News tagged with health risk behaviors
Enhanced early childhood education pays long-term dividends in better health
Intensive early education programs for low-income children have been shown to yield numerous educational benefits, but few studies have looked more broadly at their impact on health and health behaviors. A new study conducted ...
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Challenging HIV through social networking
Tapping into young people's use of online social networks presents health agencies with a powerful opportunity to help control the rise in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in homeless youth in Los Angeles. According ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Four unhealthy behaviors combine to increase death risk
Four unhealthy behaviors -- smoking, lack of physical activity, poor diet and alcohol consumption -- appear to be associated with a substantially increased risk of death when combined, according to a report in the April 26 ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Teen sexual activity and gambling associated with taking nonprescribed medications to get high
(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking nonprescribed medication has become an emerging problem, especially among teens. When using these substances to get high, students are more likely to engage in bad behaviors than those who don't, a ...
Nov 18, 2009 |
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A double-threat to teen health: Researchers say smoking, binge drinking need to be addressed
As teens head back to school, health teachers may want to revise their lesson plans. Temple researchers have found that kids who engage in heavy drinking will more than likely also engage in heavy smoking, and they say educators ...
Aug 09, 2009 |
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New infectious diseases -- what's the risk?
With the current outbreak of swine flu, and in the absence of a vaccine or treatment at present, the only way to contain the virus is to get people around the world to take precautionary measures.
May 19, 2009 |
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Where you live may affect your state of mind
Frequent Mental Distress (FMD), defined as having 14 or more days in the previous month when stress, depression and emotional problems were not good , is not evenly distributed across the United States. In fact, certain geographic ...
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Few friends combined with loneliness linked to poor mental and physical health for elderly
Although not having many close friends contributes to poorer health for many older adults, those who also feel lonely face even greater health risks, research at the University of Chicago suggests. Older people who are able ...
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Persistent Electronic Warnings Push Some Smokers to Quit
(PhysOrg.com) -- Go ahead. Nag, nag, nag. It might do some good after all.
Mar 03, 2009 |
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