Researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital have been trying a unique experiment: treating a neighborhood as a patient. The findings were reported in the journal Pediatrics. Neighborhood effect syndrome, characterized by symptoms of extreme poverty including blight, housing insecurity, racial segregation, trauma, violence, poorly performing schools, low social cohesion and support and environmental toxins, has debilitating… Continue reading A Medical Solution to A Neighborhood Problem
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Memorial Day: Honoring and Helping Vets
Memorial Day isn’t only the kickoff to summer, it’s also a time to thank those who fought and died for our country. But for some veterans, there may not be much cause for celebration. We hear of far too many mental, emotional and physical problems among the men and women who have served the United… Continue reading Memorial Day: Honoring and Helping Vets