Americans with student loan debt delay life events, study finds

(WBAY) - A new report says student loan debt is haunting Americans from graduation ... buying a house or car, or getting married. One in three U.S. students currently enrolled in college or ... Read More

The good news is the government plans to cancel $3 billion in student debt. The bad news is indexation will still be high

The federal government has announced plans to change the way debts are indexed. But it may not help students over the long term. Read More

Paying Off People’s Medical Debt Has Little Impact on Their Lives, Study Finds

In January, New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, announced plans to give the organization $18 million. But a study published ... idea that maybe we could get rid of medical debt, and it wouldn ... Read More

Most student loan borrowers say they’ve delayed major life events due to debt, poll finds

(The Hill) – Most student loan borrowers say they have delayed major life events due to their debt, according to a recent study ... 13 percent delayed getting married. Gallup noted that delay ... Read More

Biden's new student loan forgiveness plan could help 30 million borrowers. Here's who would qualify.

President Joe Biden once again is trying to deliver widespread student debt forgiveness, with a new plan unveiled on Monday that could ... news outlets including USA Today and Consumer Reports. Read More

Child Development News

For the first time a new study looked at behavioral ... aggressive brain tumors that mainly affect young ... Economic Burden of Childhood Verbal Abuse by Adults Estimated at $300 Billion Globally ... Read More

New student loan debt relief proposal could impact thousands of Tennesseans

(WTVF) — A new proposal aims to make life a little easier for millions of people struggling to pay off student loan debt. President Joe Biden announced the plan that could affect thousands of ... Read More

More young adults are opting for sterilization in wake of Supreme Court’s abortion decision, study finds

More young adults are turning to permanent contraception procedures, including tubal ligations and vasectomies, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning the ... Read More

Study finds ChatGPT shows promise as medication management tool, could help improve geriatric health care

Increasingly, there is a need for effective polypharmacy management tools that can support short-staffed primary care practitioners. In a new study ... did not seem to affect decision outcomes. Read More

Study finds evidence of microplastics in brains and other organs

Two new studies have described the ways in which tiny microplastics can end up in humans' organs and even in the brains of mice. One of the studies, published in Environmental Health Perspectives ... Read More