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Social media websites, such as Facebook and MySpace, may reveal information that could identify underage college students who may be at risk for problem drinking, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-social-media-sites-reveal-problem.html Health Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:10:23 EST news236880612 (Medical Xpress) -- People who feel entitled may think performing dull tasks is a waste of their precious time, resulting in a perception that time passes slowly, according to a new University of Michigan study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-entitled-dull-tasks.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:39:30 EST news236845803 University of Cincinnati research finds that college students could be undermining their own education, simply because they're not practicing proper sleep habits. The study, led by Adam Knowlden, a UC doctoral student in UC's Health Promotion and Education Program, also holds recommendations for students to form better sleep habits that will ultimately enhance their learning. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-wakeup-college-students.html Health Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:14:39 EST news233918065 College students aren't eating enough fruits and vegetables – in fact, a new study shows students aren't even eating one serving per day, far from the recommended five daily servings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-college-students-fruits-veggies.html Health Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:56:39 EST news232811760 More than half of all college students have received sexually suggestive images via text messaging, and nearly 80 percent have received suggestive messages, according to research by University of Rhode Island faculty in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-sexting-laws-college-students.html Health Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:30:12 EST news230383674 "I don't remember how I got home from the party." This could be a text from last night to one hard-partying college student from another. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-injuries-college-kids.html Health Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:53:20 EST news229607590 College athletes tend to be less likely than their non-athlete peers to smoke marijuana. But when they do, they may have some different reasons for it, according to a study in the July issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-athletes-marijuana.html Health Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:25:08 EST news229602296 In today's society where access to media is ever present, many parents worry about what is appropriate media usage for their children and how media consumption can potentially affect them. Two new studies led by Dr. Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH and Dr. Michelle M. Garrison, PhD of Seattle Children's Research Institute, focus on different uses of media and assess how media usage can lead to depression in college students and disrupt sleep patterns in preschool aged children. The results of Dr. Christakis' study, "Problematic Internet Usage in U.S. College Students: A Pilot Study," were recently published online in BMC Medicine, while Dr. Garrison's study, "Media Use and Child Sleep: The Impact of Content, Timing, and Environment," was published online June 27 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-impact-media-youth.html Health Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:07:04 EST news228409609 In a new study, researchers tested the claims of a Boston police officer who said he ran past a brutal police beating without seeing it. After re-creating some of the conditions of the original incident and testing the perceptions of college students who ran past a staged fight, the researchers found the officer's story plausible. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-police-officer-wrongfully-convicted-obvious.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:13:33 EST news226815194 Binge drinking among college students has long been viewed as dangerous and destructive. Government and non-profit health organizations spend millions of dollars annually on public service announcements (PSAs) aimed at dissuading college students from hazardous drinking habits. These organizations primarily use "loss-framed", or negative messages to show the dangers of binge drinking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-college-students-positive-anti-binge-messages.html Health Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:11:51 EST news226152701 That's what viewers of the past HBO series Sex and the City may ask themselves when faced with the prospect of uncomfortable discussions about sexual health with partners, friends and doctors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-viewers-tv-characters-sexual-health.html Health Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:13:38 EST news226149208 Thanks in part to studies that follow subjects for a long time, psychologists are learning more about differences between people. In a new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, the author describes how psychologists can use their data to learn about the different ways that people's minds work. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-alcohol-mood.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:07:34 EST news223229234