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Parents speak out after hospital denies kidney transplant for their unvaccinated child

Teenage girl is denied kidney transplant because she is not vaccinated against COVID, her parents say

Appearing on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ on Saturday morning to discuss the serious medical dilemma facing their family, the parents of a teenage girl who is not vaccinated against COVID-19 revealed that their daughter was unable to go moving forward with the kidney transplant she needs at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. Chrissy …

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Teenage brains aged faster in first year of pandemic, study finds, and stress may be to blame |  CNN

Teenage brains aged faster in first year of pandemic, study finds, and stress may be to blame | CNN

CNN — The brains of American adolescents have physically changed during the Covid-19 pandemic, aging faster than normal, according to a new study. Younger study participants also reported more severe symptoms of anxiety, depression and what scientists call internalized issues – that is, feelings of sadness, low self-esteem and fear and difficulty regulating their emotions …

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Study reveals babies are missing learning milestones due to pandemic

Teenage brains aged faster during pandemic due to stress and anxiety: study

In addition to sharply increased rates of anxiety and depression, Stanford University researchers found the COVID-19 pandemic in the brains of adolescents as young as three years old, according to a study released Thursday. In “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Brain Maturation in Adolescents,” the group of seven researchers compared MRI …

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Teenage brains are aging faster than normal due to pandemic stress, study finds

Teenage brains are aging faster than normal due to pandemic stress, study finds

Comment this story Comment The stress of pandemic shutdowns prematurely aged the brains of adolescents by at least three years and similar to changes seen in children who faced chronic stress and adversity, a study has found. The study, published Thursday in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, was the first to compare analyzes of the …

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The Unseen Battle: Teenage Girl Uses Military Mom's Story to Educate Others

The Unseen Battle: Teenage Girl Uses Military Mom’s Story to Educate Others

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — You could say that service to country is in Captain Carolyn Furdek’s DNA. A third-generation officer, military service is deeply rooted in his lineage. “My mother served, my father’s mother served. And then both of my grandfather, my father – my uncle too,” Furdek said. “I stand on the backs of lions.” …

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