Health
'Invincible' teen vapers face fears, ask for help
It all started at the mall when a friend offered her a puff from a Juul e-cigarette.
Oct 31, 2019
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Health
Juul warned over claims e-cigarette safer than smoking
Federal health authorities on Monday blasted vaping company Juul for illegally pitching its electronic cigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking and ordered the company to stop making unproven claims for its products.
Sep 9, 2019
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Pediatrics
Early improvements in preschoolers' skills help explain long-term benefits of intervention
Current research findings are mixed as to whether preschool programs can improve individuals' outcomes in the long term, with some studies pointing to benefits years later and others showing a fadeout of cognitive gains as ...
Aug 27, 2019
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Addiction
Genetically at-risk youth can lower risk of alcohol problems by taking part in prevention program
For people with a genetic predisposition to alcohol problems, participating in a family based prevention program during adolescence reduced the likelihood that they would develop those problems as an adult, according to a ...
Aug 1, 2019
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Health
American medical students less likely to choose to become primary care doctors
Despite hospital systems and health officials calling out the need for more primary care doctors, graduates of U.S. medical schools are becoming less likely to choose to specialize in one of those fields.
Jul 24, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Can videogames promote emotional intelligence in teenagers?
A new study has shown that videogames, when used as part of an emotional intelligence training program, can help teenagers evaluate, express, and manage their own emotions immediately after the training. The study design, ...
Jul 15, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Supervised fun, exercise both provide psychosocial benefit to children with obesity
A program with clear rules, routines and activities, attentive adults and a chance to interact with peers appears to work as well at improving the quality of life, mood and self-worth of a child who is overweight or obese ...
Jul 2, 2019
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Pediatrics
Young carers' futures look bleak without flexible school support
Young Australians providing care for family members with mental illnesses, alcohol and drug addictions are struggling to keep up with their studies, according to new research.
May 28, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Positive aspects of masculinity helps improve boys' attitudes toward relationship violence
A program aimed at reducing violence against women and girls by focusing on positive expressions of masculinity changed the attitudes of middle school boys who may have been prone to harassment and dating violence as they ...
May 22, 2019
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Addiction
New UK study finds E-cigarette use on the rise in undergraduates
In results University of Kentucky researchers are calling "alarming," more than three out of 10 undergraduates reported using e-cigarettes, according to a new study published in the March 26 edition of the Journal of American ...
May 3, 2019
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