Shocking statistics from the CDC reveal the scale of the mental health crisis among children in the United States

Health By Taylor Penley, Fox News June 18, 2023 | 4:57pm Grim numbers released Tuesday by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate that 15 percent of American children ages five to 17 recently received treatment for mental health conditions in 2021, raising concerns about the depth of the health crisis ever-expanding mentality of … Read more

Losing Hope of Finding Children in a Plane Crash, Indigenous Researchers Turned to a Ritual: Ayahuasca

FILE In this photo released by the Colombian Armed Forces Press Office, a soldier stands in front of the wreckage of a Cessna C206 on May 18, 2023, which crashed in the jungle of Solano, in the state of Caqueta in Colombia. The bodies of three adults were recovered from inside the aircraft. Forty days … Read more

AMA: The state of mental health in children in the United States is a national emergency

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Unlocking the Key to Healthy Aging: The Influence of Vitamin K on the Diet-Microbiome-Health Axis

In a recent narrative review published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers explored how dietary vitamin K supplementation might promote healthy aging. Study: Vitamin K and hallmarks of aging: attention to diet and the gut microbiome. Image Credit: ratmaner/Shutterstock.com Background Dietary vitamin K is a modulator of the diet-microbiome-health axis; therefore, researchers are looking for evidence … Read more

Nearly 15% of children received mental health care in 2021: CDC

Mental health From Brooke Kato June 13, 2023 | 4:27pm Amid skyrocketing rates of mental ill health among U.S. youth, nearly 15 percent of children received mental health care in 2021, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings, released Tuesday, suggest poor mental health is common among American … Read more

State policies play an important role in expanding access to mental health care

Four state policies introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to spur telehealth expansion were associated with telehealth expansion by mental health facilities, but telehealth growth was lowest among facilities in counties with the largest percentage of black residents, according to a new RAND corporate study. Telehealth expansion was also lower among facilities that accepted Medicaid or … Read more