City Club of Eugene: The Ballmer Institute for Child Behavioral Health

City Club of Eugene: The Ballmer Institute for Child Behavioral Health

Program date: December 9, 2022 Air date: December 12, 2022 From the City Club of Eugene: Ask any teacher how children’s mental health and behavior have been over the past few years and step back and wait for horror stories. The consensus is that things are getting bad and getting worse. Can we do something …

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'Amazing' results: skip salvage chemo, go straight to HSCT

‘Amazing’ results: skip salvage chemo, go straight to HSCT

NEW ORLEANS – Investigators say they were “amazed” by the results of a randomized trial showing that patients with acute myeloid leukemia who respond poorly after induction therapy do just as well in undergoing an immediate allogeneic transplant as if they had received an intensive rescue induction regimen to bring them into remission before the …

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Face the Facts: Confronting Rising Health Care Costs in Conn.

Face the Facts: Confronting Rising Health Care Costs in Conn.

Insurance Committee Co-Chair Rep. Kerry Wood (D-Rocky Hill) joins NBC Connecticut’s Mike Hydeck with his plans to deal with rising health care costs when the new session begins in January. Mike Hydeck: Here in Connecticut right now we’re dealing with runaway inflation, the threat of a possible recession, and chances are, if your health insurance …

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Mental health tips: Simple ways to beat the winter blues and manage mood swings

Mental health tips: Simple ways to beat the winter blues and manage mood swings

As the days get colder and the wintry chill sets in, we tend to spend more time indoors curled up in our blankets and binge-watching movies or just glued to our screens. As we become less active, our mental health can also suffer. If you’re also someone who feels down most winters, it could probably …

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Malaya McGant stands outside The Perch, a drop-in center for homeless youth in Vancouver. McGant lived in a tent by the Columbia River for a few months when she was 19 before getting help from Janus Youth Programs.

Malaya McGant’s story: ‘It all goes back to mental health’

At 19, Malaya McGant decided to leave her mother’s Clark County home for good. McGant had tried to connect with his Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Somali and Egyptian heritage, but this cultural exploration was not accepted by his mother, who tended to be strict and overprotective, according to McGant. “I would do things like practice spirituality …

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Brooke Burke, 51, shares her favorite tips for staying fit while on vacation

Brooke Burke, 51, shares her favorite tips for staying fit while on vacation

Brooke Burke thinks you don’t have to wait until the New Year to kick start your resolutions. The former “Dancing with the Stars” host encouraged her followers to get a head start on their fitness goals by sharing some of her must-have moves to look – and feel – great. In 2017, the mom-of-four developed …

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Turkish doctor invents app to detect anemia in 2 seconds

Turkish doctor invents app to detect anemia in 2 seconds

Director of Emergency and Disaster Medicine at Brown University, Dr. Selim Suner has developed a medical app that can measure anemia intraocularly in just two seconds without taking a blood sample from the patient. Using Suner’s artificial intelligence-based eMoglobin app, a patient’s level of anemia can be instantly measured using a square photograph taken with …

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Advocates for people with mental illnesses protest New York City Mayor Eric Adams' plan to force people from the streets and into mental health treatment, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

With NYC’s plan for the mentally ill, hospitals face a complex task

Advocates for people with mental illnesses protest New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to force people off the streets and into mental health treatment, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in New York City. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Julia Nikhinson PA NEW YORK New York City’s latest plan to keep people with mental illness from languishing in …

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