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About a Third of Psychoactive Prescriptions Misused by Teens

Razi Berry Nearly a third of US teens and young adults prescribed a psychoactive drug misuse that drug, with the likelihood of misuse rising with age, suggests an analysis of national survey responses published in the online journal Family Medicine & Community Health. Stimulants and tranquillizers were more likely to be misused than opioids, the […]

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Family Mealtimes are Complicated to Arrange, BUT Important for Health

Razi Berry Mealtimes are a central aspect of family life, affecting the health and wellbeing of both children and adults. Although the benefits of healthy mealtimes are straightforward, helping all families realize those benefits is quite complicated, new research from University of Illinois shows. The study highlights ways in which some solutions — such as

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Hospitals and Schools in Communities Link to Resilience

Razi Berry Health care and education systems are two main pillars of a community’s stability. How well and how quickly a community recovers following a natural disaster depends on the resilience of these essential social services. New research from the Colorado State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, published in Nature Scientific Reports, has

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New Book that Assesses Preschoolers Early Literacy Skills

Razi Berry A study published in the journal Pediatrics expands validation evidence for a new screening tool that directly engages preschool-age children during clinic visits to assess their early literacy skills. The tool, which is the first of its kind, has the potential to identify reading difficulties as early as possible, target interventions and empower

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When in Doubt, Go Dense

Dr Nicola Dehlinger, ND It can be really confusing to navigate the world of nutrition with so many theories and approaches out there, not to mention experts and research that seem to contradict each other.  For many of us, feeling overwhelmed by information can lead to confusion or just plain giving up on our nutrition

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Developmental Delay Arising from Physical Discipline and Cognitive Deprivation

Razi Berry A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that in a diverse, cross-national sample of youth, physical discipline and cognitive deprivation had distinct associations with specific domains of developmental delay. The findings are based on the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, which is

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Cannabis Use in Teens Linked to Decline in IQ

Razi Berry A study has found that adolescents who frequently use cannabis may experience a decline in Intelligence Quotient (IQ) over time. The findings of the research provide further insight into the harmful neurological and cognitive effects of frequent cannabis use on young people. The paper, led by researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and

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Hypnosis Can Aid in Complex Task Completion

Razi Berry Popular folklore and anecdotal evidence suggest that people in a hypnotic or suggestible state can experience sensory hallucinations, such as perceiving sounds and sights that are not actually there. Reliable scientific evidence of these experiences, however, has been notoriously challenging to obtain because of their subjective nature. New research published in the journal

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Immune System ‘Traps’ for Viral Detection

Razi Berry Scientists are opening new windows into understanding more about the constantly shifting evolutionary arms race between viruses and the hosts they seek to infect. Host organisms and pathogens are in a perennial chess match to exploit each other’s weaknesses. Such research holds tantalizing clues for human health since the immune system is on

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Adverse Childhood Upbringing Changes Later Opportunities

Razi Berry An adverse upbringing often impairs people’s circumstances and health in their adult years, especially for couples who have both had similar experiences. This is shown by a new study, carried out by Uppsala University researchers, in which 818 mothers and their partners filled in a questionnaire one year after having a child together.

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