In kindergarten, kids are learning really important stuff. Basic reading skills. Numbers and math concepts. And to keep from falling behind, one of the major things they need to do is make it to school every day. In Los Angeles, the nation's...
No minute hand, no ticking second hand to sound the constant passing of time, and no declarative logo to mark the wearer. Just a single hand on a 24-hour dial points to the time on the modern, minimalist, Swiss-made Slow watch. Making just one...
The sound of a mother’s voice plays a critical role in a baby’s early development, multiple studies have shown. Now, researchers have demonstrated that the brain itself may rely on a mother’s voice and heartbeat to grow. ...
The Zero to Three Baby Monitor has just announced a new resource produced by the Illinois Childhood Trauma Coalition. "Responding to research showing that 42% of Illinois children age 0 to 17 experience some form of ch il d hood trauma before...
The dirty little secret about family courts – where kids and parents who’ve entered the child welfare system end up – is that they often make things worse, especially for the youngest children -- from newborns to five-year-olds....
ALPENA - Alpena Regional Medical Center will be hosting a presentation about adverse childhood experiences with speaker Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, who is the co-principal investigator of the adverse childhood experiences study, which involves ongoing...
On an early summer night in 1944, on the wooded shoulder of a rural Massachusetts highway, a man in a rumpled brown suit wandered in the shadows. Whenever a car passed, he dropped to the ground and lay flat. His hair was matted, his face...
Anne Roberson walks a quarter-mile down the road each day to her mailbox in the farming town of Exeter, deep in California's Central Valley. Her daily walk and housekeeping chores are her only exercise, and her weight has remained stubbornly...
More and more, researchers who study violence among romantic partners are starting to examine the unique issues faced by teens in violent relationships. In much of that work, researchers have focused on white and African American teens. Because...
“I’m starting to feel upset with you,” said the only man in a room full of women. He glared at me, his arms and legs crossed. I was halfway through my presentation about child sexual abuse. Stopping for a...
The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has launched an updated and enhanced edition of its 50-State Policy Tracker, a unique online tool for comparing safety net policies that...
Editor's Note: This article was adapted from a blog posted by the author, Pamela Wible, MD. It is being published on Medscape with the permission of the author. Dr Wible notes that she was once a suicidal physician. Now an expert in medical...
When it comes to marijuana laws, the Justice Department is now treating American Indian tribes the way it treats states that have legalized pot. The move, announced in December, has inadvertently sparked interest in the marijuana business....
If you have siblings, you probably think that your parents liked one kid best — and you're probably right. Scientists say the family pecking order does affect children, but not always in the way you might think. The vast majority of...
A poll conducted last year by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health found that 1 in 4 people had experienced a “great deal” of stress in the past month. “These stressed-out people...