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02/03/2026

Influenza continues to spread across schools and communities, and the best way to keep kids healthy is through annual vaccination. Pediatricians can work in partnership with families by discussing the flu vaccine and ways to maintain healthy habits, like handwashing and staying home when sick, to help stop the spread.

The AAP recommends kids get vaccinated each year, starting at 6 months of age, to provide them with the strongest resistance to the virus. Read more about our recommendations: https://bit.ly/3WtnUqm

02/01/2026

Among adults with , complex antidepressant treatment patterns were associated with higher polygenic risk for psychiatric traits but not with sustained use of a single antidepressant. https://ja.ma/4a77tq7

01/31/2026

Discipline was never meant to frighten, shame, or hurt a child.
Its roots are in teaching, guiding, and helping a young nervous system learn what to do next time.

When behaviour is met with fear, children don’t learn better choices — they learn to hide, to shut down, or to believe they are the problem.
Real discipline builds skills, not scars.

If this resonates, save it for the hard days — and share it with someone who needs the reminder.

01/31/2026

01/30/2026

Most parents don’t mean to pass anything down.
They’re doing the best they can
with what they’ve been given.

But unexamined pain has a way of speaking anyway —
through reactions, patterns, and moments we don’t fully understand.

This isn’t about blame.
It’s about awareness.

Because much of what hurts children isn’t intentional.
It’s inherited.
Unquestioned.
Repeated under stress.

Healing doesn’t mean getting it right all the time.
It means being willing to look inward,
to repair when we miss,
and to interrupt what no longer needs to be carried forward.

So we heal for our babies —
so they don’t have to fight
battles that were never theirs to begin with. ❤️

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01/30/2026

01/29/2026

Researchers identified a set of common genes, associated in different combinations, with autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, Tourette syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anorexia.
https://www.sciencealert.com/several-psychiatric-disorders-share-the-same-root-cause-study-suggests

01/29/2026

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The virus can invade our nervous system and cause paralysis in just hours. Remember: 1 in 200 cases leads to irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). However, thanks to vaccines polio can be prevented!

Stay informed and protect yourself and loved ones!

01/28/2026

Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings. These include emotional highs, also known as mania or hypomania, and lows, also known as depression. Hypomania is less extreme than mania.

When you become depressed, you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities. When your mood shifts to mania or hypomania, you may feel very excited and happy (euphoric), full of energy or unusually irritable. These mood swings can affect sleep, energy, activity, judgment, behavior and the ability to think clearly.

Episodes of mood swings from depression to mania may occur rarely or multiple times a year. Each bout usually lasts several days. Between episodes, some people have long periods of emotional stability. Others may frequently have mood swings from depression to mania or both depression and mania at the same time.

Although bipolar disorder is a lifelong condition, you can manage your mood swings and other symptoms by following a treatment plan. In most cases, healthcare professionals use medicines and talk therapy, also known as psychotherapy, to treat bipolar disorder. (Mayo Clinic ❤️)

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01/28/2026

Higher family connection in adolescence was associated with greater multidimensional social connection in adulthood, including stronger relationship structure, function, and quality.

These findings suggest that promoting safe, stable, and nurturing family relationships during adolescence could reduce adult loneliness and social isolation.

https://ja.ma/4r8ltGW