A cross between a nicotine pouch and an energy drink: What to know about caffeine pouches

David Gomez, a school resource officer for the Boise County Sheriff’s Office in Idaho, started noticing caffeine pouches last spring. Students were using the pillow-shaped pouches, which can contain more than 200 milligrams of caffeine, alongside nicotine pouches like Zyn. They’ll use them either as a disguise for nicotine pouch usage — caffeine and nicotine pouches…

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner and ‘The Cosby Show’ made kids with learning disabilities feel seen

“People still tell me that it’s because of your show that I found out that I had dyslexia,” the actor said in an interview. By Meghan Holohan, TODAY As tributes to Malcolm-Jamal Warner pour in following his drowning, fans and disability advocates are recalling the impact of seeing Theodore “Theo” Huxtable being diagnosed with dyslexia as a teen on…

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Do fluoride supplements harm children? FDA panel discussion turns into heated debate

Despite dentists’ impassioned arguments for fluoride supplements, the FDA is likely to ban them this year. A meeting Wednesday at the Food and Drug Administration about fluoride supplements became, at one point, a contentious back-and-forth over whether the ingestible tablets harm children’s microbiomes or play a vital role in helping protect them from tooth decay. Pediatric dentists…

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