ER visits, long waits climb for kids in mental health crisis

When children and teens are overwhelmed with anxiety, depression or thoughts of self-harm, they often wait days in emergency rooms because there aren’t enough psychiatric beds.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Stay home for the holidays or get tested twice, CDC urges

Don’t travel over the upcoming holidays. But if you must, consider getting coronavirus tests before and after, U.S. health officials urged Wednesday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Stay home for the holidays or get tested twice, CDC urges

Don’t travel over the upcoming holidays. But if you must, consider getting coronavirus tests before and after, U.S. health officials urged Wednesday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Stay home for the holidays or get tested twice, CDC urges

Don’t travel over the upcoming holidays. But if you must, consider getting coronavirus tests before and after, U.S. health officials urged Wednesday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Stay home for the holidays or get tested twice, CDC urges

Don’t travel over the upcoming holidays. But if you must, consider getting coronavirus tests before and after, U.S. health officials urged Wednesday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

With COVID-19 surging, schools suspend in-person education

With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state spiking to record levels, bus drivers and teachers in quarantine, students getting sick and the holidays looming, Schools Superintendent Scott Hanback in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, made a tough decision this week.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

US sets record for cases amid election battle over virus

New confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. have climbed to an all-time high of more than 86,000 per day on average, in a glimpse of the worsening crisis that lies ahead for the winner of the presidential election.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Public health may be US election loser as coronavirus surges

Regardless of the presidential election outcome, a vexing issue remains to be decided: Will the U.S. be able to tame a perilous pandemic that is surging as holidays, winter and other challenges approach?

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

New guidelines address rise in opioid use during pregnancy

Opioid use in pregnancy has prompted new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, aimed at improving care for women and newborns affected by their mothers’ drug use.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

New guidelines address rise in opioid use during pregnancy

Opioid use in pregnancy has prompted new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, aimed at improving care for women and newborns affected by their mothers’ drug use.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Stressed freshmen missing quintessential college experience

It’s a major life milestone, the first time many U.S. teens have ever been on their own. Even in normal times, freshman year in college can be a jumbled mix of anticipation, uncertainty and emotional highs and lows.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Stressed freshmen missing quintessential college experience

It’s a major life milestone, the first time many U.S. teens have ever been on their own. Even in normal times, freshman year in college can be a jumbled mix of anticipation, uncertainty and emotional highs and lows.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

As a pandemic presses on, waves of grief follow its path

In a strong voice tinged with her Irish homeland, Fiona Prine talks hauntingly about loss. From her COVID-19 infection and isolation — self-imposed in hopes of sparing her husband, folk-country legend John Prine — to his own devastating illness and death, she’s had more than her share in this year …

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

US kids, parents perform DIY tests for coronavirus science

Six thousand U.S. parents and kids are doing DIY nasal swabs twice a week to answer some of the most vexing mysteries about the coronavirus

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Virus disrupts pregnancy plans, raises anxiety and questions

Some pregnant women fear giving birth with no loved ones by their side. Others worry about getting sick with COVID-19 and not being able to hold their newborns. The coronavirus pandemic has injected anxiety and uncertainty to an already stressful time and while science about risks is mostly reassuring, doctors …

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Virus disrupts pregnancy plans, raises anxiety and questions

Some pregnant women fear giving birth with no loved ones by their side. Others worry about getting sick with COVID-19 and not being able to hold their newborns. The coronavirus pandemic has injected anxiety and uncertainty to an already stressful time and while science about risks is mostly reassuring, doctors …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

For seniors, isolation changes life in varied, nuanced ways

One remembers the polio epidemic and the hardships of World War II. One is stoic about it all — because, he says, he's already “here past the welcome.” A third, old enough to remember the aftermath of the 1918 flu epidemic, turns to her faith in challenging times.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

For seniors, isolation changes life in varied, nuanced ways

One remembers the polio epidemic and the hardships of World War II. One is stoic about it all — because, he says, he's already “here past the welcome.” A third, old enough to remember the aftermath of the 1918 flu epidemic, turns to her faith in challenging times.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Hospitals fear shortage of ventilators for virus patients

U.S. hospitals bracing for a possible onslaught of coronavirus patients with pneumonia and other breathing difficulties could face a critical shortage of mechanical ventilators and health care workers to operate them.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Hospitals fear shortage of ventilators for virus patients

U.S. hospitals bracing for a possible onslaught of coronavirus patients with pneumonia and other breathing difficulties could face a critical shortage of mechanical ventilators and health care workers to operate them.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

US hospitals brace for 'tremendous strain' from new virus

U.S. hospitals are setting up circus-like triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

US hospitals brace for 'tremendous strain' from new virus

U.S. hospitals are setting up circus-like triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Virus and elderly: Avoid crowds, cruises, long plane trips

The U.S. government's coronavirus recommendations tell older adults to avoid crowds, cruises and long plane rides -- advice that one public health official acknowledged won't be welcomed by many.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

China's virus slowdown offers hope for global containment

The slowdown in coronavirus cases out of China offers a sliver of hope that the global outbreak can be controlled, but whether that can happen anytime soon without drastic measures remains to be seen, public health authorities say.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

China's virus slowdown offers hope for global containment

The slowdown in coronavirus cases out of China offers a sliver of hope that the global outbreak can be controlled, but whether that can happen anytime soon without drastic measures remains to be seen, public health authorities say.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Long-term birth control options popular

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

A real eye-opener

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

No practicing on patients

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Docs to parents: Limit texts, tweets, online time

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO

Study seeks super agers' secrets to brain health

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Inducing labor may be tied to autism, study says

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Tiny preemies get a boost from live music therapy

CHICAGO - As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Study: Placebo or not,acupuncture helps with pain

CHICAGO - Acupuncture gets a thumbs-up for helping relieve M from chronic headaches, backaches and arthritis in a review of more than two

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Study: Junk food laws may help curb kids' obesity

CHICAGO - Laws strictly curbing school sales of junk food and sweetened drinks may play a role in slowing childhood obesity, according to a study that seems to offer the first evidence such efforts could pay off.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Early full-term babies may face later school woes

CHICAGO - Even for infants born full-term, a little more time in the womb may matter.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

New phase in AIDS fight

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Appendix removal: Huge sticker shock in study

CHICAGO - What do hospitals charge to remove an appendix? The startling answer is that it could be the same as the price of a refrigerator - or a house.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Autism may be linked to obesity during pregnancy

CHICAGO - Obesity during pregnancy may increase chances for having a child with autism, provocative new research suggests.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Autism could be redefined; parents worried

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

More Americans seeking dental treatment at the ER

CHICAGO - More Americans are turning to the emergency room for routine dental problems - a choice that often costs 10 times more than preventive care and offers far fewer treatment options than a dentist's office, according to an analysis of government data and dental research.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Need help avoiding a hangover?

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

No cupcakes here!

DANVILLE, Ill. - Five-year-olds dance hip-hop to the alphabet. Third-graders learn math by twisting into geometric shapes, fifth-graders by calculating calories. And everyone goes to the gym - every day.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO

More than 1 in 10 parents skip, delay kids' shots

CHICAGO - By age 6, children should have vaccinations against 14 diseases, in at least two dozen separate doses, the U.S. government advises. More than 1 in 10 parents reject that, refusing some shots or delaying others mainly because of safety concerns, a national survey found.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

SpongeBob in hot water from study of 4-year-olds

CHICAGO - The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Autism risks for siblings are higher than thought

CHICAGO - A new study suggests nearly one in five children with an autistic older sibling will develop the disorder too - a rate much higher than previously thought.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Pediatricians: Sports in heat OK with precautions

CHICAGO - Playing sports in hot, steamy weather is safe for healthy children and teen athletes, so long as precautions are taken and the drive to win doesn't trump common sense, the nation's largest pediatricians group says.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Are grandparents saferdrivers than mom and dad?

CHICAGO - Kids may be safest in cars when grandma or grandpa are driving instead of mom or dad, according to study results that even made the researchers do a double-take.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Over 65 and not worried about heat? You should be

CHICAGO - This week's heat wave may be uncomfortable, but you're healthy, active and feel just fine. So what if you're over 65? Think again. Feeling good doesn't mean you're safe.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Nighttime or violent TV tied to tots' sleep woes

CHICAGO - If your preschooler can't sleep - turn off the violence and nighttime TV.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

MDs gather at AMA meeting amid reform uncertainty

CHICAGO - Medicare crises, looming doctor shortages, more patients without health insurance. And that doesn't even count the big changes coming from a revamped health care system.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

What leads gay, straight teens to attempt suicide?

CHICAGO - Suicide attempts by gay teens - and even straight kids - are more common in politically conservative areas where schools don't have programs supporting gay rights, a study involving nearly 32,000 high school students found.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Government insists full-body scanners are safe

CHICAGO - They look a little like giant refrigerators and pack a radiation dose big enough to peer through clothing for bombs or weapons, yet too minuscule to be harmful, federal officials insist.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

No laps for warm laptops

CHICAGO - Have you ever worked on your laptop computer with it sitting on your lap, heating up your legs? If so, you might want to rethink that habit.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

ER visits for concussions soar among kid athletes

CHICAGO - Emergency room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting the intensity of kids' sports has increased along with awareness of head injuries.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Bad habits can age you by 12 years, study suggests

CHICAGO - Four common bad habits combined - smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet - can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Study: Breast-feeding would save lives, money

CHICAGO - The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women breast-fed their babies for the first six months of life, a cost analysis says.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Battling bulge gets tougher

CHICAGO - Rev up the treadmill: Sobering new research spells out just how much exercise women need to keep the flab off as they age - and it's a lot.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Striking number of obesity risks hit minority kids

CHICAGO - The odds of obesity appear stacked against black and Hispanic children starting even before birth, provocative new research suggests.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pediatricians urge choking warning labels for food

CHICAGO - When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO