MONDAY, Dec. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many parents want to make the holiday season magical for their kids, but for some the stress they feel trying to live up to that ideal may actually be doing the opposite. A poll from Michigan Medicine found that about 1 in 5Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A return to a more normal holiday season may also mean higher stress levels, so an expert offers some coping tips. Don’t get too focused on buying the perfect presents, making the best dinner or planning the perfect party. Try to be mindfulContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to helping others and your health, it might be better to give than to receive, a new study suggests. Researchers surveyed more than 1,000 Americans between 34 and 84 about their social involvement and how much they thought they couldContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A holiday visit with older relatives might be a good chance to help them remove fall risks in their home, an expert suggests. Older adults’ risk of falling may have increased during the pandemic due to declines in physical activity and mobility, alongContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Parents and children who were separated under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy have shown lasting psychological trauma — even after being reunited, a new study finds. Between 2017 and 2018, more than 5,000 children were separated from their parents at theContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As American families sit down to celebrate Thanksgiving, a majority of parents say they want to raise grateful kids but they don’t think they’re succeeding. Four out of five respondents to a new nationwide poll said children aren’t as thankful as they shouldContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For Emily Litvin, this Thanksgiving is going to look different from the last one and she couldn’t be happier about it. “I’m so excited to have some sort of normalcy, especially for my daughter and her cousins. It’s nice for them to allContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have created a six-stage process to help families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) deal with the disorder. “This framework is family-centered, focused on breaking down the barriers that families face from before diagnosis to preparing children with ADHD forContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Preschoolers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) rarely receive the gold-standard treatment recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for their condition, a new study reports. The AAP recommends a behavioral therapy technique called “parent training in behavior management,” or PTBM, asContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) – Bullying by a brother or sister in childhood can have lasting effects, threatening mental health in the teen years, new British research suggests. Researchers found that mental health was affected whether one was the bully or the victim. “Of particular note was theContinue Reading