People who study the classification of psychiatric disorders are often grouped into lumpers and splitters. The lumpers tend to see just a few broad categories of mental illness while the splitters try to subdivide psychopathology into smaller and more...
New research finds that a prenatal program aimed at enhancing couples’ co-parenting relationship helped the parents raise children who were better adjusted and ready for school at age seven. Pennsylvania State researchers found that...
In the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower in downtown Baltimore, a big, brusque guy runs a pop-up sign-painting studio with a few partners, known collectively as ICY Signs. You can call and call the phone number listed for the shop, but no one ever seems...
Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may explain why smells or objects that trigger associations with early life abuse can sometimes reduce stress in adults. "Children form a strong attachment to...
For the first time in California, thousands of early-learning centers in most of the state, from preschools to licensed child-care centers and homes, are in the process of implementing a common system to rate the quality of their programs. The...
There are enormous inequalities in education in the United States. A child born into a poor family has only a 9 percent chance of getting a college degree, but the odds are 54 percent for a child in a high-income family. These gaps open early,...
Way up in northwestern Minnesota, progress is being made within the Ojibwe tribes. “It’s been a long process,” said Trisha Hansen, Bemidji District supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Corrections. “... It was a...
Evidence already exists for the beneficial effects of drinking moderate amounts of alcohol on the risk of developing a number of heart conditions; however, the role it plays in the risk of developing heart failure has been under-researched with...
Risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, depression and other life-threatening conditions can be reduced through regular outdoor walking in groups, according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Findings published today in the...
Because of global and broad hypersensitivity (caused by the psych drug injury) sometimes 2 minutes of yoga is exactly the right amount. Sometimes 2 minutes of yoga right now, 5 minutes a hour from now and 10 minutes before bed is just right. This...
Happiness is the result of choices and so is unhappiness. The problem is, many of our choices happen outside conscious awareness. To increase happiness, you may need to think outside the box. What follows are four ways we commonly deprive...
The value of sustained initiatives targeting population health appears borne out by a dip in hospitalization and mortality rates associated with a communitywide cardiovascular disease prevention program in Maine. The program is a cooperative...
Annual health care expenses are substantially higher for smokers and the obese, compared with nonsmokers and people of healthy weight, according to a report published online Dec. 24 in Public Health. In fact, obesity is actually more expensive to...
As a venture investor who has invested in companies with proven approaches to improving student outcomes in Maryland and across the country, my job it is provide strong returns on the dollars I invest on behalf of my clients. My approach to...
For a guy who has a restaurant opening in a couple of weeks, Chad Houser is remarkably calm. In the run-up to the official opening on January 28, Houser's staff are putting together recently delivered bar stools, polishing silverware, and...