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Stressed Students Encouraged to Scale Down Their Workloads |
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
The general consensus throughout the world of education is that high school students preparing for college in an increasingly competitive admissions field face more academic stress today than ever ... more
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Stressed High Schoolers Encouraged to Scale Down Their Workloads |
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Mood Issues (Depression, Anxiety, etc.)
The general consensus throughout the world of education is that high school students preparing for college in an increasingly competitive admissions field face more academic stress today than ev... more
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Finding More Effective Mental Illness Diagnoses and Treatments |
| Wednesday, February 07, 2007 By William E. Hapworth M.D. |
Category: Depression
For over five decades Dr. Robert Cancro has been one of the leading minds in the field of psychiatry. A former chair of NYU's Department of Psychiatry, Director of Milhauser Laboratory, as well as... more
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American Fashion Industry Issues, Fails to Enforce Health Guidelines |
| Wednesday, February 07, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
New York's February fashion week is one of the industry's most lavish, celebrated events. Amid the lights, parties and big names, it would seem to be very easy to forget the issue that has w... more
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Educators, Employers Face Declining Literacy Rates |
| Tuesday, February 06, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Speech & Language
Due to several independent factors including generational shifts and the increasing prevalence of low-to-mid-level employees who are foreign to the American education system, the United States... more
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Less TV Does Not Equal More Exercise |
| Monday, February 05, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Eating Healthy/ Eating Disorders
The majority of unhealthy adult habits first arise during adolescence: poor diet, insufficient physical activity, sedentary lifestyle. Many have pointed to television as a primary suspect in t... more
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The Changing Psychology of Wealth |
| Monday, February 05, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
The majority of the Western world, particularly younger generations, lists "getting rich" as one of their most significant personal goals. But these priorities are far from realistic, as the per... more
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Parents Play Important Role in Teen Exposure to Online Porngoraphy |
| Monday, February 05, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Parenting
It's no secret that the internet is teeming with pornography. But just how infested is something of an area of contention. There's a great deal of money to be made in "NetNanny" type filtering softwar... more
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Video Game-Induced Weight Loss is a Tentative Reality |
| Friday, February 02, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Eating Healthy/ Eating Disorders
President Bush's recent public statementlamenting the prevalence of adolescent obesity and urging parents toencourage outdoor play comes amidst somewhat startling revelationsabout video game habits: s... more
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Video Game-Induced Weight Loss is a Tentative Reality |
| Friday, February 02, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
President Bush's recent public statement lamenting the prevalence of adolescent obesity and urging parents to encourage outdoor play comes amidst somewhat startling revelations about video game habi... more
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Binging is America's Most Common Eating Disorder |
| Thursday, February 01, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
The dramatic effects of anorexia and bulimia glean a great deal of attention from the American press, but binge eating is a far more common disorder, according to a report calling itself the... more
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Many Drug Ads Fail to Properly Inform Patients |
| Wednesday, January 31, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Medication Info
Every American has seen his or her share of commercials prompting the viewer to "ask your doctor about..." a new and presumably improved medication. Pharmaceutical ads, once heavily regulated ... more
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Early Intervention Most Effectively Curbs Bullying |
| Monday, January 29, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Teachers, students and staff at schools of any kind and in any location eventually come face to face with some form of the ever-present bullying phenomenon. Whether social, psychological or physical... more
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Early Intervention Most Effectively Curbs Bullying |
| Monday, January 29, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Parenting
Teachers, students and staff at schools of any kind and in any location eventually come face to face with some form of the ever-present bullying phenomenon. Whether social, psychological or physical... more
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Italians Make Sport of Depression Treatment |
| Monday, January 29, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
Physical activity has often been used as part of the depression treatment process as well as for other mental illness treatments. Various studies have shown that increased exercise and more rigorous a... more
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Autistic Woman Produces Moving Video, Blog |
| Monday, January 29, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Stories
Many field experts, parents and educators have recently entered the public forum in an attempt to clarify aspects of the autism issue for the general public and particularly for those affected by t... more
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Autistic Woman Produces Moving Video, Blog |
| Monday, January 29, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Autism, Asperger's, PDD
Many field experts, parents and educators have recently entered the public forum in an attempt to clarify aspects of the autism issue for the general public and particularly for those af... more
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Dual-Enrollment Students Get a Head Start on College |
| Friday, January 26, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Assessment & Evaluation
The dual enrollment option offers students the chance to earn college credit while still in high school. Students involved in the program, who are usually juniors or seniors in high school, are ge... more
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Stroke Victim's Loss of Desire to Smoke Sheds New Light on Addiction |
| Friday, January 26, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
Dr. Antoine Bechara, currently working at the University of Southern California, had been looking into the damage caused by strokes and other brain damage while at the University of Iowa when he came ... more
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Prefrontal Cortex Holds the Key to Conquering Fear |
| Thursday, January 25, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
The effective management of fear and its resulting stresses is essential to the daily lives of all humans. From our very beginnings, we've used both inherent and conditioned fear as central mech... more
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Resveratrol, for a Longer, Healthier Life |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
Concluding his cover story from this week's Fortune magazine, David Stipp writes:Humanity has dreamed for millennia of medicines that extend life span. Sirtris may not fulfill the dream. But the compa... more
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At-Risk Children Are Education's Greatest Concern |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category:
A new book by a well-known educator, therapist and youth advocatefocuses on the phenomenon of "shadow children," or those who face thegreatest risk of leaving the American education system unprepared ... more
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For Heart Disease Related Depression, Meds an Important Part of Treatment |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
A team of Canadian researchers has found that for those whose heart disease has been accompanied by depression, SSRI treatment may be the most effective strategy for care. Writing in their study publi... more
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Antidepressants May Weaken Bone Structure |
| Tuesday, January 23, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
In the newest development in a long-standing story, a study by Canadian clinicians provides further evidence of a link between anti-depressants and a propensity for bone fractures in older patient... more
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Americans Lacking in Preventive Healthcare |
| Monday, January 22, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
Though the quality of medical treatment in our country continues to rise, a large portion of the American public could lead longer, healthier lives if they were to understand the importance of the e... more
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