Like any refugee, Amer Kuba was supposed to find a safe haven in the United States. By the time he arrived in Seattle four years ago from the Middle East, he had already endured the unthinkable. In 2003, after an innocuous transaction with American...
For millions of troubled children across the country, schools have been toxic places. That’s not just because many schools don’t control bullying by students or teachers, but because they enforce arbitrary and discriminatory zero...
When Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, attempted to amend H.B. 286 to have the [child abuse prevention] class become an opt-in for Utah's students -- the current bill calls for students to have an opt-out option -- multiple lawmakers rose to oppose the amendment and revealed that they themselves had been victims of child-abuse situations. Sen. Aaron Osmond, R-South Jordan, was the first to reveal that he was a victim of child abuse from someone who was not a member of his family. Osmond stated...
" TUESDAY, March 11, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- People treated at emergency rooms more than once a year for overdoses on narcotic drugs are more likely to be put on a ventilator and to be hospitalized, a new study finds. Researchers also identified a...
"Long wrote the op-ed "I am Adam Lanza’s mother" two days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, to allow herself to get help for her son. Now that Peter Lanza, the father of the shooter, has spoken out, she says she's so glad she...
"The death of a mother or father in childhood was associated with lower grades and school failure in adolescence, but the effect was less pronounced when such things as parental education, substance abuse, and mental health were taken into account, a...
" Although choosing to do something because the perceived benefit outweighs the financial cost is something people do daily, little is known about what happens in the brain when a person makes these kinds of decisions. Studying how these cost-benefit...
"Girls in public housing benefited emotionally from a move to a better neighborhood while boys fared worse than if they’d stayed in the poor neighborhood, a study partly funded by NIMH has found. Rates of depression and conduct...
A first-of-its-kind DOJ-funded study debunks myths around sex workers and pimping. "In some cities, the underground commercial sex economy accounts for as much as $300 million a year. That's according to a first-of-its-kind study , funded by the...
" New studies question the importance of two behaviors mothers are often shamed for: drinking during pregnancy and not breastfeeding. My 10-year-old is now one of the mellowest kids you could ever have the delight to interact with, but when he was an...
"When David left hospital after being stabbed in the chest by his partner Judy, he said he was lucky it wasn't too deep and that it could have been a lot worse. He says that over the years arguments gradually escalated, and she has hit and slapped him...
"Science has shown that children who experience stressful events are more likely to face poor health outcomes as adults, but new research shows the effects may show up much sooner—in fact, almost immediately. Researchers at the University of...
California State Attorney General Kamala Harris and a team of legislators Monday introduced a package of bills to battle chronic student absenteeism, in yet another sign of the growing reexamination of school attendance and discipline policies. One...
Childhood obesity has made it to the forefront of public health issues, both in the United Kingdom and in the United States. Now researchers at the Universities of Dundee, Strathclyde, Georgia and Bristol say that not only does obesity affect a...
What can doctors do to help kids stay away from drugs? There's not much evidence to say one way or the other, it turns out. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which issues guidelines on what doctors should and shouldn't do, said there aren't...