Study found lower-income kids at challenging high schools less likely to engage in risky behaviors Low-income teenagers who get into a more rigorous high school may take fewer health risks than their peers at other schools, a new study suggests. The...
Good parenting and life skills coaching seem to reduce inflammation in children from low-income families, a new study suggests. Inflammation is a common problem among poorer children, and can lead to a number of illnesses, according to Northwestern...
Only 22 percent of those at risk get screened, and researchers think complacency may be why. Only one in five sexually active U.S. teens has been tested for HIV, a new government report shows. That percentage is concerning because teens make up a...
(Reuters Health) - Healthcare professionals can play a role in addressing human trafficking and sexual exploitation, according to two new reports. Doctors and researchers write in JAMA Pediatrics that it’s up to a collection of people and...
(Reuters Health) - Women with anxiety disorders may be more likely to have babies who cry excessively, suggests a new German study. Researchers already know that the children of women with anxiety disorders are more prone to develop anxiety...
[Photo: PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa / Brand X Pictures] A ruling last Wednesday from the state Appellate Division found that the spanking “was a reasonable use of force,” despite a family court judge determining last year that the father had abused his son “by inflicting excessive corporal punishment.” The alleged open-handed spanking was punishment for cursing at a party at a friend’s home in 2012. Though the dad, who remained anonymous, admitted...
Experiencing homelessness significantly increases your chance of having long-term physical health problem or being diagnosed with a mental health condition. More than 70% of respondents to a survey of more than 2,500 homeless people across England...
Researchers found that the proportion of youth with likely PTSD was 5.7 times higher among youth with relatives in the manhunt than among youth without. Children with relatives in the manhunt also experienced more emotional symptoms and hyperactivity...
A new Northwestern University study suggests that an intervention focused on strengthening families can reduce inflammation, a chronic over activation of parts of the immune system that is important for long-term health. Children of low socioeconomic...
Depression is a common and potentially disabling condition that can be difficult to treat. One in three US adults will experience a major depressive episode during their lifetime, yet a quarter of patients are undiagnosed, and fewer than half of those...
[Photo: David DelPoio] Inside a cluttered downtown apartment that she shares with a cat, the 57-year-old woman is in the midst of a near-meltdown. "There's three of them,'' she tells two police officers, referring to "these predators who won't leave me alone. Those sons of bitches won't let me go. '' The police have been here before — 61 times, in fact, in the past 17 months — and the only intruders to be found are the ones apparently stalking the woman's troubled psyche. During...
[Photo: Ericd via en.wikipedia] New research from UC San Francisco found that 60 percent of the city's homeless and unstably housed women who are HIV-infected or at high risk to become infected have endured a recent experience of some form of violence. "We looked at all types of violence - physical, sexual and emotional. We expected to find higher rates than those reported in the general population, but we were surprised at the amount of harm inflicted upon this incredibly vulnerable...
In February 2014, the Institute for Sustainable Solutions along with the Social Determinants of Health Initiative at Portland State University hosted a Research to Action Symposium focused on the complex social and economic systems responsible for...
...Because the number of children from Central America recently arriving without parents or immigration papers has far surpassed predictions (doubling each year since 2011), the pre-existing detention shelters, mostly along the southern border, are...
One of the effects of adverse childhood experiences is on our genes, which can be turned on and off by trauma. ACEsConnection member Dr. Mark Erickson -- psychiatrist and director of Tele-Behavioral Health at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, and...