Posts From King World News

A Remembrance of Cars Past

– Living in Southern California, as I do, one is surrounded by nostalgia for the sort of American clunkers of yesteryear that the climate here—and the movie industry’s occasional need for period cars—encourages car buffs to indulge in restoring. Recently, I’ve felt some of that nostalgia myself, for a 1955 Buick Special convertible with a two-tone red and white paint job and a Dynaflow transmission. That Buick is a blast

A Remembrance of Cars Past

– Living in Southern California, as I do, one is surrounded by nostalgia for the sort of American clunkers of yesteryear that the climate here—and the movie industry’s occasional need for period cars—encourages car buffs to indulge in restoring. Recently, I’ve felt some of that nostalgia myself, for a 1955 Buick Special convertible with a two-tone red and white paint job and a Dynaflow transmission. That Buick is a blast

High mental illness rates, little help for youth in detention

By Janice Neumann (Reuters Health) – Many youth caught up in the juvenile justice system are hospitalized for mental illness because they aren’t getting psychiatric help before they’re arrested or while they’re in detention centers, a study in California suggests. From 1997 to 2011, researchers found, 63 percent of detained youth who were hospitalized had a primary diagnosis of mental health disorder, compared to 20 percent of their counterparts in

Feeding Infants While Flying

By Megan Boyle, Editorial Director, Healthy Child Healthy WorldReproduced with the permission of the Environmental Working Group, www.healthychild.org.For parents, feeding a new baby can feel like a full-time job.Add to that the stress and complications of airplane travel, and it can feel like a downright headache, whether you’re breast- or…

High mental illness rates, little help for youth in detention

By Janice Neumann (Reuters Health) – Many youth caught up in the juvenile justice system are hospitalized for mental illness because they aren’t getting psychiatric help before they’re arrested or while they’re in detention centers, a study in California suggests. From 1997 to 2011, researchers found, 63 percent of detained youth who were hospitalized had a primary diagnosis of mental health disorder, compared to 20 percent of their counterparts in