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Evaluate children's stress after natural disasters

As Hurricane Isaac nears the Gulf Coast, one may wonder what the impact of natural disasters are on children. Who is most at risk for persistent stress reactions? How can such youth be identified and assisted in the aftermath ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Distressing life events and poverty behind many abortions in US

The researchers, from the Guttmacher Institute in New York, base their findings on feedback data from almost 9,500 women who had an abortion in 2008 (Abortion Patient Survey), in the light of 11 "disruptive" events, and the ...

Health created Aug 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Studies examine health consequences of meltdown, damage to Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan

The results of two studies in the August 15 issue of JAMA report on the psychological status of workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan several months after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, and th ...

Health created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heat-shock factor reveals its unique role in supporting highly malignant cancers

Whitehead Institute researchers have found that increased expression of a specific set of genes is strongly associated with metastasis and death in patients with breast, colon, and lung cancers. Not only could this finding ...

Cancer created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stress during pregnancy leads to abdominal obesity in mice offspring

A new report involving mice suggests that a relationship exists between maternal metabolic or psychological stress and the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome in her offspring. What's more, the ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Children abused by parents face increased cancer risk

Frequent abuse by a parent can increase a child's cancer risk in adulthood, and the effects are especially significant when mothers abuse their daughters and fathers abuse their sons, according to new research ...

Health created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Distraction from negative feelings linked to improved problem solving

(Medical Xpress) -- Brooding, or excessive rumination over negative feelings, is known to interfere with important problem-solving abilities, while immediate distraction from those feelings can increase problem-solving ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Troubled homes may fuel obesity in girls

(HealthDay) -- Little girls from troubled homes are more likely to be obese at age 5 than girls from happier ones, new research shows.

Health created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mental health workers: The overlooked victims of 9/11

We've all heard about the stress experienced by victims of 9/11, but have we ever paused to think about the effect of those terrorist attacks on mental health clinicians who provided care to the victims? A new study by Mary ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why getting healthy can seem worse than getting sick

A new article in The Quarterly Review of Biology helps explain why the immune system often makes us worse while trying to make us well.

Immunology created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds preterm labor diagnostic markers not universal, diagnosis and interventions should not be generalized

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that indicate that preterm birth interventions should ...

Other created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Precancer markers identified in airway epithelium cells of healthy smokers

Smoking may be associated with the development of molecular features of cancer in the large airway epithelium. In the small airway epithelium, molecular cancerization is associated with development of chronic obstructive ...

Cancer created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Life after cigarettes

Life without cigarettes is not all doom and gloom. In fact, successful quitters are more satisfied with their lives and feel healthier, both one year and three years afterwards, than those who continue to smoke. That's according ...

Health created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stress in early pregnancy can lead to shorter pregnancies, more pre-term births and fewer baby boys

Stress in the second and third months of pregnancy can shorten pregnancies, increase the risk of pre-term births and may affect the ratio of boys to girls being born, leading to a decline in male babies. These are the conclusions ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows hospice caregivers need routine care interventions

A study led by the University of Kentucky researcher Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles found that hospice family caregivers are "second order patients" themselves and require their own unique care needs.

Health created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0