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Cuando los opioides llegan a casa: Una legisladora federal y su hijo escriben una biografía de la adicción y recuperación del joven

November 8, 2021 at 11:05 a.m.

El 30 de octubre, Harry Cunnane, el hijo de en medio de la representante demócrata Madeleine Dean, celebró su noveno año de recuperación de la adicción. Para celebrar la ocasión,...

Ellen Rubin es fotografiada en Luv2Knit & More en Jenkintown, Pennysilvania, el jueves 4 de febrero de 2021. Rubin, una ex inmunóloga, abrió una tienda de tejido en Jenkintown y comenzó una organización sin fines de lucro para llevar el beneficio terapéutico del tejido a todo tipo de personas.

Científica enseña el poder de la sanación; a través del tejido

February 12, 2021 at 11:42 a.m.

Ellen Rubin es científica. Durante años, trabajó como inmunóloga en impresionantes proyectos relacionados con la salud (como el análisis de las reacciones adversas a los medicamentos y la investigación sobre...

Not all magic using sleight of mind require props like cards.

For neuroscientist, the mind is what makes magic mesmerizing

November 20, 2020 at 12:33 p.m.

The audience at the "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" show was definitely jazzed by young magician Daniel Roy's sleight-of-hand skills when he managed to guess the hidden faces of playing...

<p>Unlike much of President Obama's other legislation, the Protect Our Kids Act of 2012 had overwhelming bipartisan support and was unanimously passed in the Senate. The act was designed to address the concerning statistic that more than 2,000 children a year died from abuse and neglect, with nearly 82% of those kids younger than 4. The law created a bipartisan, two-year, 12-member Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities.</p>

<p>[Pictured: A photo illustration of child abuse prevention awareness.]</p>

Fingertip injuries may point to child abuse, research finds

February 24, 2020 at 11:37 a.m.

Fingertip injuries may be a signal to health-care providers that a child has been physically abused, according to a new Rutgers study. The researchers found that young children who had...

Getting the kids a puppy for Christmas? Early exposure to pet dogs may lessen risk of schizophrenia, study finds

December 20, 2019 at 11:39 a.m.

For all those kids fighting a losing battle to get a puppy for the holidays, here's a plug that may leave the parents speechless. A new study by researchers at...

Lack of insurance, social isolation, low incomes and the presence of gun stores were among the variables that correlated to heightened rates of suicide, according to a recent study.

Gun stores, isolation, and lack of hope fuel rise in U.S. suicides, study finds

September 13, 2019 at 8:20 a.m.

With suicides continuing to increase, a new study has taken a county-by-county look across the United States to identify factors associated with rising rates of adults taking their own lives....

People ages 25 to 34 represent the greatest increase in deaths driven by alcohol-related liver cirrhosis, a nearly 11% increase per year from 2009 to 2017, according to researchers.

Hard-drinking young adults suffer surge in deadly liver disease

September 6, 2019 at 8:47 a.m.

A little over a year ago, Eric Dunham had the operation that saved his life: a double transplant to give him a new liver and a new kidney. Chronic, heavy...

Lorraine Young hugs her dog, Andy, on a visit to the vet after the dog received emergency spine surgery in July and is now almost fully recovered at St. Francis Veterinary Center on Aug. 12, 2019 in Swedesboro, N.J.

Thanks to 3D-assisted surgery, this dog survived to comfort his grieving family

September 3, 2019 at 2:29 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA — It's hard to keep a good dog down, and Andy, a dachshund with Yoda ears and boundless energy, was as good as they get. Ever since he joined...

For twins, gender inequities may start in the womb, a new study finds.

¿La batalla de los sexos inicia en el útero?

May 15, 2019 at 11:43 a.m.

Un nuevo estudio determinó que las mujeres que compartieron útero con un hermano gemelo tienen menos probabilidades de graduarse de la preparatoria o la universidad, pueden ganar menos dinero y...

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