News tagged with medicine network

Study finds links between obesity and adolescents' social networks

Researchers from the Institute of Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) found in a recent study that overweight youth were twice as likely to have overweight friends.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Strong social networks mean less stress for parents

A U of A professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy has found that those conversations with fellow parents around the barbeque or at the playground can be important to maintaining a happy family.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Online surveillance tools provide opportunity to support public health

Tapping the Internet - including personal Web searches, news reports, blogs, chat rooms and social networking sites - is fast becoming a way to get a complete, up-to-the-minute view of public health threats, say researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0