Tag: age

Are famous people more likely to die at 27, or does dying at 27 make them more famous?

Their deaths have fueled the notion that 27 is a lethal age for musicians and other notable artists.Amy Winehouse, the iconoclastic singer-songwriter,...

Depression was rising among young people in Southern California. COVID made it worse

Children, teens and young adults in Southern California had been grappling with rising rates of depression and anxiety for years before the...

Tooth decay still plagues California kids nearly a decade after Medi-Cal promised change

Eight years after an independent state watchdog agency harshly criticized the state for failing to provide dental care to low-income children, California...

Peanuts! Get your peanuts! Kids who eat them early are much less likely to develop an allergy, studies conclude

Allergist and immunologist Dr. Gideon Lack’s first inkling that some peanut allergies might be preventable came more than 20 years ago while...