News tagged with health education
Early use of non-parental childcare is not harmful for most children
What type of childcare arrangements do parents choose before their children are 18 months old? Does the choice of childcare affect children's language skills and mental health at the age of five?
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Sep 27, 2011 |
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Macy Foundation report calls for sweeping graduate medical education reforms
A broad panel of leaders representing health care, academic medicine, and physician education today called for sweeping reforms in the content and format of U.S. graduate medical education (GME) to ensure that physicians ...
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Sep 08, 2011 |
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Wakeup call for college students: New research finds you need to catch more z's
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 ...
Health
Aug 30, 2011 |
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School support for ADHD children may be missing the mark
New research from the University of Montreal shows that inattention, rather than hyperactivity, is the most important indicator when it comes to finishing a high school education. "Children with attention problems need preventative ...
Attention deficit disorders
Aug 29, 2011 |
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2011 health conditions for travel to Mecca (Hajj) pilgrimage published
Elsevier, the world's leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today that the Saudi Ministry of Health has published its 2011 health conditions for travelers to the ...
Health
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Positive impact of growing public awareness of obesity epidemic
Increasing public awareness of the childhood obesity epidemic may be contributing to evidence of overall reductions in body mass index (BMI), a measure of obesity in children, according to the results of a ...
Health
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Are drinking guidelines adequate regarding the risk of cancer?
A group of French scientists (from the Unit of Research on Nutritional Epidemiology, French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Bobigny, France; the French Institute for Prevention and Health Education, St. Denis, ...
Addiction
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Do well at school to avoid heart disease later, research shows
Students who leave school without any qualifications can expect to suffer from poorer health and greater risk of heart disease than those with some qualifications, according to new research.
Health
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Lack of clarity about HPV vaccine and the need for cervical cancer screening
The research will be presented today at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Academic Primary Care, hosted this year by the Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol.
Cancer
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Exposure to parental stress increases pollution-related lung damage in children
Psychosocial stress appears to enhance the lung-damaging effects of traffic-related pollution (TRP) in children, according to new research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) in ...
Health
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Depressed, pregnant women receive inconsistent treatment, have longer hospital stays
Pregnant women who screen positive for depression are unlikely to receive consistent treatment, researchers say.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Eat your fruits and vegetables! Californians seem to be listening
According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Healthy People 2010 objectives, adequate fruit and vegetable consumption is a national public health priority for disease prevention and maintenance ...
Health
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Lack of relationships, education top list of common American regrets
we've all had a few. Although too many regrets can interfere with life and mental health, a healthy amount of regret can motivate us to improve our lives, say researchers Mike Morrison of the University of Illinois and Neal ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Policymakers need better knowledge of obesity-related factors
Policymakers have an important role in limiting obesity because the policies and laws they set can be catalysts for significant change, according to Kansas State University researchers.
Health
May 30, 2011 |
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Air pollution near Michigan schools linked to poorer student health, academic performance
Air pollution from industrial sources near Michigan public schools jeopardizes children's health and academic success, according to a new study from University of Michigan researchers.
Health
May 04, 2011 |
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