ASK AMY Encouraging Therapy Over Divorce Advice
A reader confesses years of verbal abuse from her husband, with their three children present during a recent incident. Amy urges the wife to see a therapist for herself first, noting the abuse and anger as toxic to the relationship and advising professional help before deciding on divorce.
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Abby
Indiana
Amy
Dear Amy worries over family conflict and teen study blocks
Amy Dickinson advises parental calm to spare children from witnessing fights and urges the Worried Parent to empower a ninth grader. The son, a conscientious student with organizational gaps, should use school resources like study-skills classes and teacher web pages to plan ahead and join study groups.
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Silent heart disease warning from Clinton case
The Clinton case shows how heart disease creeps up despite health care and checkups. Experts warn that many risk factors are silent until a major event, with women often presenting different symptoms and denial common in avoiding cardiac problems.
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Clinton
Donald LaVan
University of Pennsylvania
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Jonathan Halperin
Mount Sinai Medical Center
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Pollution harms teens' lungs fivefold study finds
A USC led study in Southern California tracked 1,759 children from grades four through 12 between 1993 and 2001. Teens in smoggy communities showed nearly five times the risk of low lung function compared to peers in low-pollution areas, with doctors urging vigilance on air quality.
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John Peters
Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center
Los Angeles
New England Journal of Medicine
Peters
University of Southern California School of Medicine
Southern California
W. James Gauderman
USC
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