NEW YORK (AP) — As schools increasingly use cashless payment systems for school lunches, a growing number of districts have contracted with processing companies that charge as much as $3.25 per transaction, according to a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The report found that though legally schools must offer a fee-free option [...]
Cancer patients can ward off waves of vomiting after treatment with a relatively cheap anti-nausea pill, but some are running into coverage limits. Ondansetron hit the market more than 30 years ago. It was the first in a series of drugs that gave doctors a better way to control nausea and vomiting, said Dr. Alexi [...]
Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported. If this sounds familiar, that’s because the records the globe shattered were set last year as human-caused climate change, with a temporary boost from an [...]
Ohio State University researchers said they have found that the manner by which kids allocate their attention is the root cause of their difficulty in maintaining focus on a task. Published recently in the journal Psychological Science, the study revealed that children distribute their attention broadly either out of simple curiosity or because their working [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal government report expected to stir debate concluded that fluoride in drinking water at twice the recommended limit is linked with lower IQ in children. The report, based on an analysis of previously published research, marks the first time a federal agency has determined — "with moderate confidence" — that [...]
Ohio State University researchers recently published results of a study that analyzed the diets of more than 35,000 adults in an effort to assist consumers with the task of selecting healthy foods. Beyond the greatest sources of saturated fat and added sugar in participants’ diets — cheese and soft drinks, respectively — the study identified [...]
Darrell Dixon's father was just 25 when he had a major heart attack in the rural Mississippi Delta. By his early 40s, a series of additional attacks had left his heart muscle too weak to pump enough blood to his body. He died in 2013 at the age of 49. "It was a big jolt [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators have declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD, a setback for groups seeking a breakthrough decision in favor of using mind-altering substances to treat serious mental-health conditions. Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics said the FDA notified the company that its drug “could not be approved based [...]
A study in which Ohio State University researchers investigated the relationship between head trauma and mental-health symptoms among central Ohio law enforcement personnel revealed more instances of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression among the injured cohort. Nine percent of the 282 respondents who reported one or more head injuries screened positive for PTSD symptoms, while [...]
REX, Ga. (AP) — The third-grade students at Roberta T. Smith Elementary School had only a few days until summer vacation, and an hour until lunch, but there was no struggle to focus as they filed into the classroom. They were ready for one of their favorite parts of the day. The children closed their [...]