The minds of children affected by family violence

Growing up in a home where violence is the daily bread, has serious implications for the mental and emotional health of children. So much so, that a recent study comparing the effect of child abuse in the brains of children, suffered by soldiers in a war. It is in vain that when there is family violence,...

The elderly are most at risk in extreme heat

CHICAGO (AP) – The sixties and seventies, including those who refuse to be considered “elderly” have on hand several precautionary measures to avoid serious ills stifling heat half the U.S. this week, said specialists. People over 65 have a high propensity to resent the consequences of...