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May 17, 2011

Study: Mild Concussions Can Be Serious

(AP) — High school athletes who suffer the mildest of concussions — in which obvious symptoms disappear within 15 minutes — often have memory problems and other latent difficulties days after the injury, according to a new study. The study […]
May 17, 2011

Study Says Broken Homes Harm Kids More

LONDON (AP) — Children growing up in single-parent families are twice as likely as their counterparts to develop serious psychiatric illnesses and addictions later in life, according to an important new study. Researchers have for years debated whether children from […]
May 17, 2011

Experts Warn Against Sleep-Deprived Kids

WASHINGTON (AP) — To wake parents up to the importance of snoozing, sleep experts warned Tuesday that seemingly energetic children who dodge bedtime for other activities are more prone to injury, poor school performance and crankiness. “A tired child is […]
May 17, 2011

Twins Study Bolsters Pot ‘Gateway Theory’

CHICAGO (AP) — A study of Australian twins and marijuana bolsters the fiercely debated “gateway theory” that pot can lead to harder drugs. The researchers located 311 sets of same-sex twins in which only one twin had smoked marijuana before […]