By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Janelle Ringer)
A study by Loma Linda University School of Behavioral Health researchers found that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) severity is associated with severity of video game addiction.
The study, “Video game addiction, ADHD symptomatology, and video game reinforcement,” published June 6 in The…
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Kimi-Roux James)
More than 200 students from Adventist universities will help build a school from Amazon dwellers
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Tracey Bridcutt)
Children from Adventist schools in New Zealand participated in a variety of fun and healthy activities as part of Adventist Health Week 2018.
The children and their teachers were involved in a daily health challenge for five days; those who completed the challenge received a Health Week certificate.
The focus of this year’s Health Week was the 10,000 Toes campaign, an initiative of Adventist Health and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency to tackle the epidemic of diabetes in the South…
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ayanne Karoline)
Students become “stickers” in album that motivates academic excellence
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Janell Hullquist, Southern Adventist University)
This month, Southern Adventist University received a $50,000 grant from Lumina Foundation’s Fund for Racial Justice and Equity, a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, to fund a multi-pronged project addressing racial justice and equity on campus. Project components include recording and sharing oral histories, inviting nationally-recognized speakers to Southern, funding creative student-led programs, and researching the impact of all these efforts on employee and student attitudes.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Wilkin Santana/IAD Staff)
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in the Dominican Republic recently finished the construction of a loading dock, built to help the family-owned fishing businesses in the Boba community of the Maria Trinidad Sanchez Province. 30 homes were destroyed and dozens of lives affected when a tidal wave caused by Hurricane Irma hit the coastal community in September.
In addition to the loading dock, ADRA has also been rebuilding dozens of homes and has provided two fishing boats. ADRA…
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Janet Oyende, Adventist University of Africa)
Guest speakers encourage graduates to use degrees to transform the world
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Biblical Research Institute, EUD News)
Document reaffirms role of Bible prophecy and its missiological implications.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission)
Making lunch took some work for Alejandro Gonzales Qquerar, a farmer and father of four children in Peru.
First, he needed to dig a hole in the ground. Then he would place wood and stones into the hole and light a fire. When the flames caused the stones to turn red and then black, he would throw some potatoes on top of them. After that, he would cover the potatoes with dirt and cold rocks, which would put out the fire. The potatoes would bake in the hot earth and, after about 20 minutes, they…
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Janelle Ringer)
Melissa J. Pereau, MD, has a passion for helping people during a critical point in their lives, which is why the psychiatrist spends her days working with patients thinking about or who have attempted suicide. As a medical director and psychiatrist at the Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center, Pereau is faced daily with the realities of suicide and how the topic —…
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