Tag: children

Last time I wrote to you I was in Georgia with Lasha Bekauri, the Olympic champion, and his coach David. Today I’m happy to see that he came back from the Oberwart European Open 2022 with a gold medal, after his...

There are two young people, 24 and 20 years old, who do not separate on the world judo tour. The fights between Raz Hershko and Léa Fontaine are on their way to becoming classics, a Real Madrid-Barcelona judo match, for several...

On 22 June 2022, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Argoon and Barmal districts of Paktika province and Sapera district of Khost province in east of Afghanistan. It left the districts in ruins and destroyed the lives of the poor and bereaved...

Teaching magic tricks to children with disabilities can enhance their feelings of self-esteem and confidence, a study has shown. The study, published in Health Psychology Research, is a collaboration between the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Institute for Arts in Medicine,...

Q&A With the eye-opening conversation taking place around young athletes and suicide,1,2 Psychiatric TimesTM is interested in taking a closer look at athlete mental health, specifically for children and adolescents. As part of our investigation, we sat down with Rashmi Parmar,...

Build a relationship with a primary doctor through HealthTap. No insurance necessary! As a mom of two, I am at the doctor more times a year than I can count. But the last time I went to a checkup for me?...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Anxiety and depression in children are on rise in the United States. UW Health officials believe this in a large part due to the toll the pandemic has had on youth. According to the American Academy of...

I am not an expert in politics or war, but as a human being, I am interested in the well being of other human beings and particularly in the situation we have woken up to. So far 7,000 Ukranians have made...

A North Carolina doctor shared ways students can navigate through possible anxiety and other heavy emotions as schools begin to lift mask mandates. A number of school districts in the Piedmont Triad, and surrounding areas have made announcements that it will...

Peter Schwartz, MD, was chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the mid-1990s when a young physician sought him out. The doctor, whom Schwartz regarded as talented and empathetic, was visibly shaken. The...