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Study Finds 1 in 5 Suicidal Teens Have Guns in their Homes

May 7th, 2013
Study Finds That 1 in 5 Suicidal Teens Have Guns in their Homes  A new study reports that nearly 20 percent of suicidal children and teens have guns in their homes. What's more, 15 ...

Teen Girls Who Exercise Less Likely to be Violent

May 6th, 2013
Teen Girls Who Exercise Less Likely to be Violent  A new study shows that girls in high school who exercise regularly are at a lower risk of fighting or being in a gang. For the ...

Childhood Adversity Affects Several Generations

May 6th, 2013
Childhood Adversity Affects Several GenerationsEarly childhood adversity -- such as maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence, or living with another person with serious mental illness -- may carry heavy consequences from generation to generation, ...

New Studies Support Environmental Link to Autism

May 5th, 2013
New Studies Support Environmental Link to AutismSeveral new studies presented at the International Society for Autism Research annual conference back up the notion that environmental factors before birth may play an important role ...

Extremes in Birth Weight Tied to Greater Risk of Autism

May 5th, 2013
Extremes in Birth Weight Tied to Greater Risk of Autism  A new study reports that babies whose growth in the womb is at either end of the extreme -- either very small ...

How Would High Blood Pressure Benefit Teens’ Adjustment, Quality of Life?

May 4th, 2013
Teens With High Blood Pressure Appear to Enjoy Better Quality of Life  In what may seem an unusual finding, teens with high blood pressure appear to be better psychologically adjusted and enjoy a higher ...

Child Abuse, Later PTSD Show Distinctive Genetic Signature

May 2nd, 2013
Child Abuse, Later PTSD Show Distinctive Genetic SignatureAn international team of researchers has determined that child abuse leaves a distinct change in biological pathways. Such discoveries have the ...

Twitter Analysis Finds Spike in Adderall Use, Misuse At Exam Time

May 2nd, 2013
Twitter Analysis Finds Spike in Adderall Use, Misuse At Exam TimeAs the spring semester nears the end, a growing number of college students are tweeting about their use of the ADHD medication Adderall. Twitter allows ...

Abnormal Placenta May Reveal Autism Risk

April 28th, 2013
Abnormal Placenta May Reveal Autism RiskA relatively high number of abnormal folds and cell growths in the placenta could be a strong indicator of an infant's risk for developing autism, according to new research ...

Prenatal Anxiety Affects Baby’s Immune System

April 27th, 2013
Prenatal Anxiety Affects Baby's Immune SystemBabies whose mothers experienced high anxiety while pregnant had stifled immune responses to vaccinations at 6 months old, according to a new study. However, this lowered ...