Topic: Eric Broderick

School Violence Drops With Federal Program

EverydayHealth.com - 834 days ago
11/5/2009 Print E-mail A program called Safe Schools/Healthy Students greatly increases the safety of students, says a U.S. government report.. School districts involved in the Safe Schools/Healthy Students program initiate a comprehensive, community-wide plan that includes the ...

8.3 Million U.S. Adults Considered Suicide Last Year

EverydayHealth.com - 883 days ago
9/17/2009 Print E-mail A national survey has found that more than 8 million adults in the United States seriously considered suicide last year, with younger adults the most likely to contemplate taking their own lives.. It's the first national ...

Some baby boomers still getting high, report says

AP Features - 912 days ago
Forty years after Woodstock, some baby boomers haven't let go of one part of the 1960s: getting high on illicit drugs.The percentage of Americans age 50-59 who reported use of illicit drugs within a year nearly doubled between 2002 and ...

Depression Hits 1 in 13 American Adults

EverydayHealth.com - 1004 days ago
5/19/2009 Print E-mail Over the past year, 16.5 million Americans age 18 or older -- 1 in 13 adults -- experienced at least one bout of major depression, according to a new government survey.. Less than two-thirds (64.5 percent) of ...

Millions of Kids Live With Substance-Abusing Parents

Drugs.com - 1023 days ago
Almost 12 percent of children in the United States live with a parent who has a substance abuse problem, says a federal government study released this week.. The analysis of national data from 2002 to 2007 also showed that: "The research increasingly ...