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Trump Administration Cuts School Mental Health Grants Created After Shootings

By ramiz theba
May 8, 2025

The Education Department discontinued more than $1 billion in grant funding created after mass shootings to address mental health resources at K-12 schools. By Ben Brasch May 1, 2025 at 1:53 p.m. EDT The Washington Post A school psychologist greets an elementary school student in Alexandria, Virginia, in August 2023. (Craig Hudson/For The Washington Post)...   read more


She Kept Her Condition Secret for Decades, Then Bared It All Online

By ryan stacy
May 7, 2025

Millions of people compulsively pick their skin or pull their hair. Social media is helping some of them to recover. By Chloe W. Shakin The New York Times Chloe Shakin interviewed nearly a dozen individuals with BFRBs, and experts who specialize in their treatment, for this article. Sarah Redzikowski tilted her head and leaned closer...   read more


17 Ways to Cut Your Risk of Stroke, Dementia and Depression. All at Once

By ravi kumar
April 30, 2025

A new study identified overlapping factors that affect your odds of developing these brain diseases late in life. Credit...Lucy Jones By Nina Agrawal April 23, 2025 – The New York Times New research has identified 17 overlapping factors that affect your risk of stroke, dementia and late-life depression, suggesting that a number of lifestyle changes could simultaneously lower...   read more


What We Know (and don’t know) About Autism, According to Science

By ravi kumar
April 30, 2025

Autism cases are increasing globally, but its causes are difficult to specify. April 23, 2025  - The Washington Post By Richard Sima Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed to discover the cause of autism by September, saying the “autism epidemic is running rampant.” While cases are on the rise — often because...   read more


Every Doctor Faces This Dilemma

By ravi kumar
April 30, 2025

April 20, 2025 – The New York Times Credit...Chris W. Kim By Daniela J. Lamas Dr. Lamas, a contributing Opinion writer, is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. My patient’s son took me aside late one evening to share a request. I braced myself. My patient had been intubated...   read more


When They Don't Recognize You Anymore

By ravi kumar
April 30, 2025

People with dementia often forget even close family members as the disease advances. “It can throw people into an existential crisis,” one expert said. Credit...Jen Hsieh By Paula Span April 20, 2025 – The New York Times It happened more than a decade ago, but the moment remains with her. Sara Stewart was talking at the...   read more


The workers who feel left behind by return-to-office policies

By ryan stacy
April 28, 2025

Some people with ADHD, autism and other neurodiverse conditions say returning to the office full time limits their chances of success. April 19, 2025 – The Washington Post By Danielle Abril For years, Ashley Palardy didn’t understand why she was completely drained after a day at the office. Her exhaustion and anxiety would get so bad that...   read more


Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias

By ryan stacy
April 28, 2025

An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.   . By Teddy Rosenbluth and Rebecca Robbins April 18, 2025 – New York Times A federal prosecutor has sent letters to at least three medical journals accusing them of...   read more


Kennedy Claimed Autism ‘Destroys’ Lives. Autistic People Disagree.

By ravi kumar
April 25, 2025

People in the community called the remarks dehumanizing and warned they could perpetuate harmful stigma. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s remarks in a news conference Wednesday have sparked an outraged reaction among many autistic people and their families. Credit...Pete Kiehart for The New York Times By Maggie Astor, Azeen Ghorayshi and Dani Blum April 18, 2025 – New York...   read more


DOJ Questions Science Journal About Bias, Triggering Free-speech Concerns

By ravi kumar
April 25, 2025

The DOJ sent a letter to the journal Chest questioning its editorial policies. The letter has sparked free-speech concerns among scientists and First Amendment experts. April 18, 2025 – The Washington Post By Mark Johnson Amid brewing conflict between scientists and the administration of President Donald Trump, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia sent...   read more