The following is excerpted from an online article posted by News-Medical. The use of nicotine pouches – small, easily concealed sachets of nicotine and additives that are placed between the gum and lip – nearly doubled among U.S. high school students between 2023 and 2024, according to a new USC study. The research, involving surveys…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by Pew Research Center. Rising rates of poor mental health among youth have been called a national crisis. While this is often linked to factors like the COVID-19 pandemic or poverty, some officials, like former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, name social media as a major threat…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. High schools have long been recognized for shaping students’ futures. According to a new study by researchers from Penn State, the University of Texas, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Minnesota, high schools may even contribute to how much a person weighs…
Showing Up & Speaking In This April, I had the joy of attending the D6 Conference in Orlando, Florida—not only as a breakout speaker but also as part of the social media team. Rooted in Deuteronomy 6:5–7, this event focuses on equipping families and churches to disciple every generation. What makes D6 unique is its…
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The following is excerpted from an online article posted by ScienceDaily. Adolescents who sleep for longer — and from an earlier bedtime — than their peers tend to have improved brain function and perform better at cognitive tests, researchers from the UK and China have shown. But the study of adolescents in the US also…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by ScienceDaily. In popular culture, dads are stoic, sensitive and strong. So powerful is the mystique of the happy dad that celebrities, joke books — even hard seltzers — carry the label. Real life is different. Fathers get down, sometimes debilitatingly. And as new research from…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by Yahoo!Finance. More than a third of young drivers reported recently using a smartphone while driving, with about half of them reporting they regularly texted while driving, despite awareness of the inherent risk. The new research, conducted by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation USA, Inc. (TIRF…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. University of Manitoba and Memorial University of Newfoundland researchers are reporting that legalization of youth-oriented cannabis edibles and extracts in Canada was associated with higher cannabis use among adolescents during specific study periods. In October 2018, Canada legalized the sale of dried or fresh…
“The words quiet time are not in the Bible.” I remember the first time I heard that fact. My mind was blown, and at the same time, I experienced immense release. As someone who has never been able to figure out how to have a good, consistent quiet time, this news was liberating. My brain…