Free and charitable clinics ask lawmakers for continued financial support
Advocates for Illinois’ free and charitable clinics made their case this week for millions in state funding.
Make a splash with Move Your Way® – Summer fun is on!
LAS VEGAS – Clark County residents are invited to ready their swimsuits and sunscreen for the Southern Nevada Health District’s annual Move Your Way® campaign. The Health District’s Office of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is turning up the fun this summer with a splashy series of free events to get people moving and […]
Ninth Annual Ko Olina Children’s Festival Raises $60,000 for Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children
Hundreds of children and their families spent a day filled with fun at an ocean-themed Ko Olina Children’s Festival. It featured games, activities, food and a screening of “Moana 2” on the grand lawn at the resort’s Ulua Lagoon. The ninth annual festival raised $60,000 for Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children. This year […]
The 1 Thing A Good Therapist Will Never, Ever Do
Fiordaliso via Getty Images Good therapists help their clients come to the healthiest and best decisions for themselves. Counseling sessions can feel like a heart-to-heart with a close friend — a friend who won’t see you outside their office and is totally OK with trauma-dumping. But unlike get-togethers with a bestie who will drink wine […]
8-hour time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death
An analysis of over 20,000 U.S. adults found that people who limited their eating across less than 8 hours per day, a time-restricted eating plan, were more likely to die from cardiovascular disease compared to people who ate across 12-16 hours per day, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and […]
School Shootings in U.S. Reach Highest Recorded Levels
U.S. school shootings rose in frequency over the last 25 years and reached their highest recorded levels, data analyses showed. Across the 1997-1998 to 2021-2022 school years, there were 1,453 shootings, according to Luke Rapa, PhD, of Clemson University in South Carolina, and colleagues. The number of shootings ranged from a low of 15 in […]
How parents can help prevent the development of ADHD symptoms
Parents of young children with an excitable or exuberant temperament could adapt their parenting style to help moderate their child’s potential development of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), according to a new study co-authored by a University of Waterloo researcher. Developmental psychologists know that temperament, parenting, and the brain’s executive functions are interconnected factors in developing […]
The 6 Most Common Issues Gen Zers Bring Up In Therapy
visualspace via Getty Images Therapists are observing several common themes among their Gen Z patients. Generation Z is going to therapy far more than any other age cohort, according to a November 2023 survey conducted by the American Enterprise Institute. While seeking help can look different for each individual, members of this cohort share similar […]
Anti-Tobacco Activists Hold ‘Menthol Funeral’ in Washington
WASHINGTON — A group of anti-tobacco activists and their supporters held a “menthol funeral” here Thursday, demanding that the Biden administration release a long-delayed final rule banning the sale of menthol cigarettes and other menthol-flavored tobacco products. “Let us bury menthol cigarettes; enough is enough,” said Rev. Horace Sheffield, CEO of the Detroit Association of […]
Midlife Cognitive Problems Tied to Sleep Disruptions Earlier in Life
People who had fragmented sleep in their 30s and 40s were more likely to have worse cognition a decade later, longitudinal data showed. Those in the highest versus the lowest tertile of the sleep fragmentation index had over twice the odds of performing poorly on three types of cognitive tests 11 years later, said Yue […]