In November 2018, five people were stabbed to death on the streets of London in the space of six days. Three of the victims were teenagers. That spate of killings followed a summer filled with harrowing reports of knife violence. After several years of decline, knife offences in England are on the rise…
Research shows that we are each born with a given number of neurons that participate in an empathetic response. But early life experience shapes how we act on it. Credit Gracia Lam As the year’s end approaches, most Americans get bombarded by emailed and snail-mailed requests for donations to all manner of charities, A…
Source: ‘The Numbers Are So Staggering.’ Overdose Deaths Set a Record Last Year. – The New York Times By JOSH KATZ and MARGOT SANGER-KATZ NOV. 29, 2018 this file is generated from src/style.less A class of synthetic drugs has replaced heroin in many major American drug markets, ushering in a more deadly phase…
Source: Why You Should Stop Yelling at Your Kids – The New York Times It doesn’t make you look authoritative. It makes you look out of control to your kids. It makes you look weak. Credit You Jung Byun The use of spanking to discipline children has been in decline for 50 years. But…
Source: In The Debate Over Safe Injection Sites, What Does The Science Say? : Shots – Health News : NPR What’s The Evidence That Supervised Drug Injection Sites Save Lives? September 7, 20182:40 PM ET Elana Gordon for WHYY Supervised injection sites, like Insite in Vancouver, Canada, provide drug users with clean needles…
Source: Obamacare Relieved Financial Strain of Those Closest to the Federal Poverty Line | Now | Drexel University Obamacare Relieved Financial Strain of Those Closest to the Federal Poverty Line The Affordable Care Act — or Obamacare — most benefitted those closest to the federal poverty line, a study led by Drexel University…
Source: As Opioid Crisis Rages, Some Trade ‘Tough Love’ For Empathy | Kaiser Health News This story is part of a partnership that includes WBUR, NPR and Kaiser Health News. It was Bea Duncan who answered the phone at 2 a.m. on a January morning. Her son Jeff had been caught using drugs…
Source: The Troubling Relationship Between Juvenile Detention and Long-Term Health In the weeks before they leave the juvenile detention center, incarcerated children in Connecticut meet with counselors from the Wheeler Clinic, a nonprofit that works with high-risk youth as they transition back into their community. They talk about social connections, they talk about…
Source: Four Ways to Build Inclusive, Healthy Places for All – RWJF It has been said that inspiration comes when you least expect it. My visit to Melbourne, Australia, inspired me to take an international look at place-making. I was standing in Federation Square, restlessly waiting for my daughter to finish her shift. I…
Source: PlanPhilly | ‘Greening’ vacant lots improves mental health in Philly communities Vacant and dilapidated lots are a common city eyesore — not just in Philadelphia, but across the country. About 15 percent of urban land across the U.S. is either vacant or abandoned. And that blight not only affects a neighborhood’s appearance, it…
Replacing Vacant Lots With Green Spaces Can Ease Depression In Urban Communities July 20, 20187:42 PM ET Heard on Morning Edition Growing up in Washington, D.C.’s Columbia Heights neighborhood, Rebecca Lemos-Otero says her first experience with nature came in her late teens when her mother started a community garden. “I was really surprised and…
Source: Childhood stress leaves lasting mark on genes Kids who experience severe stress are more likely to develop a host of physical and mental health problems by the time they reach adulthood, including anxiety, depression and mood disorders. But how does early life stress put children at risk when they grow up? To…
When one is in love—especially with something as huge and beautiful and complex as trees—there is an urge to share this emotion with everyone, especially to those who have no opportunity to experience such feelings themselves. As my love of trees and canopy biota expanded, I sought to share my connections to nature…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee unanimously approved The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 Act on April 24. The approval was a major step forward in addressing the current epidemic as a public health crisis that requires collaboration among people, communities, families, states, and the federal government. With bipartisan…
