Even if you can firmly say you’re never going to go on a hike in your life, depending on where you live you could still pick up ticks in areas like parks or even backyards, Dr. Shannon Delaney says.
“The seven-member pacifist group built mobile hospitals in caves, often traveling at night to avoid detection,” writes Dr. Christopher Magoon in an article about tMedical Team 19.
A new study led by Columbia Psychiatry researchers eased fears about the proportion of youths with ADHD taking antipsychotic drugs, but still found that many prescriptions may be inappropriate.
Although there are differing theories about why people with glasses are perceived as smart, “many scientists believe that this is a mental shortcut that is learned,” says Dr. Elizabeth G. Loran.
Dr. Anne Marie Albano agreed that the best thing a parent can do is let a child make their own choices, learn the consequences of those choices, and be on hand to help if needed.
“The contribution of the environment to ASD risk appears to be much smaller than the contribution of genetics," wrote Drs. Amandeep Jutla, Hannah Reed and Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele.
