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Abused Children at Risk for Adult Obesity

May 22nd, 2013
Abused Children at Risk for Adult Obesity A new UK study finds that children who have suffered maltreatment are 36 percent more likely to be obese in adulthood ...

Home-based Sensory Exercises Can Benefit Autistic Kids

May 22nd, 2013
Home-based Sensory Exercises Can Benefit Autistic Kids New research suggests performing simple sensory exercises at home may improve the behaviors of children with autism. The treatment, known as environmental enrichment, led to significant gains ...

Secondhand Smoke May Influence Child Aggression

May 22nd, 2013
Secondhand Smoke May Influence Child AggressionEmerging research suggests children who are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to be physically aggressive and antisocial. The ...

For Teens, Exposure to Suicide Increases Risk of Suicide

May 22nd, 2013
For Teens, Exposure to Suicide Increases Risk of Suicide Emerging research supports the concept of "suicide contagion" as investigators discovered kids who had a schoolmate die by suicide were significantly more likely to consider ...

Most Parents Unaware of Teens’ Use of Study Drugs

May 21st, 2013
Most Parents Unaware of Teens' Use of Study DrugsAs students prepare for final exams, some will turn to a prescription amphetamine or other stimulant ...

Some Video Games Can Enhance Child’s Physical Activity

May 20th, 2013
Some Video Games Can Enhance Childs Physical ActivityEmerging research shows that exergaming -- using active console video games that track player movement to control the game (e.g., Xbox-Kinect, Wii) -- can increase ...

Staying In Touch with College Kids Can Improve Their Health

May 17th, 2013
Staying In Touch with College Kids Can Improve Their Health Most moms and dads don't want to be known as "helicopter parents" when their kids go away to college. Still, a new study ...

Flu While Pregnant May Quadruple a Child’s Risk of Bipolar

May 15th, 2013
Flu While Pregnant May Quadruple a Child’s Risk of BipolarA new study funded by the National Institutes of Health discovers a pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu may have extreme mental health ...

A New Name for Schizophrenia?

May 12th, 2013
A New Name for 'Schizophrenia?'Has the term “schizophrenia” become outdated? Some experts are beginning to think so.  For several decades now, “schizophrenia” has been the word used to describe a condition with a specific type ...

Most Suicidal Youth Seen by MDs in Year Before Death

May 12th, 2013
Most Suicidal Youth Seen by MDs in Year Before DeathMore than 80 percent of youth who die by suicide had some form of contact with the health care system in the ...