For Many Americans, Stress Takes A Toll On Health And Family : Shots - Health News : NPR
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Half of Americans say they've had a major stressful event in the past year, according to a poll by NPR, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Here's how it hurts.
Half of Americans say they've had a major stressful event in the past year, according to a poll by NPR, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Here's how it hurts.
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Stress in America™ 2020: A National Mental Health Crisis
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When that supposedly free annual physical generates a bill : Shots - Health News : NPR
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Poll: Pandemic Takes Toll On Mental Health Of Young Adults
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Parents see their own health spiral as their kids' mental illnesses worsen
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California to funnel billions into mental health overhaul
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School Stress Takes A Toll On Health, Teens And Parents Say : Shots - Health News : NPR
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Tame toxic stress with '5 resets' in 2024 : Shots - Health News : NPR
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100 million people in America are saddled with health care debt - Ohio Capital Journal
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Five Inequities in Health Care – Third Way
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Times Of Pain: Poverty, Violence And COVID-19 Take Their Toll On North St. Louis Family
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Stress Causes Health Problems, Which Then Cause More Stress : Shots - Health News : NPR
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Diet culture can hurt kids. This author advises parents to reclaim the word 'fat
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10 Easy Ways to Reduce Stress, Now - Center For Discovery