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Cook Children’s Medical Center has lowered the number of opioid pain medication prescriptions to its patients by more than half since its Safe and Sound stewardship program began three years ago. The program was put in place in response to a national...

Nine in a series. When we hear the word ‘addiction,’ we often think of drugs and alcohol, but in the 21st century, addiction has taken on a new meaning. Lisa Elliott, Ph.D., psychologist and clinic manager of the Behavioral Health Clinic at Cook Chil...

She holds in her hands the autopsy report of her 19-year-old son, a young man with dreams to “do something big in this world.” Tracy Jensen often thinks about her son, Ethan. He was someone with an amazing aptitude for learning. “He was a boy who ...

Studies show that 90 percent of boys have looked at porn. No surprise, right? But it’s the age when children began to look at pornography that may shock and concern you. Years ago, the accessibility to pornography was only on the home desktop comp...