Helping kids cope with divorce through honest, civil parenting
Dr. David Kaplan outlines how to minimize long term harm to children during divorce. Key strategies include staying civil and focused on the children, avoiding personal life details, ensuring time with each parent, not using kids to retaliate, avoiding negative talk about the other parent, and discussing changes honestly in age appropriate terms. Seek professional family counseling if needed.
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National Institute of Mental Health
David Kaplan
Emporia State University
International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
American Counseling Association
States prepare to battle West Nile virus this spring
Albany reports that public health officials plan to curb West Nile virus with fewer pesticides and more larval control and education. They anticipate spread south and west, with projected tracking costs of 16 million dollars and testing extending to California.
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New Hampshire
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Connecticut
New York
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Texas
Mississippi
John Roehrig
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
California
Ralph Timpers
HHS launches plan to boost organ donations nationwide
The Department of Health and Human Services unveils a Workplace Partnership to promote organ donation with firms and unions signing on including General Motors Verizon and the United Auto Workers. Congress is urged for a 5 million boost as donor lists rise and living donations surge.
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Washington
Department of Health and Human Services
HHS
Tommy Thompson
Thompson
General Motors Corp
Verizon
United Auto Workers
Congress
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Dementia carries shorter prognosis after diagnosis study says
Canadian researchers report dementia from Alzheimer’s or vascular causes often leaves about 3.3 years survival after diagnosis when bias from including only survivors is removed. The analysis of 821 patients, average age near 84, finds median life expectancy around 5.7 years for 65 to 74, 4.2 years for 75 to 84, and 2.75 years for 85 plus.
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Associated Press
New England Journal of Medicine
Christina Wolfson
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
McGill University
Montreal Neurological Institute
Wolfson
Claudia H. Kawas
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