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Researchers Investigate Teen Risk-Taking |
| Thursday, December 20, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Adolescence has come to be associated with risky behavior, and it's not surprising that researchers have long questioned why many problem behaviors, such as drinking, drug use, and unprotected sex... more
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Meditation May Be Comparable to Exercise in Alleviating Depression |
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
When considering possible methods to manage a chronic case of depression, most do not immediately conjur images of themselves sitting silently for 30-45 minutes, measuring their breath and pas... more
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More States Rejecting Abstinence-Only Programs |
| Tuesday, December 18, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Adolesence
In the face of a report stating that teen birth rates in the U.S. have risen for the first time in more than 15 years comes newfound criticism of so-called "abstinence-only" sexual education prog... more
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Natural Hormone Showing Promise as Depression Treatment |
| Tuesday, December 18, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Medication Info
There are many antidepressants with proven efficacy, but the very number and variety of these drugs points to the fact that none of them helps all the people all the time. Patients frequently have t... more
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Alcohol's Risks Outweigh its Benefits |
| Tuesday, December 18, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
As New Year's Eve approaches, many will celebrate the past year with a drink or two, and with all the information out there detailing the potential health benefits of alc... more
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New Baseball Report Reveals Widespread Drug Use |
| Tuesday, December 18, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
The Mitchell report has arrived, and the industry-sponsored assessment of performance-enhancing drug abuse in Major League Baseball will most likely continue to influence public perception of the s... more
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Holiday Blues' Existence Questioned |
| Monday, December 17, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
As the winter holidays approach, many newspapers stuff our stockings with dire warnings about the "holiday blues". They lean on the narrative that depression and suicide rates rise as lonely p... more
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Behavioral Therapy Most Effective for Social Phobia |
| Monday, December 17, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) or Social Phobia, an irrational and disabling fear of interaction with unfamiliar people, public embarrassment and judgement in the eyes of others is the most... more
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Children of Abused Moms have Greater Health Care Needs |
| Monday, December 17, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
When women suffer abuse at the hands of their partners, their physical and emotional injuries have lasting consequences. In a study published last year, researchers from Group Health, a Seattle-based ... more
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AADT Session Wrap-Up |
| Monday, December 17, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Missing Protein May Underlie Autism - Researchers at MIT demonstrated that mice lacking the Cdk5 enzyme, and thus sufficient amounts of the protein that it creates (CASK), suffered from impaired synap... more
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Bedwetting Linked to Cognitive Problems |
| Friday, December 14, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Nocturnal enuresis, or bedwetting, can be embarrassing for the child and frustrating for the parent who must clean the sheets, but many experts counsel parents not to worry or make a big fuss. While i... more
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CDC reports Rise of Suicide Among Middle-Aged, Unintentional Injury Among Young Adults |
| Friday, December 14, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
In a study on injury mortality rates, which include deaths from unintentional injury, homicide, injuries of undetermined intent, and suicide, the CDC reports that total... more
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Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol Influences Taste and Smell |
| Thursday, December 13, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
It is well established that alcoholic parents are more likely to have alcoholic children, a sad fact that has perpetuated a cycle of abuse for much of human history. It was not clear though whethe... more
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Study Links Smoking to Diabetes |
| Thursday, December 13, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
Smoking, the most preventable cause of death worldwide, contributes to a host of serious health conditions, including heart disease, cancer, and stroke. A growing number ... more
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Sign Language an Effective Tool for Autism Education |
| Thursday, December 13, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Stories
Communication is the most prominant casualty of autism, a spectrum disorder that often creates a tragic wall of failed connections between affected kids and their parents, siblings, teache... more
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Bipolar Patients Mistake Emotions Even During Remission |
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder drags sufferers up to manic heights and down to depressive ditches, leaving them to try and restabilize their lives during remission periods. These remissions vary in length, with som... more
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ADHD Stimulants Boost ER Visits |
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
ADHD stimulant medications like Ritalin and Adderall, whose core ingredients work by exciting the nervous system in a fashion nearly identical to that of illicit amphetamines, also send thousands ... more
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Abuse of Prescription Drugs, Ecstasy Not Declining |
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
Overall drug use has gradually declined among American teens in recent years, especially among younger teens, but the results of an annual report released this week illustrate that troubling trends p... more
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Simple Options Get Kids Playing |
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Parenting
The issue of childhood obesity has many layers, a fact that makes pinning down any one solution that everyone can agree on nearly impossible. While some groups have found success with various strate... more
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Performance Trends Begin Far From the Classroom |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Parenting
Most observers, especially the parents of those currently working their way through American schools, welcome the newfound sense of scrutiny regarding our largely unsatisfactory education system. Bu... more
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New Schizophrenia Drugs May Treat Social Symptoms |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a devastating psychosis, and while there are moderately successful medications to treat the pronounced hallucinations and delusions, there is very little that can be done to resto... more
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School Performance Trends Begin Far From the Classroom |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Most observers, especially the parents of those currently working their way through American schools, welcome the newfound sense of scrutiny regarding our largely unsatisfactory educat... more
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Poor Quality of Sleep a Problem In ICU |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) generally sleep poorly, getting hardly any of the deep, restorative sleep so important to the healing process. A recent study, which a... more
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Wearable Camera Restores Memory to the Elderly |
| Monday, December 10, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
The memory loss that comes with dementia can turn independent living into an unattainable dream for many elderly citizens. Confusion clouds the past until they are unsure what errands they have alread... more
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Researchers Examine Link Between Circadian Rhythms and Bipolar Disorder |
| Monday, December 10, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Bipolar Disorder
When their daily routine or sleep schedule is interrupted, individuals with bipolar disorder often have difficulty recovering and are more likely to develop new manic or depressive episodes. Researche... more
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