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Early Health Ed Reduces Risky Adult Behaviors

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

A new study explores the link between early education programs and adult health, and how early educational interventions affect health outcomes. Columbia ...

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TV Ads Deter Weight Control

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Food advertising on television increases automatic snacking on available foods in children and adults, according to a series of experimental studies conducted ...

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Caregiver Stress Under Evaluation

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Caring for an elderly family member can be stressful and can pose health threats to caregivers. A new grant from the National Institute on ...

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Chantix, Zyban Users Warned of Risk of Suicide, Depression

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is requiring manufacturers to put a Boxed Warning ...

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Pessimism Drives Risky Behavior In Teens

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Researchers have discovered that one in seven adolescents believe that it is highly likely that they will die before age 35, and ...

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Slow Recovery From Methamphetamine Use

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

A new study suggests that it takes at least a year for former methamphetamine users to regain impulse control. In the report published ...

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The Ethics of Bloggers

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Most people may not realize it, but bloggers -- people who write their thoughts in public, online web logs (blogs) or journals ...

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Dramatic Increase in Drinking Among Women College Students

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Women college students have seen their rates of binge drinking increase dramatically -- nearly 40 percent -- since the introduction ...

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Death of a Spouse Leads to Poverty for 1 in 5

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

According to new research from the UK, one in five people who lose their partner will fall ...

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Dangerous Teen Sex

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Sadly, it appears the progress made in the 1990s and early 2000s in improving teen contraceptive use and reducing teen pregnancy and childbearing has stalled. ...

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