It is widely known that being overweight or obese is linked to an increased risk for cardiovascular and other diseases. Now a new study has found that even in young adults of normal weight, increases in body mass index also lead to increased...
Nine men sit turned away from the camera; their faces are never shown. Many are shirtless or naked. They answer questions like: When did you become a black man? Do you cry? How were you raised to deal with your emotions? This short film, called...
It's been two years since a gunman killed his mother at home and then opened fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 20 first-graders, six educators and himself. People in Connecticut are still hashing out just how parents and...
The Baltimore Sun writes about how everyday household and neighborhood violence impacts the littlest ones who are too frequently witnesses. Acknowledgement of trauma by perceptive preschool teachers and social workers starts to solve rather perpetuate...
In 1979, when Ana Miguel was 16, she worked for a company that made wigs for Broadway shows and Hollywood films. It was a taste of glamour and an exciting closeness to fame for Ms. Miguel, who that year had dropped out of high school. Ms....
Patients who have attempted suicide are too often treated with hostility by hospital emergency department staff, senior Australian psychiatrists have said, meaning opportunities to prevent future harm are being missed. A study from the mental...
What happens in a small, semi-rural community in a southern state when an "out" transgender student decides to speak up for his civil rights? Here in Gloucester County, Virginia, where I live — not far from the Historic Triangle of...
Lack of sleep and sleep-related breathing problems appear to boost children's risk of obesity, a new study finds. What isn't clear from the study, however, is whether the sleep issues actually cause obesity, or if something else might explain...
This summary of a Brookings Institute study on marital and family trends from 1970 to 2010 implies U.S. kids are increasingly at risk of ineffective parenting: http://sfhelp.org/parent/news/trends.htm
With office Christmas party season in full swing a new Deakin University study provides a timely reminder of the role alcohol plays in unwanted sexual advances. According to the research simply sitting next to a beer is enough for a woman to be...
More young adults are using certain types of preventive care since the Affordable Care Act, sometimes called "Obamacare," went into effect in the United States, according to a new study. Significant increases were seen in the numbers of 19- to...
The fruits and vegetables provided at school deliver an important dietary boost to low income adolescents, according to Meghan Longacre, PhD and Madeline Dalton, PhD of Dartmouth Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center and The Hood Center for Children...
More than 90 percent of American high school students are chronically sleep-deprived, putting their health and academic performance in jeopardy, a new report finds. The study, based on U.S. national data, finds that most teens don't get the minimum 9...
There is well-deserved outrage over the decisions by two grand juries in St. Louis and New York City to not indict police officers Darren Wilson and Dan Pantaleo for the murders of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. The good news is that many of the...
Before this month, Naz Seenauth might have faced a serious problem the next time he applied for a job. His most important official personal document says that he's the wrong person. As Reuters reported in in November, while his...