Addiction
Cost now biggest turn-off to smoking
Rising cigarette prices have overtaken health concerns as the biggest motivator for people to cut down or stop smoking.
Aug 17, 2022
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News tagged with mass media
Medications
Ozempic helps people lose weight, but who should be able to use it?
Semaglutide, sold in the forms of Ozempic and Wegovy, shot into public consciousness as an effective weight-loss medication last year, thanks to spruiking from social media influencers and people such as Elon Musk.
Jan 24, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Just a game? Study shows no evidence that violent video games lead to real-life violence
Mass media and general public often link violent video games to real-life violence, although there is limited evidence to support the link.
Nov 5, 2021
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Overweight & Obesity
New guidance: Use drugs, surgery early for obesity in kids
Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday.
Jan 9, 2023
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Health
African-Americans more active users of smoking 'quitlines'
African-Americans are consistently more likely than white smokers to use telephone help lines to quit smoking, and are more responsive to mass media messages promoting the “quitline,” finds a long-term California ...
Apr 29, 2011
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Health
Positive media campaigns help minorities put down cigarettes
While African-American smokers are less likely to receive quitting advice from their doctors or use quit aids, media campaigns that offer positive encouragement can have an impact on getting them to quit, finds a new study.
Apr 29, 2011
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Pediatrics
Is it OK for young kids to watch YouTube?
Kids love YouTube. According to one study, more than half of American children between eight and twelve years old say they watch YouTube and other online videos every day, despite the fact that YouTube's terms of service ...
Dec 13, 2019
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Diabetes
Researchers issue a warning that GLP-1RAs may be dangerous for children
A team of clinicians, exercise scientists, pharmaceutical scholars, ethicists, and behavioral experts at the University of California, Irvine, outlined their concerns that the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists ...
Aug 29, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
He lost his son at Sandy Hookânow he wants you to know the warning signs
As Mark Barden let go of the hand of his young son, Daniel, and the boy boarded the bus for school on the morning of Dec. 14, 2012, he had no idea it would be the last time he would see his child alive.
Nov 6, 2018
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Health
How newspapers represent men's eating disorders
Public health researchers at the University of Glasgow have carried out the first detailed studies of how newspaper articles represent eating disorders in men.
Jun 29, 2015
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