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School Environment Affects Diabetes Risk |
| Saturday, September 11, 2010 By editor |
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Healthier foods at school, longer and more intense physical activity and lessons in healthy lifestyles can reduce obesity and other risk factors for diabetes. These findings, from an NIH-funded study,... more
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National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month |
| Wednesday, September 08, 2010 By editor |
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We Can! and National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
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September is not only back-to-school time, it also is National Childhood Obesity A... more
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Tobacco Addiction |
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 By editor |
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What Are the Extent and Impact of Tobacco Use?
According to the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an estimated 70.9 million Americans aged 12 or older reported current use of tobacco&mdas... more
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Helping Children & Adolescents Cope with Disaster |
| Monday, August 30, 2010 By editor |
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Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Parents Can Do
Violence or disasters ca... more
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Video: Childhood Bipolar Disorder |
| Wednesday, August 25, 2010 By editor |
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Ellen Liebenluft on Childhood Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Spectrum Disorder is rare among children. Dr. Ellen Leibenluft, chief of the National Institute for Mental Health section on bipolar ... more
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Stress Hormone Receptors Less Adaptive in Females |
| Monday, August 23, 2010 By editor |
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Stress Hormone Receptors Less Adaptive in Female Brain
Findings in Rats Could Explain Women’s Increased Vulnerability to Disorders
A study in rats has revealed striking gender differen... more
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Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder May Go Undiagnosed |
| Thursday, August 19, 2010 By editor |
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Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder May Go Undiagnosed in Some Adults with Major Depression
Nearly 40 percent of people with major depression may also have subthreshold hypomania, a form of mania th... more
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Coping with Continued Stress: The Gulf Oil Spill |
| Monday, August 16, 2010 By editor |
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Coping with Continued Stress: The Gulf Oil Spill Disaster
The full extent of the environmental, economic and health impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico r... more
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Video: Mental Health Concerns from Gulf Oil Spill |
| Friday, August 13, 2010 By editor |
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Mental Health Concerns from the Gulf Oil Spill
In the wake of the Gulf coast oil spill, Dr. Farris Tuma, Chief of the NIMH Traumatic Stress Research Program, addresses mental health challenge... more
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Largest Ever Study of Suicide in the Military |
| Tuesday, August 10, 2010 By editor |
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Evidence-Based Prevention is Goal of Largest Ever Study of Suicide in the Military
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has announced that an interdisciplinary team of four research institu... more
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Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience |
| Monday, August 09, 2010 By editor |
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Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service Members (Army STARRS)
The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service Members (Army STARRS) is the largest study of suicide and mental heal... more
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Rough Up Your Diet |
| Wednesday, August 04, 2010 By editor |
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Rough Up Your Diet
Fit More Fiber Into Your Day
Fiber—you know it's good for you. But if you're like many Americans, you don't get enough. In fact, most of us get less than half the re... more
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Long life in the 21st Century |
| Monday, August 02, 2010 By editor |
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Over the last 100 years, life expectancy of humans has nearly doubled. Social scientists are looking at the effects of aging on the individual and society as a whole.
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Video: Study of the Mental Health of Children |
| Monday, July 26, 2010 By editor |
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Speaking of Science- Dr. Kathleen Merikangas: A Revealing Study into the Mental Health of America’s Children
It’s been called one of the richest studies of its kind. The National Health a... more
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Tips for Communicating with People with TBI & PTSD |
| Thursday, July 22, 2010 By editor |
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Tips for Communicating with People with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) & Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Not everyone has experience communicating with people with disabil... more
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Air Force Prevention Program Reduces Suicide |
| Wednesday, July 21, 2010 By editor |
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A U.S. Air Force suicide prevention program is associated with reduced suicide rates among Air Force personnel during times in which the program was rigorously implemented and monitored, accord... more
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Research Fact Sheet |
| Thursday, July 15, 2010 By editor |
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that some people develop after seeing or living through an event that caused or threatened serious harm or death. Symptoms include ... more
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Video: Discussion on PTSD |
| Monday, July 12, 2010 By editor |
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In the past eight years, the United States has experienced a series of manmade and natural disasters. Large numbers of people in this country have been exposed to potentially traumatic events. This vi... more
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Dispelling the Myths About PTSD |
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 By editor |
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Dispelling the Myths About Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & Other Psychological Health Issues
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop in response ... more
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Can We Prevent Alzheimer's Disease? |
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 By editor |
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Can We Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?
Research Provides New Leads
Will doing crossword puzzles prevent memory loss as we age? Does exercise delay or prevent Alzheimer’s disease? Will addin... more
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TBI can Result from Senior Falls |
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 By editor |
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Traumatic Brain Injuries can Result from Senior Falls
Nearly 8,000 Deaths and 56,000 Hospitalizations in 2005
Traumatic brain injuries due to falls caused nearly 8,000 deaths and 56,000 ho... more
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A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury |
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 By editor |
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What is a Concussion?
A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury, or TBI, caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head that can change the way your brain normally works. Concussions can also occ... more
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Teens Misuse of Prescriptions Develop Disorders |
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 By editor |
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Dr. Li-Tzy Wu and colleagues at Duke University and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation found that 1 percent of the 36,992 respondents age 12 to 17 to the 2006-2007 National Survey on Dr... more
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Mental Disorders in Youth |
| Tuesday, June 22, 2010 By editor |
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About half of American children and teenagers who have certain mental disorders don’t receive professional services, according to a new study.
Researchers interviewed over 3,000 children and ad... more
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Life Changes After Cancer |
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 By editor |
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Many people who’ve survived cancer are living longer lives, thanks to better diagnostic tests and treatments. But life after cancer can bring its own challenges. “Many cancer survivors loo... more
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