in prison or living on the streets forever. I grew up in a family infected with incest...
Research documents the high rate of exposure to trauma among infants and toddlers, particularly children living in high-poverty communities. Beginning life in the context of trauma places infants and toddlers on a compromised...
The early days of the Obama administration were a chaos of uncertainty, between the historic housing bust, historic market crash, and historic armada of stimulus. But one thing was clear about the U.S. economy in 2008 going forward: Healthcare...
Pope Francis is widely believed to be a cool Pope—a huggable, Upworthyish, meme-ready, self-deprecating leader for a new generation of worshippers. “He has described himself as a sinner,” writes Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Pope...
This Viewpoint discusses the way that integration of behavioral health and care into early childhood primary care might improve general health outcomes for children. Research advances since the turn of the century have identified new pediatric...
Every time I’m in conversation with someone and I mention working with adolescent girls through YWCA, their response is, “What a tough age for girls!” While this seems to be the consensus, I’m not sure the public...
Robyn Wing, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at Hasbro Children's Hospital, recently led a study that found children who were exposed to an adverse childhood experience (ACE) were 28 percent more likely to develop asthma. The rate of...
Why Dating Never Heals Emotio nal Pai n People with attachment troubles or other child trauma often ask: why is dating so difficult? It is, for a reason. So instead of the dating hunt, I invested my life, fortune, and sacred honor...
Two more scholarships are being added to the annual Albert Lea School Board scholarship this year due to an abundance of funds in the program’s reserves. According to Superintendent Mike Funk, the scholarship’s reserves have about...