Health
My 9-year-old has insomnia; here’s what I learned
Our 9-year-old son has recently been battling insomnia, lying awake each night until 10 or 11 p.m. The rare nights he falls asleep easily
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8 years ago
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Parents, researchers fight to stamp out smoking on the big screen
Some kid movies are kicking the smoking habit.
When a movie hero strikes a match and lights a cigarette, it means something.
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8 years ago
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I might have Asperger’s Syndrome, but do I really want to know?
People just don't seem to understand the way I think, so when they can follow my train of thought, it feels like I have superpowers.
8 years ago
People with dementia entitled to the dignity of voting
As the 2016 Election approaches, the right to vote will be a deciding factor in the outcome. While courts are over-turning racially motiv
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8 years ago
Teens are known for their one-word answers, and for being moody – but underneath their often grumpy exterior, many of them are very
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Air Date: September 12, 2016
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Back to School; Back to Stress
What do our emerging adults need from us? What is it like to be a teen in today’s world with working parents, blended families, emp
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Air Date: September 12, 2016
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Across the country, parents have gotten in trouble with the law for letting their children walk home from a park or from school by themse
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Air Date: September 5, 2016
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This is what I’m doing while you are asleep
I don’t know if it is due to an undesirable hereditary trait or some kind of chemical change, but insomnia seems to have attacked my sy
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8 years ago
Philly women of color offer stories of hope amid struggle for mental health
Vanessa Hazzard and Iresha Picot want more people of color to feel comfortable talking about mental health care.
Statistics show t
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8 years ago
Diagnosing poison ivy is easy. Getting my insurance company to pay for the generic steroid cream to cure it? Not so much.
Getting
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Having a positive attitude about aging makes older adults more resilient when faced with stressful situations
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Air Date: August 15, 2016
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Safe natural gas pipeline, union workers deserve support
Here in Pennsylvania, we are blessed to be sitting on top of one of the largest reserves of natural gas in the world. The shale revolutio
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8 years ago
Inability to manage stress and negative emotions is tied to opioid misuse in adults with chronic pain, according to a new study published
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Air Date: August 8, 2016
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