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(Courtesy of Kosher ADHD) Do you feel that your child is simply “out of control” and that you are a lousy parent? Are you feeling guilty or concerned that your child seems disconnected from Yiddishkeit? Kosher ADHD is a novel and dynamic approach towards navigating the problems of ADHD within the traditional Jewish home and school.

Indianas rural communities face a shortage of primary care doctors. Nursing practitioners can help fill the need if restrictive laws are changed.

(Courtesy of Project SARAH) It is widely known that the impact of trauma is extremely far reaching and may begin during adverse events from early childhood.

New Mexico is a violent state. It ranks among the worst for women murdered by men, child abuse and neglect are almost twice as common as they are nationwide, and its rate of suicide is one of the highest of any state. Last year, Albuquerque’s homicide rate shattered previous records, a 46% jump from 2020, […]

Alcohol alone does not cause violence, scientists say, but it increases its likelihood. One professor compares it to pouring gasoline on a fire.

How can we improve access to health care for rural Arkansans? Recently states such as Kansas and New York have expanded the use of nurse practitioners (NPs). Last year the Arkansas Legislature passed two bills to do this exact thing. But one of them, Act 412, is stifled because the rules accompanying it are stuck in committee.

The annual conference of the Rabbinical Council of America was scheduled to be held in Chicago this year, but plans were shelved in light of the ongoing refugee crisis in Ukraine.

It was eminently fitting that Shomrei Torah of Fair Lawn’s annual dinner, a hybrid event that marked a transition from COVID-19 protocol to normalcy, honored a couple who served during perhaps the greatest transitional period in the shul’s history, Jeff and Carol Cohen.