http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of New Hampshire Adolescents participating in wilderness and adventure therapy programs are at significantly less risk of injury than those playing football and are three times less likely to visit the emergency room for an injury than if they were at home, a new study by University of New Hampshire researchers finds. These findings, based on an analysis of risk management data from 12 programs providing outdoor behavioral healthcare in 2011, were reported in the latest issue of the Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-wilderness-therapy-risky-daily-life.html Health Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:05:12 EST news283691103 Abusive bosses who target employees with ridicule, public criticism, and the silent treatment not only have a detrimental effect on the employees they bully, but they negatively impact the work environment for the co-workers of those employees who suffer from "second-hand" or vicarious abusive supervision, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-bully-bosses-arent-victims.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:30:27 EST news279372602 A record number of U.S. children were covered by health insurance in 2011, mostly due to substantial increases in the enrollment rates of public insurance, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-children-health.html Health Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:11:49 EST news279288703 In 2011, 13 percent of all American households relied on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—the program formerly known as food stamps – with nearly 6.2 million more American households using the program now than five years ago, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-federal-supplemental-nutrition.html Health Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:36:56 EST news277468559 A new book by a University of New Hampshire researcher and Vietnam-era disabled veteran sheds new light on the long-term psychological trauma experienced by the coalition force in recent wars in the Gulf and Balkans that, when left untreated, can have deadly consequences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-unh-gulf-balkan-wars-dimensions.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:01:18 EST news251373670 Teen victims of dating violence are overwhelmingly more likely to have been victims of other forms of violence, such as sexual violence and child abuse, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Research Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-teen-date.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:04:14 EST news248353448 People with disabilities trying to find employment in the U.S. hospitality industry face employers who are often reluctant to hire them because of preconceived notions that they cannot do the job and that they are more costly to employ that people without disabilities, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-hospitality-industry-reluctant-hire-people.html Health Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:26:43 EST news246803154 A new study from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center finds declines in two kinds of youth Internet sexual encounters of great concern to parents: unwanted sexual solicitations and unwanted exposure to pornography. The researchers suspect that greater public awareness may have been, in part, what has helped. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-unwanted-online-sexual-exposures-decline.html Health Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:36:48 EST news243167800 Two new studies from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center suggest that concerns about teen sexting may be overblown. One study found the percentage of youth who send nude pictures of themselves that would qualify as child pornography is very low. The other found that when teen sexting images do come to police attention, few youth are being arrested or treated like sex offenders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-teen-sexting-overblown.html Health Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:17:56 EST news242272883 Runners over the age of 60 are the fastest-growing group in the sport. A new study from the University of New Hampshire suggests that their running can remain fast as they age, too. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-decline-economy-older-runners.html Health Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:41:03 EST news241796449 Persistent high poverty is most prevalent among children, with those living in rural America disproportionally impacted, according to researchers from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-poor-kids.html Health Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:07:25 EST news238151235 More than 1 in 4 children have been exposed to physical violence between their parents at some time, 1 in 9 of them during the past year, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-children-exposed-family-violence.html Health Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:41:14 EST news238074057 Between 2009 and 2010, one million more children in America joined the ranks of those living in poverty, bringing the total to an estimated 15.7 million poor children in 2010, an increase of 2.6 million since the recession began in 2007, according to researchers from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-million-children-poverty-census-today.html Health Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:19:03 EST news235923506 A new study from the University of New Hampshire finds that the leg strength and power of overweight older women is significantly less than that of normal-weight older women, increasing their risk for disability and loss of independence. With more Americans aging and becoming overweight or obese, the study, published recently in the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, dispels the popular image of the bird-thin elder being at greatest risk of becoming disabled due to loss of muscle mass. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-overweight-older-women-leg-strength.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:26:55 EST news235650385 New research by University of New Hampshire exercise scientists confirms that a low-tech, easy-to-administer test is an effective tool for gauging exercise intensity, but that it does not correspond as neatly as previously assumed to other more objective tests. In a study published recently in the Journal of Sports Sciences, UNH associate professor of kinesiology Timothy Quinn and his former graduate student Benjamin Coons put the so-called "Talk Test" to the test. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-new-data-tests-the-exercise.html Other Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:14:34 EST news235138408