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Recent developments represent a dramatic change from long standing federal policy around these substances that has historically criminalized their use and blocked or delayed research efforts into their therapeutic potential.
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Data on medical cannabis use found that enrollment in medical cannabis programs increased overall between 2016 and 2022, but enrollment in states where nonmedical use of cannabis became legal saw a decrease in enrollment
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People with bipolar disorder have a higher risk of early death than people who smoke, and more efforts to improve detection and care are needed.
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Two Michigan Medicine doctors share 8 ways older adults can combat loneliness and social isolation.
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A C.S. Mott Children's Hospital health poll found most mothers and over two-thirds of fathers of children ages 0-4 use social media for questions on topics like feeding and behavior challenges.
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Overall, emotional health and technology use dominated this year’s top 10 list of parent concerns about health-related issues for kids in the U.S.– surpassing childhood obesity, which parents rated the number one children’s health issue a decade ago.
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Access to mental health care has lagged even as diagnoses have risen; a proposed federal fix aims to increase insurance coverage of care.
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People with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia account for a large percentage of emergency visits by older adults, but some of those crises could be prevented.
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In the wake of a Surgeon General’s advisory, experts offer tips for families of teens and tweens
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Anorexia and other eating disorders can strike tweens and teens, but parents and health care providers may miss signs.
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Youth ages 14-24 often use strategies to regulate social media use, from time limits to changing settings.
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Experts share tech savvy ways to better manage and control social media use on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube for youth, teens and kids.
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Here are 7 things you can do right now to help.
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A sleep psychologist explains why the exhaustion you feel may not be related to a lack of sleep.
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Poll finds 1 in 6 parents of elementary and middle schoolers who use social media don’t use parental controls, and 2 in 5 say it’s too time consuming to monitor apps.