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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

• AHA News: What Parents Can Do When Kids With Congenital Heart Defects Grow Up

  

  03/17/2022—"As part of the process, parents or caregivers need to change their role as the primary caregiver to the person that's in more of the supportive role. Someone who's still there to help, but not the person that's necessarily calling the shots," said John, who also is an associate professor of pediatrics at George Washington University. More

• Memory Issues Plague Long COVID Patients

  

  03/17/2022—Memory and concentration problems haunt 7 in 10 patients with long COVID, a pair of new studies indicate. More

• Lots of Napping Could Raise a Senior's Odds for Alzheimer's

  

  03/17/2022—Taking longer or more frequent naps during the day may sound enticing, but it may be a harbinger of Alzheimer's disease. More

• Postpartum Depression Rates Have Tripled for New Moms During Pandemic

  

  03/17/2022—Rates of postpartum depression among American mothers rose nearly three-fold during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with large increases in major depression and thoughts of self-harm, according to a new study. More

• U.S. Teachers Often Faced Harassment, Violence During Pandemic: Poll

  

  03/17/2022—Many teachers and other school staff have also endured harassment and threats of violence from students and parents during the pandemic, the survey showed. More

• Omicron Wave Had 5 Times as Many Small Kids Hospitalized Compared to Delta

  

  03/16/2022—Omicron appears to have hit America's youngest children much harder than any previous variant of the virus, a new government report shows. More