A 2023 study published by the National Institutes of Health found that excessive screen time — defined as more than two hours per day for young children — was associated with “behavioral and conduct problems, developmental delay, speech disorders, learning disability, autism spectrum disorders (AS...
Plus, find out about how hugs help your health, learn about binge eating disorder, and read about ADHD and teen driving in my recent USA WEEKEND Health Briefs. Tweens and young teens need "space" to develop and grow. I help them understand why in this Weekly Reader Current Health 1 artic...
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“thankless good deed” to offset the guilt of living such a charmed life. Unfortunately, he’s paired up with a formidable young agent-in-training and reformed shoplifter, Sydney Cossette, who is none too thrilled to be “babysitting” a pop star but desperate to prove herself. Once they...
Three young people--it's an American book describe themselves as alphabets. They are variously a boy with schizophrenia who calls himself Freak, a boy known as Drip who has ADHD and an elective mute whose name is Sunshine. These three...Mary Medlicott...
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Meanwhile, public health scientists are warning that we could face a "silent pandemic" of developmental disorders such as autism and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), from damage done by untested chemicals to unborn babies. Writing in The Lancet this month, Philippe Grandjean, of...