内容摘要：But some families don’t sign up for classes, fearing they’ll overwhelm children who might have symptoms ranging from not speaking to repeatedly banging their heads to becoming distressed by noise. Other youngsters get kicked out of programs that can’t handle them. Private sessions can be helpful, but pricey.

But some families don’t sign up for classes, fearing they’ll overwhelm children who might have symptoms ranging from not speaking to repeatedly banging their heads to becoming distressed by noise. Other youngsters get kicked out of programs that can’t handle them. Private sessions can be helpful, but pricey.

Bree Wallace, director of case management at the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund in Florida, which helps with the logistics and costs of abortions, said people who consider getting an abortion don’t always know their options.“Many people don’t know their choices or think that it’s just not possible to go out of state,” she said. “A lot of people hear ‘ban’ or ‘six-week ban’ in their state and that’s it.”

Associated Press science writer Laura Ungar contributed from Louisville, Kentucky.Dreaming of a beach vacation? My guess is you’re picturing a palm tree. Fantasizing about life on a remote island? You’re probably envisioning a walk among birds of paradise, cannas and bananas. Nothing conjures up the feeling of the tropics like giant, lush-leaved plants, and if you live in the tropics or subtropics, you get to enjoy them year-round.The rest of us have to buy them every year and treat them as annuals or, if we’re in the know, save them from year to year. After reading this, you’ll fall into the latter camp, saving money and making future summers at home feel like an exotic getaway.

A border of elephant ears outside a home in Atlantic Beach, N.Y. (Beth H. Brenner via AP)A border of elephant ears outside a home in Atlantic Beach, N.Y. (Beth H. Brenner via AP)

If you bought potted elephant ears (Colocasia), cannas or caladiums, bring the pots inside instead of kicking them to the curb. Place them near a sunny window, water often and fertilize occasionally with ordinary houseplant fertilizer diluted to half strength.

If they’re too big for the house or have been planted in the garden, leave them outdoors until the first frost turns their foliage brown, then cut plants down to 6 inches tall and dig them up.Getting an organ transplant today is a long shot. More than 100,000 people are on the national waiting list, most who need a kidney. Thousands die waiting. Thousands more who could benefit aren’t even added to the list.

“I had seven cardiac arrests before I even was sick enough” to qualify for a new heart, said Dr. Robert Montgomery, chief of NYU Langone’s transplant institute. He’s a kidney transplant surgeon — and was lucky enough to get his own heart transplant in 2018.Filling the gap, he’s convinced, will require using animal organs.

Mary Miller-Duffy speaks with Dr. Robert Montgomery in the NYU Langone Health medical center in New York on Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)Mary Miller-Duffy speaks with Dr. Robert Montgomery in the NYU Langone Health medical center in New York on Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)