Most women under 45 with children at home are not getting the sleep they need. A nationwide survey tracked more than 5,000 people and found only 48 percent of women with children were getting at least seven hours of sleep each night. Having children in the house was not linked to how long men slept.
Looser laws around medical or recreational marijuana may be increasing the health risk to teenagers, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. They warned though pot smoking may now be legal in a majority of states, it can cause abnormal and unhealthy changes in the developing brains of adolescents.
Physicians in Canada are being urged to play a more active role in helping teenagers kick the cigarette habit. They found nearly 20 percent of Canadian children try cigarettes by the time they graduate high school.
Sources:
1 – American Academy of Neurology
2 – Pediatrics
3 – Canadian Medical Association Journal
