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Photo credit:  DucDigital, Flickr Death is inevitable, but premature death can be prevented, say health officials. In its first report calculating the number of these deaths in the U.S. that can be avoided, researchers at the Centers for Disease...

Sunny Shin, Ph.D., (pictured right) an associate professor in Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Social Work, has led a number of studies exploring the relationship between child maltreatment and adolescent substance abuse. Shin, who joined...

Photo credit:  Neighborhood Centers Inc, Flickr Ruth Kimble has been waiting a long time for early childhood education to have its moment, and now, she thinks, it has arrived. Across the country, voters and politicians alike are making...

ACEs Connection member John Jeanetta  is the president and CEO of Heartland Family Service , a social work agency based in Omaha, Nebraska. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.  Q: When did you learn about ACEs, and how did...

Studies show music helps shape an infant’s brain in the womb, and keeps babies alive after birth. So surely children’s choirs can heal child trauma. What if Bruce Perry or Bessel van der Kolk had been a Vienna Choir Boy? They’d be...

In one disadvantaged Richmond community, educational opportunities are a lifeline for community residents to better health, yet the relationship between education and health is often complex. See how the Engaging Richmond partnership, a group of...

Photo credit:  David Mason, Flickr From the doorway, my patient looked pregnant — but his protuberant belly was actually a sign of serious liver disease that had quickly worsened. Given the fluid pressing on his abdomen, he was no doubt in...

Nobody can say for sure how many schools and youth-serving institutions are introducing sexual violence prevention programming in the wake of recent high-profile cases, but we know the number is growing. David Lee, of the nonprofit PreventConnect,...

Photo credit:  Paul Burnett, Flickr The adolescent brain is also known to be extra-sensitive to dopamine, meaning that the reward systems associated with drug addictions are in overdrive. These changes cause teenagers to minimize negative effects...

Photo credit:  johnkell, flickr On Monday, it emerged that Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell, were both arrested on domestic violence-like charges of disorderly conduct, following a "family dispute" at their Connecticut home over the...

On Saturday morning, April 26, I attended a conference sponsored by the Rand Corporation on the release of The City of Santa Monica 2014 Youth Wellbeing Report Card . The purpose of the report card is to track how the school aged children are doing in...

Ask any busy parent of preschool children: Early evening can be a stressful time. Now a small new study that audiotaped families soon after they returned home from work and day care suggests that spanking is surprisingly common. Among 33 families, the...