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Does Teen Drug Rehab Cure Addiction or Create It?

soshea — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:19:37 +0000

“Matt Thomas” (a pseudonym) had only recently begun experimenting with marijuana when he got caught selling a few joints in the bathroom at his junior high school. It was no big deal, Thomas thought, especially considering that his parents — an investment banker and a homemaker — smoked pot too.

Question

soshea — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:38:24 +0000

What Is Your Community or Place of Faith Doing to Help Keep Kids Healthy This Summer?

Schools making lunches more nutritious

soshea — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:39:38 +0000

Officials at Littleton Public Schools are working to change the way students eat.
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Rise in Colorado suicides mirrors economic woes, experts say

soshea — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:08:22 +0000

An unusually large number of people have killed themselves this year in several metro counties, and officials say they think the economy might be to blame.

Arapahoe County recently averaged one suicide a day over a two-week period, said Coroner Michael Dobersen.

Suicides in Arapahoe County are up from 34 through this time last year to as many as 42 so far this year. In at least a third to a half of those, the economy played a factor, Dobersen said.

“We’ve had so many over the past few weeks, it has gotten our attention,” Dobersen said. “The economy seems to be a common thread in some of them.”

Story

Teens who move a lot have twice suicide risk

soshea — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:31:32 +0000

By Linda Carroll
msnbc.com contributor
updated 9:35 a.m. MT, Fri., June 26, 2009

By the time she was 18, Cheryl Fike had moved nine times because of her father’s job. For Fike, every move was sad, distressing and alienating.

Story.

Research

soshea — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:37:16 +0000

21-Year Study of Children Set to Begin

By KATE MURPHY

Researchers will begin recruiting in January for a nationwide study that will follow more than 100,000 children for more than two decades.

A ‘Dose of Nature’ for Attention Problems

soshea — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:16:42 +0000

A ‘Dose of Nature’ for Attention Problems

By TARA PARKER-POPE

Parents of children with attention deficit problems are always looking for new strategies to help their children cope. An interesting new study suggests that spending time in nature may help.

Newsweek Cover: Growing up Bipolar, May 2008

KayW — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:35:21 +0000

Link to article:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/137517