Perhaps it’s because we live in an age of competing epidemics and crises—opioids, impeachment, homelessness, insulin—that youth suicide trends don’t warrant a front-page headline every week. The numbing, knee-bending statistics say they should. Per the CDC, suicide rates among young people 10 to 24 years old rose 56 percent between 2007 and 2017. Suicide is… Read More »
Mery Racauchi (Photo Credits: File Image) The fashion industry has evolved over the years and has given top fashion designers who have redefined style and trends globally. Mery Racauchi is one internationally recognized fashion designer. She hails from Argentina but later moved to New York to pursue her career as a designer. She started her… Read More »
TUESDAY, June 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Suicide rates among teens and young adults have reached their highest point in nearly two decades, a new study reports. Suicides among teens have especially spiked, with an annual percentage change of 10% between 2014 and 2017 for 15- to 19-year-olds, researchers said. “It really is an unprecedented… Read More »
What do you see when you look in the mirror after a night of tossing and turning? Baggy eyes, sagging skin, and a few wrinkles that you swear weren’t there the day before. Yes, sleeping poorly makes you look old and feel old, too. And it gets worse. Insomnia leads to cognitive decline, a shorter… Read More »
Are we ready for the impending recession in the emotional wellbeing of a nation’s youth?Photo by Austin Human on Unsplash Today’s gloomy Brexit vote in the U.K. casts a shadow over the precarious future of Britain’s finances. And, with Trump’s wall-fuelled partial government shutdown and global trade wars pressurizing the U.S. economy, analysts are predicting… Read More »
On This Page NCHS Data Brief No. 320, September 2018 PDF Version (357 KB) Kirsten A. Herrick, Ph.D., M.Sc., Ana L. Terry, M.S., R.D., and Joseph Afful, M.S. Key findings Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey In 2013–2016, water accounted for 43.7% of total beverage consumption among U.S. youth, followed by milk… Read More »
Regulators are considering prohibiting some e-cigarette sales in convenience stores and confining them to vape shops, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday.