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Spanked Children Have Lower IQ

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

No matter where you live, if you spank your child, you risk lowering his or her intelligence (or IQ). That's according to new ...

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System Cuts Teenage Problem Behaviors

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

A new adolescent prevention strategy has reduced drug use and performance of risky behaviors in a multi-state intervention. The initiative, termed "Communities That Care," ...

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High School Ridicule Can Hurt

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Cutting down or putting down a nerdy or dorky high school peer is an activity that has ...

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Crying Through Class

Monday, August 24th, 2009

A new college class gets personal as students tackle the topic of loss and mourning. In fact, the instructor regularly brings a box of ...

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Substance Abuse Tied to Violence in Schizophrenia

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

New research reveals schizophrenia and violence are linked -- albeit only by drug and alcohol abuse. The study also finds that the ...

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Sexual Harassment of Female Supervisors

Monday, August 10th, 2009

As the workplace changes, new issues surface. According to sociologists, women who hold supervisory positions are more likely to be sexually harassed ...

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School Program Prevents Date Violence Among Teens

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

A ninth grade program that informs students on healthy relationships appears to reduce adolescent dating violence and increase condom use ...

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World Trade Center PTSD Persists

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

An analysis of the World Trade Center Health Registry, the largest post-disaster exposure registry in U.S. history, has discovered a new incidence of asthma and post-traumatic stress among individuals who experienced intense or prolonged exposure ...

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The Anatomy of a Psychopath

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Jack the Ripper, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Charles Manson, the list goes on. We all wonder if something happened in the life of an individual to produce psychopathic tendencies, or was it a hardwired characteristic that ...

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