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What Income Inequality Does to Kids' Brains
Kids living in areas of economic inequality show brain changes reflecting stress and which raise the likelihood of anxiety and depression.
Why Democrats Are Casting the Government Shutdown as a Health Care Showdown
It's about timing: Healthcare premiums are set to jump after enrollees choose a plan and after a budget that so far fails to protect them has been approved.
A Cannabis - Type 2 Diabetes Connection
Long-term cannabis users have higher rates of type 2 diabetes. Do edibles change that risk?
Overcoming Senior Setbacks: The Keys to Resilience in Aging
Aging delivers challenges to everyone, but many seniors regain their wellbeing after setbacks. Here's what helps older folks bounce back.
Ticks Are Migrating, Raising Disease Risks if They Can’t Be Tracked Quickly Enough
Lyme disease, the often debilitating infection carried by deer ticks, started in Connecticut. It has recently shown up in Montana.
A Nutritional Hedge Against Skin Cancer's Return
A form of vitamin B3, nicotinamide, seems to reduce risk of recurrence of basal cell carcinoma and other skin cancers by over 50 percent.
You May Want to Keep Your Head Out of the Game
Call it soccer or call it football, heading the ball is associated with brain changes that can lead to cognitive deficits later on -- even among amateur players.
GLP-1 Drugs May Be No Match for Emotional Eating
People who eat as a way to manage their emotions seem to lose less weight with the new diet drugs than those who are simply attracted to the sight and smell of food.
Acupuncture Shows Promise for Low Back Pain
Acupuncture can give older adults a safe effective option for chronic lower back pain relief -- and its benefits often last quite a while.
Parents Who Keep Their Kids Up at Night
Screen time isn't the only thing disturbing teens' sleep. Parental conflict and mental health struggles keep them up, too, and deserve attention.
IVF Fertility Treatments Go to Pot
Using cannabis during fertility treatment can affect egg cells and lead to chromosomal changes that could be passed on to an embryo.
Diets that Delay Disease
Whether your diet fuels or thwarts inflammation makes a difference in your chances of developing a range of chronic diseases. What to eat.
Online Images Often Show the Wrong Way to Take Blood Pressure
More than half of the online images of a person having their BP taken showed the wrong way to do it. This can lead to mistaken treatment.
Fighting a Health Insurance Denial? Here Are 7 Tips To Help
Denying a claim is essentially standard operating procedure for health insurance companies. Here are the hoops you may need to jump through to be reimbursed.
How Anger Spreads
Anger is contagious — in mice and in men. Our brains respond to the excited signals of others, mirroring their agitation.
Meds Often Prescribed Too Early for Kids with ADHD
Behavior management therapy often takes a backseat to medication in young children with attention and hyperactivity issues. A mistake.
Give Meat a Chance
Red meat is known for its risks -- to your heart in particular. But it seems to offer some rewards, too.
Prenatal Exposure to Agricultural Pesticides Lasts a Lifetime
Pesticides used on crops cross the placenta to affect fetuses. They are linked to autism, brain damage and behavioral problems that last a lifetime.
Heavy Alcohol Consumption Disrupts the Pancreas
Drinking too much can lead to pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers. New research illuminates the molecular mechanisms behind it.
HEPA Help for Hypertension
Pollution from cars and factories doesn't only affect breathing -- it can raise blood pressure. An at-home air purifier will help lower it.