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 Parks Improve Overall Health Living near green space seems to make people healthier, both mentally and physically. Time outdoors reduced reports of anxiety, depression and a variety of illnesses....more 11/18/09 Happiness Is A New Skill As stressful as learning a new skill can be, the satisfaction and happiness we gain from our new level of competence more than makes up for it, according to a new study. Go ahead, try something new...more 11/17/09 Good Daycare Is An Escape Route Daycare that offers children living in poverty a chance to learn school-readiness skills and exposure to adult role models helps them keep pace with their wealthier peers.....more 10/26/09 Online Support Helps Drinkers College students who have harmful drinking patterns can be helped to rein in their drinking by receiving personalized online feedback....more 10/08/09 Bullies and Victims at Risk Victims of bullying as well as bullies themselves are at risk for mental health problems. In some cases, bullying may itself be a sign of an underlying mental health issue....more 10/07/09 Bedtime Rituals Help Kids Sleep A bedtime routine that includes a bath and quiet activity such as rocking or reading can help babies and toddlers fall asleep more easily and stay asleep longer...more 09/30/09 Couch Potatoes, Take Heart! When it comes to exercise, your body has a short memory. So starting to exercise now can put you ahead of those who were fit, but quit. And of course, the fitter you are, the longer you live...more 09/28/09 Multitasking Drains Focus Is being able to surf the Web, IM and grocery shop at the same time a good thing? Not really, according to a recent study. It's more a sign of distractibility than productivity...more 09/24/09 Even Toddlers Get The Blues Depression is not something one sees often in toddlers, but it does exist. It’s useful to intervene early, before depressive patterns become ingrained...more 09/23/09 Depression Made Visible The areas of the brain responsible for processing pleasure and rewards are notably inactive in depressed people. This is likely no news to them, but it does point toward an approach to treatment...more 09/18/09 Larger Waists, Smaller Brains As your waist is getting larger, your brain is growing smaller, a new study has found. Obese and overweight people have between 4% and 8% less brain tissue...more 09/14/09 Stuck on Stress Stress appears to rewire the brain, making it respond in an obsessive, repetitive rather than creative fashion. The good news is that the flexible, creative thinking comes back when the brain is allowed...more 09/09/09 Health Is A Four Lane Road Following four basic healthy behaviors – not smoking, eating well, staying trim, and exercising – can cut your risk for most major diseases by 80%. But you have to do all of them together...more 09/07/09 Men and Alcohol And Cancer Risk Men who consumed the most alcohol in a recent study had an up to 700% increased cancer risk. Wine appeared not to be implicated, but it is too soon to tell...more 09/04/09 Antidepressants Trend Upward Antidepressant use has doubled over the last decade according to a recent study. Is this a good thing or a sign that the drugs are being over-prescribed?...more 09/03/09 No Place Like Home Premature infants face a variety of medical challenges. But when it comes to helping them become “school−ready,” the home environment is incredibly important...more 09/01/09 Many Vets Face War At Home It is no surprise: there is an epidemic of mental disorders among veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A lack of social support and homelessness complicate the picture...more 08/10/09 Doctors and Parents Unite! Pediatricians can help parents plan a realistic strategy for helping kids lose weight. Make small, gradual changes and keep the health risks and benefits in mind...more 08/07/09 Star Smokers vs. Team Players Two protective factors help reduce the risk that teens will begin smoking: playing a team sport and viewing fewer movies that show actors smoking...more 08/04/09 Clozapine Reconsidered Clozapine, a highly effective anti-psychotic, is rarely prescribed because of its dangerous side-effects. But a new study finds that its benefits may outweigh its risks...more 07/29/09 These Are the Good Times People who pay attention to positive moments each day, no matter how small, are happier, more resilient, and more satisfied with their lives than people who don’t. Even when negative events occur...more 07/27/09 Anxious and Distracted People who tend to be quite anxious are more easily distracted than those who aren’t. For students this means much more work is required to complete school tasks...more 07/17/09 Dogs Make Good Trainers When it comes to building exercise into your life, it's hard to beat owning a dog. Dog owners walk nearly twice as much as non-dog owners. Walking the dog is not a bad way to socialize, either...more 06/30/09 “Let Me Sleep On It,” Works If you have a problem that needs some creative problem solving, a good solid nap may be just the ticket, according to a new study...more 06/26/09 Revenge of The Cell Phones Attention, all those folks with their cell phones permanently pasted to their ears: it’s not good for you. While cell phone elbow is hardly epidemic, it’s on the rise, and unnecessary...more 06/25/09 Exercise Offers A 12-Hour Glow The good feelings we get from exercising last much longer than anyone suspected. Now to find a way to remind those who don't exercise regularly how good they'll feel...more 06/22/09 A Good Mood Expands Focus When we are in a good mood, we are more likely to see the big picture, enjoying the forest and the trees. But when our mood is not so positive, the trees are all we see...more 06/18/09 Teens, Screens, And Caffeine Teenagers are staying up late using the Internet, texting friends, watching videos, and often drinking caffeinated beverages to fuel their electronic nighttime habit. The results are not good...more 06/16/09 TV Delays Language Skills Television interferes with babies’ and toddlers’ developing language skills in a number of ways. Verbal interactions with parents are reduced by 500 to 1000 words per hour...more 06/12/09 Sleep Well, Weigh Less A study at Walter Reed Medical Center found that the BMI (body mass index) of “short sleepers” was considerably higher than that of those who slept longer...more 06/01/09 Hope for Major Depression Early studies suggest that cortical brain stimulation may offer hope for people suffering from long-term depression. Symptoms in the treatment group decreased by 22% and three subjects reported...more 05/29/09 Mental Health Agenda Update In an effort to help prevent mental health issues before they occur, a new report by the National Academy of Sciences seeks to promote resilience, integrated therapies and...more 05/27/09 Work And Depression Job stress can bring on major depression, according to a new study. Of course, at present, unemployment may be an even bigger stressor...more 05/20/09 Teen Vegans, What to Know Vegetarianism in all its forms can be a very healthy thing. But for some, particularly adolescents, it can be a cover for an eating disorder that is far from healthy. New research looks at the odds...more 04/29/09 Be Smart -- Sleep More Every day as you learn new information, you form new connections in your brain. At night, while you sleep, the brain may prune redundant connections for faster processing and better mental efficiency...more 04/27/09 The Power of Play Do you find exercise a bore? Is your fitness routine becoming stale? Get off the treadmill. Go dancing; go hiking; or pick up a frisbee. There are many playful ways we can expend the energy we need to to reap exercise’s benefits...more 04/20/09 Keep It Simple 100 Steps/ Min. Walking at a rate of 100 steps a minute, for 150 minutes a week, ensures that most people will get the moderate level of exercise recommended by doctors...more 04/02/09 Hey Kid – Get a Bike! For most kids, bikes are a readily available ticket to controlling weight. A new study suggests that riding a bike beats most exercise programs for effectiveness and instilling...more 04/01/09 Exercise -- It's Never Too Late When it comes to exercise, people who begin exercising in midlife reap the same health benefits over time as those who have been exercising all through adulthood...more 03/27/09 One Drink May Be Too Many Do teetotalers live longer? A new study of over a million women seems to suggest that they do. Bad news for wine lovers...more 03/26/09 Parents Send Smoke Signals When parents smoke, their children are three times more likely to start smoking themselves. But if parents quit, the risk of their kids smoking was...more 03/25/09 Iron's Link to Serotonin The serotonin transporter protein, SERT, is involved in anxiety, depression and alcoholism. Now, researchers have found that iron is needed to generate SERT, suggesting...more 03/23/09 Curb Impulses -- Take a Break New research has given scientists insight into what it takes to curb those impulsive, indulgent, behaviors like overeating or making purchases just to cheer yourself up. One key element: spend time... more 03/20/09 Gamers Don’t Feel Your Pain Playing violent video games and watching violent films make people insensitive to others’ pain, according to two new studies. Viewing violence makes people less likely to even notice those in distress... more 03/19/09 Gamers’ Hands Risk Injury Prolonged time holding the controls of a video game has provoked tendonitis and now, strange painful lumps on a 12-year-old girl’s hands. When your hands start to hurt, it’s time to turn it off... more 03/17/09 Teens, TV and Depression A study of 7th through 12th graders found that the more time a teen spent isolated in front of a screen, the greater was his or her risk for depression. Headphones were another story... more 03/12/09 Exercise, How Much is Enough? Numbers may not lie, but they can confuse. There is a great deal of inconsistency among the various exercise guidelines out there today. What's a person to do?... more 03/09/09 Play Games for Better Memory Games, books and even time on the computer can help us maintain mental power as we age. But TV doesn't appear to offer the cognitive exercise the brain needs to stay... more 03/06/09 Look Both Ways And Hang Up Cell phones present kids with a dangerous distraction when it comes to crossing the street, according to a new study. Limiting kids’ minutes may help...more 03/04/09 Beta Blockers May Ease Fears The beta blocker propranolol, typically used to regulate the heart and lower blood pressure, appears to reduce the power of fearful memories, suggesting ...more 03/02/09 All Work And No Play... ...Really does make Jack – and Jill -- dull. Students who have little or no free time during the school day have more in-class behavior problems...more 02/20/09 Go It Alone To Lose Lbs. A large study by Consumer Reports found that people who are successful at weight loss tend to do it on their own, without fancy programs. They also end up eating very much like people who have never had a weight problem...more 02/11/09 The Easy-Going Stay Sharper People who are calm and outgoing are less likely to develop dementia than those who are easily stressed, according to new research...more 02/10/09 Can Meditation Help ADHD? Children with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) who practiced transcendental meditation showed reduced anxiety and a better ability to plan...more 02/09/09 Syphilis Rises, Other STDs Too Sexually transmitted diseases -- chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis are all on the rise. Chlamydia, the most commonly-reported disease of any variety, can cause infertility...more 02/04/09 Fat? It’s About the Food As important as exercise is to health and staying trim, it is no cure for obesity, a new study has found. Weight gain, and subsequently, weight loss, happen because of what we do and don’t consume...more 02/02/09 Exercise Cuts Hunger Hormone A good workout suppresses ghrelin, the hormone that prompts us to feel hungry. It also activates peptide YY, the body's own appetite suppressant...more 01/28/09 You’re Smarter Than You Think If we let our subconscious make decisions, we are more likely to make the correct ones, according to new research. In fact, most decisions are made without conscious...more 01/26/09 Alcohol & The Prenatal Brain Drinking alcohol changes the connection network of the brain. The changes have been found to affect decision-making, planning, attention and other mental skills in older children...more 01/20/09 Resolutions Gone Wrong ‘Tis the season for doctors to see lots of patients with foot and ankle pain. Why? In their effort to stick to New Year's resolutions to lose weight or get fit, people do too much, wear shoes that are too small...more 01/12/09 Nighttime Is The Right Time The immune system -- of fruit flies at least – functions better at night than during the day. Flies were more likely to survive when encountering infectious bacteria at night...more 01/08/09 Teens’ Brains Differ in Fear People who are depressed tend to have negative patterns of thinking that promote and prolong their mood. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can derail this self-defeating...more 01/06/09 Mindfulness Therapy People who are depressed tend to have negative patterns of thinking that promote and prolong their mood. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can derail this self-defeating...more 01/05/09 Exercise Helps Kids’ Anger, Too Exercise not only helps overweight kids lose weight, but also reduces the emotional baggage of anger, depression and anxiety...more 12/24/08 Happiness Is Contagious Yes, you can catch and spread happiness – and other moods – from people with whom you regularly interact. Grumpiness is not so contagious...more 12/19/08 Social Skills Carry Forward When schools help children learn social skills - such how to work through conflicts or to stand up to peer pressure - they support success into adulthood...more 12/16/08 Napping Helps Us Remember While it may not help you remember where you left the car keys, napping does help the brain solidify complex memories...more 12/04/08 A Phone Call Keeps Lbs. Off A phone call from a diet counselor helps dieters keep the weight off, a new study has found. The news is particularly welcome to people in rural areas who find it hard to get to face-to-face sessions...more 12/03/08 Magnetize Me, Transcranially Transcranial magnetic stimulation, short pulses of magnetic energy to the brain, has recently been approved by the FDA as a treatment for depression...more 11/25/08 Illiteracy = Ill Health Patients’ limited literacy and numeracy (number) skills can cause problems when it comes to communicating with their physicians. A new study suggests what might help...more 11/17/08 Red Wine Aids Liver Health?? It’s true. Resveratrol, a compound found in red wine and a few other foods, helps the liver get rid of the accumulated fat that is connected to cirrhosis and fibrosis...more 11/14/08 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss A new website helps parents protect their children – and themselves -- from the permanent damage loud noise can do to the delicate hair cells which process sound...more 10/31/08 Small Changes, Huge Effects Two new studies paint a vivid picture of just how valuable to your health and mood a little exercise can be...more 10/29/08 Music As Medicine Patients who listen to music they like experience less pain, anxiety and are in a better mood. They type of music does not appear to matter...more 10/16/08 If You Think, You May Be Fat Intellectual pursuits stimulate the need to eat, even though they burn about the same number of calories as...more 10/10/08 TV -- No Good For Child’s Play Young children don’t understand adult TV, but having it on in the background interferes with their ability to pay attention to their own play and may retard development...more 9/22/08 Confusion in the ER Emergency room patients very often leave with a less than complete understanding of the care they have received and what they need to do going forward. Worse, they think they understand when they don’t...more 9/22/08 Fatal Medication Errors at Home on the Rise Fatal medication errors such as Heath Ledger's - lethal accidental overdoses - are up over 3000%...more 8/5/08 Fine Young Moralists A new study found that children not only feel empathy, but also have a strong moral sense...more 8/4/08 School Environment Affects Likelihood of Student Smoking Do certain kinds of schools encourage smoking? more 7/24/08 Smokers Quit in Clusters Smokers huddled together on the sidewalk unite! A new study has found that it's much easier to quit if you do it with friends...more 7/10/08 A Social Life Is a Long Life People who feel a sense of belonging tend to live longer than those who tend to avoid social commitment...more 6/27/08 Rats on the Wagon Alcohol-loving rats lost their interest in drinking when injected with a new drug...more 6/24/08 A Bad Night's Sleep People with sleep apnea actually run the risk of damaging areas of their brains central to memory...more 6/20/08 It's Not Just Your Skin - Protecting Eyes from the Sun Put on those sunglasses and a broad-brimmed hat...more 6/11/08 "Appetite" Hormone Discovered Scientists have discovered the hormone that gives food its appeal even when we aren't hungry...more 5/21/08 Understanding Scientific Studies Understanding the major types of health studies and what they do -- and don't -- prove...more 5/15/08 A Weight Loss Surgery Guide With obesity on the rise, more and more people are considering bariatric (weight loss) surgery...more 5/2/08 Burying the "Graveyard Shift" Simple work schedule adjustments can help ease the physiological stress of shift work...more 4/17/08 Meditation Can Reduce Reliance on Hypertension Medication Learning meditation and relaxation techniques can help patients reduce their reliance on hypertensive drugs...more 4/8/08 The Down Side to Exercise: Stopping A new study dramatically illustrates both the health benefits and the risks that quickly surface when you stop exercising...more 4/7/08 Fitness: Where You Live Can Make a Difference Where you live can make a difference in how physically active you are...more 4/3/08 Spring Allergies: End the Suffering Learn what you can do to relieve or reduce your allergy symptoms when the pollen count rises...more 3/31/08 The Teen Diet: Breakfast Every Day A new study shows that teenagers who eat a healthy breakfast tend to stay thinner in the long run...more 3/28/08 Less TV and Computer Time Helps Kids Lose Weight Study finds reduced time in front of the TV and computer = weight loss in overweight kids...more 3/25/08 Price and the Placebo Effect When it comes to believing a treatment is effective, consumers make price a bigger factor than it should be...more 3/14/08 Failing the Smell Test? Can scents like lemon and lavender help heal? Scientists devised a study to try to find out...more 3/12/08 A Stimulating Experience They were searching for a way to short-circuit appetite; they found a way to stimulate memories deep in the brain...more 2/18/08 Smoking and Sleep Smokers spend less time in deep sleep and feel less rested than non-smokers...more 2/13/08 Scratch that Itch Scratching an itch actually reduces activation in areas of the brain associated with unpleasant emotions or memories...more 2/6/08 Eat Less Or Exercise More? A Little of Either Will Help Your Heart Even a minor weight loss improves the elasticity of heart tissue...more 1/23/08 Sleep and Health With sleep, too much can be as bad for you as too little, shortening life and increasing the chances of diabetes...more 1/7/08 The Chemistry of Calm Why do some people handle stress better than others? more 12/12/07 Days Off Workers took over a billion mental health days last year...more 11/12/07 Can't Carry a Tune? True tone deafness is very rare...more 8/27/07 Air Force Women and the Stress of War Serving for long periods of time increases PTSD risk...more 8/21/07 Heart Disease and Anger Mismanagement Hostility and anger increases heart disease risk...more 8/6/07 Pot Worse for Lungs than Cigarettes One joint = 5 cigarettes at once...more 7/31/07 Is Freedom From Pain a Right? A growing consensus toward pain treatment...more 6/28/07 Parkinson's Disease and the Environment Could environmental factors instigate PD? more 6/28/07 The Yin and Yang of Alzheimer's Are peptides the answer? more 6/6/07 ECT -- Fact and Fiction Electro-shock therapy effective? more 5/9/07 A New Memory Aid: Sleep Sleep protects and strengthens memories...more 4/30/07 Smell: the Underrated Sense? Sense of smell more powerful than previously believed...more 4/30/07 Good News About Coffee and Cigarettes? How much does coffee and smoking affect chances of Parkinson's Disease? more 4/16/07 Summer Academics? Yes and No, Say the Experts Study or play time during the summer? more 4/9/07 The Children of 9/11 Children who lost a parent in the 9/11 attacks suffering from psychiatric illness...more 3/22/07 Gastric Bypass & Vitamin B1 Deficiency Weight-loss surgery can lead to dangerous vitamin deficiency...more 3/12/07 Childcare Critical in Language Development Children in low-quality childcare lag behind those in high-quality care...more 3/7/07 Body Clocks and Sports Performance Time of day does affect athletic performance...more 2/27/07 Cause of Antipsychotic Weight Gain Found Some antipsychotics trigger appetite...more 2/14/07 Blood Alcohol and Brain Injury Traumatic brain injury + moderate alcohol drinking = less likely death? more 12/29/06 Huntington's Linked to Cholesterol Levels in Brain? Cholesterol accumulation indicates Huntington's disease...more 12/5/06 Childhood Trauma Linked to Adult Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Evidence that traumatic event at any life stage is associated with CFS... more 11/7//06 Another Reason Not to Do Meth Broken smiles for meth users... more 9/27/06 Sleep Loss and Diabetes African-Americans + high blood-sugar = poor sleep... more 9/22/06 Can a Vitamin Fight MS? Vitamin B3 fights long-term MS disability? more 9/22/06 Rapid Weight-Loss and Dementia A link between weight loss and dementia...more 9/18/06 Autism and the Over-40 Dad Children born to over 40 dads more likely to to autistic? more 9/7/06 €Born to Drink? Link between drinking during pregnancy and alcoholics? more 9/7/06 Two Ways to Quit -- One New, One Old Quit smoking one of 2 ways... more 8/14/06 It's Not the Year, It's the Mileage How you handle stress affects your life expectancy... more 8/14/06 Marry -- or Die? Strong marriage = long life... more 8/14/06 You Gotta Believe -- or Not Religion may or may not affect addiction recovery... more 7/26/06 Autism and the Brain New findings in brain development of autistic people... more 7/18/06 Direct From Brain to Screen Brain chip implantation for the paralyzed... more 7/13/06 OCD: In Your Genes Genetics basis behind OCD? more 6/12/06 "Stress" Allergies Surprising connections between hay fever and stress... more 5/19/05 Brain Static Researchers find a genetic clue about schizophrenia... more 11/30/04 Teen Depression A new study finds brain shrinkage in depressed adolescents... more 2/17/04 Smart Stuff Your IQ may affect whether or not you suffer from PTSD... more 3/8/02 Terror's Hidden Toll In the wake of recent terror attacks, a new study suggests that many people who don't show "classic" symptoms of post-traumatic stress may have serious psychological reactions..." more 10/1/01 Debt Stress High credit card debt may be bad for your health..." more 4/17/00 School Daze The long-term effects of stress and violence on learning...more 6/23/00 | |
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