Health-care providers can play critical role in reducing and preventing intimate partner violence
In a perspective article to appear in the Nov. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health (BUSM and BUSPH) report that health-care providers can pl ...
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Nov 28, 2012 |
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OB/GYNs endorse over-the-counter birth control pills
(HealthDay)—Birth control pills are safe and should be sold over-the-counter without the need for a doctor's exam or prescription, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommended ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Nov 21, 2012 |
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The most popular TV series among youngsters in Spain recreate violence
Published in the Comunicación journal, a study conducted by the University of Seville analyses violence content in Spanish TV series. It concludes that Telecinco's Sin tetas no hay paraíso is the most violent of the fi ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 21, 2012 |
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Embattled childhoods may be the real trauma for soldiers with PTSD
New research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers challenges popular assumptions about the origins and trajectory of PTSD, providing evidence that traumatic experiences in childhood - not combat - may predict ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Poor sanitation kills 2.7 mn people a year, UN reports
Improving sanitation and building more toilets could save millions of lives around the world and would remove an important source of inequality, the UN said Friday ahead of World Toilet Day.
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Nov 16, 2012 |
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Innovative sobriety project reduces DUI and domestic violence arrests, study finds
An innovative alcohol monitoring program imposed upon thousands of alcohol-involved offenders in South Dakota helps reduce repeat DUI arrests and domestic violence arrests, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
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Nov 15, 2012 |
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Power, work struggles in Bangladesh households linked to domestic violence
(Medical Xpress)—In Bangladesh as elsewhere, women are empowered by working outside the home. But new research from the University of Washington shows such work can also increase the threat of domestic ...
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Nov 15, 2012 |
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Helmets save lives of skiers and snowboarders
The use of helmets by skiers and snowboarders decreases the risk and severity of head injuries and saves lives, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests. The findings debunk long-held beliefs by some that the use of helmets ...
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Nov 12, 2012 |
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Gaining trust key to telling health-care provider about intimate partner violence
A recent study led by Ryerson University found that women who have experienced domestic violence stand a far greater chance of disclosing this information in an emergency department setting if they feel they can trust their ...
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Oct 29, 2012 |
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Traumatic consequences long after fall of the Berlin Wall
Previously, there had been a lack of reliable data in Germany on the long-term psychological consequences of political imprisonment in the GDR. Professor Andreas Maercker, Head of the Department of Psychopathology and Clinical ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Restricting high-risk individuals from owning guns saves lives
On July 20, a gunman in Aurora, Colorado, used an assault rifle to murder 12 people and wound 58 others. Although this was one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, all mass shootings account for a small percentage ...
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Oct 25, 2012 |
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Children with mental health disorders more often identified as bullies
Children diagnosed with mental health disorders were three times more likely to be identified as bullies, according to new research presented Oct. 22 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Brazil anti-AIDS effort uses indigenous language
(AP)—Brazil is using an indigenous language for the first in a campaign aimed at curbing violence against women and the spread of HIV.
HIV & AIDS
Oct 11, 2012 |
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England World Cup wins and losses linked to 30 percent rise in domestic violence
Domestic violence rates rose by an average of 30 percent each time England won or lost their games during the 2010 World Cup, but draws had little impact on the statistics.
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Oct 11, 2012 |
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Study challenges assumptions on wartime sexual violence
A new study by the Simon Fraser University-based Human Security Report Project (HSRP), released today at the United Nations headquarters in New York, finds that there is no compelling evidence to support a host of widely ...
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Oct 10, 2012 |
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