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• Medical Marijuana Rx Ups Odds for Overuse, With No Benefit to Health: Study

  

  03/18/2022?Using medical marijuana to treat pain, anxiety or depression may quickly lead to dependence, without relieving symptoms, a new study suggests. More

• Life Span After Alzheimer's Diagnosis: What Factors Matter Most

  

  03/18/2022?After a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, families have much to worry about. They wonder what's next and how long their loved one has left to live. More

• Brain Scans Give Clues to Binge Eating Disorder in Young Kids

  

  03/18/2022?Children who binge eat may be hardwired to do so: New research reveals they have abnormalities in regions of the brain associated with reward and inhibition. More

• Omicron COVID Causing Severe Croup in Young Children

  

  03/18/2022?The Omicron COVID-19 variant can cause croup in young children, including severe cases that require hospitalization and intensive care, a new study shows. More

• Cleaner Air Could Mean Healthier Brains for Older Women

  

  01/14/2022?Everyone knows cleaner air means healthier bodies, but new research suggests it might also help aging minds. More

• Opioid Misuse Keeps Rising Among Older Americans

  

  01/13/2022?The opioid addict you know might not be the college kid who has always dabbled in alcohol and drugs. More

• Worried About Your Teen's Social Media Use? Experts Offer Help

  

  01/13/2022?Is your teen staring at their smartphone all day? There's many things parents can do to protect kids from the potentially negative effects of social media, experts say. More

• COVID Hospitalizations Rising in Kids Too Young for Vaccine

  

  01/13/2022?While COVID-19 has taken the lives of many children and caused serious illness for many more, it is generally agreed that the virus is much less likely to inflict severe damage in the young. More

• More Folks Drive High When Pot Made Legal: Study

  

  01/13/2022?Here's more evidence that marijuana may make driving more dangerous: As pot has been legalized in more countries and states, a greater number of people are driving intoxicated by the drug and crashing, researchers report. More

• Study Bolsters Effectiveness of 'Guided Play' for Learning

  

  01/13/2022?Hands-on learning can be fun, and new research suggests that it works as well as more traditional teaching methods. More