Patti Neighmond
As schools weigh the risks of reopening, many are making plans to lower the risks of coronavirus transmission. Here’s how to vet your school’s proposals.
For children, the distress shows itself in difficult moods, stomachaches or even regression to behaviors from earlier childhood. Here are seven ideas to help anxious kids feel better.
American teens are chronically sleep deprived, in part because of early school start times. But how much difference can a later start make? As Seattle’s school district found out, it can help a lot.
If you sit too much during middle age — at work and at home — your ability to exercise or even walk in late decades is at risk, research hints. And, of course, your risk of heart disease climbs, too.
Light therapy can help treat depression that’s part of seasonal affective disorder, but it hasn’t worked so well for treating bipolar disorder. It may come down to when people are exposed to light.
For the first time, the American Academy of Pediatrics has weighed in on what teens and young adults (and their doctors and parents) need to know about safely getting piercings and tattoos.
Girls are much less likely to be diagnosed with autism, but that may be because the signs of the disorder are different than in boys. And girls may be missing out on help as a result.
Researchers say the test, which measures gene activity, can help avoid “overtreating” tumors that are not life-threatening. It might allow some patients to avoid radiation and chemotherapy.
People with heart disease should keep their weight down, but it can be hard to lose weight and keep it off. Now a study shows big fluctuations may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
About 35 million Americans suffer some hearing loss, but most don’t do anything about it. There’s a growing effort to make hearing aids easier and cheaper to buy.
A new study finds that people who are overweight, but not obese, have shorter life spans. It’s the opposite of a 2013 study that got a lot of attention by finding a few pounds might be good for you.
There’s not enough good evidence to make the call as to whether an annual pelvic exam is a good screening tool, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says.
New guidelines encourage doctors to tell patients to try non-drug therapies for acute lower back pain first.
Cooling caps haven’t been studied much in the U.S., and only one is approved by the FDA. Studies of two different caps show they can reduce hair loss by half in many women undergoing chemo.
A study tracking depression rates among U.S. teens from 2005 to 2014 finds an increase — especially among girls. A steady diet of harsh judgements from social media may play a role, researchers say.
With drug prices climbing, you may be tempted to keep unused pills and cough syrups past their expiration date. Don’t do it, pharmacists warn. And get all medicine out of the bathroom cabinet now.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine sorted through 10,000 studies to determine the good and bad health effects of marijuana. Tight drug restrictions impede research, they say.
A decade after HPV vaccine was introduced in the U.S., many doctors still hesitate to routinely recommend that children get vaccinated against the cancer-causing virus. “Having a long conversation seems to communicate that there’s a problem with the vaccine, and that worries parents,” says health and behavior scientist Noel Brewer.