FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Childhood obesity nearly triples a person’s risk for experiencing discrimination or stigma based on their weight, a new study says. Severe obesity before age 18 increased a person’s odds of experiencing weight stigma by 2.8 times, researchers reported recently in the International JournalContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Disrespected by a neighbor or colleague? Eyerolls from servers at a restaurant or store? Denied a job or a mortgage due to skin color? More than half of Americans have experienced some such form of discrimination, and this mistreatment dramatically increases their riskContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 (HealthDay news) — Superhero slugfests and TV tough-guy shootouts might have long-term effects on a preschool boy’s behavior, a new study says. Boys exposed to violent media between ages 3 and 5 are more likely to develop aggressive and antisocial behaviors by the time they turnContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — When most people think of kids killed in mass shootings, they imagine it occurring at the hands of a stranger, and at school. The reality, according to a new report, is that most children who lose their lives to a mass shooting usuallyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Children, teens and young adults have a higher risk of dying from cancer if they were raised in a neighborhood that’s been historically subjected to discriminatory housing practices. Young cancer patients have a 62% increased risk of dying if they live in aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pregnancy can be a trying time for women at best, but new research shows that 1 in every 20 pregnant American women also suffer physical, sexual or emotional abuse. Abuse can take a toll on the mental and physical health of the mom-to-beContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cutting back on late-night alcohol sales might help curb crime in violence-ridden neighborhoods, a new report claims. Murders dropped by half (51%) within a month after one Baltimore neighborhood limited alcohol hours of sale for bars and taverns, researchers report April 1 inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — During the past half-century, the United States’ annual number of school shootings has increased more than twelvefold, a new study finds. What’s more, children are now four times more likely to be a school shooting victim, and the death rate from school shootingsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Lockdown drills have become a shudder-inducing part of American life, preparing kids to lie low and keep quiet if a gunman chooses to roam their school. But a new study finds these drills help children who’ve been exposed to violence, helping them feelContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Black women in the United States are six times more likely, on average, to be murdered than white women, a new study finds. And that risk runs even higher when looking at specific states and time periods, researchers report Feb. 7 in TheContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People of color in the United States lose more potential years of life to murder and suicide than whites, a new study concludes. On average, Hispanic, Asian and Black homicide victims lose an average 12, eight and four more years of expected lifespan,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Whether or not you have loved ones in the Middle East, the horrors of the violence and suffering in Israel and Gaza are heart-wrenching and difficult to bear. “It’s important to be informed, but don’t stress yourself out,” said Dr. Gary Small, chairContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A paper that has been used in court cases to justify excessive police force was withdrawn Thursday by the American College of Emergency Physicians, a prominent doctor’s group. The paper, published in 2009, was on a condition referred to as “excited delirium.” “ThisContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Being young or Black may make it more likely that you wind up in an emergency room with an assault injury, new research suggests. Living in metropolitan areas and being covered by state-based health insurance was also tied to a raised risk. TheContinue Reading