News tagged with risk behaviors
Study shows Italian youths who drink with meals are less often adult problem-drinkers
Italian youths whose parents allowed them to have alcohol with meals while they were growing up are less likely to develop harmful drinking patterns in the future, according to a new study led by a Boston University School ...
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Risk takers, drug abusers driven by decreased ability to process dopamine
For risk-takers and impulsive people, New Year's resolutions often include being more careful, spending more frugally and cutting back on dangerous behavior, such as drug use. But new research from Vanderbilt finds that these ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 30, 2008 |
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Higher level of testosterone in women linked to choice of risky careers
The battle of the sexes rages on, this time from the trading floor. While there has long been debate about the social and biological differences between men and women, new research by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Might not be a tomorrow: Youth anticipate early death
As Atlanta officials aim to tackle the city's safety problems this year, some of their toughest criminals to stop maybe young offenders whose desires to commit crimes are being fueled by an anticipation of dying early.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2010 |
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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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Research finds happiest US States match a million Americans' own happiness states
New research by the UK's University of Warwick and Hamilton College in the US into the happiness levels of a million individual US citizens have revealed their personal happiness levels closely correlate ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Researchers report internal and environmental factors trigger unique brain activity in teens
While the otherworldly behavior of teenagers is well documented, University of Pittsburgh researchers have taken a significant step toward finally unraveling the actual brain activity that can drive adolescents to engage ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 22, 2010 |
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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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Social networking sites may provide clues to teens' sexual intentions
For parents wondering when they should talk to their children about sex, the writing may be on the wall — or on their child's Facebook page.
May 01, 2010 |
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Sedentary Behavior Puts White Women at Greatest Risk for Obesity
Obesity is climbing steadily among American women and an inactive lifestyle is one risk factor. A new study finds that sedentary white women are more apt to become obese than are sedentary African-American women.
Jun 30, 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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Middle school youth as young as 12 engaging in risky sexual activity
Middle school youth are engaging in sexual intercourse as early as age 12, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health.
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Prevention program helps teens override a gene linked to risky behavior
A family-based prevention program designed to help adolescents avoid substance use and other risky behavior proved especially effective for a group of young teens with a genetic risk factor contributing toward such behavior, ...
May 15, 2009 |
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Poll: Most Americans don't think they have a big weight problem
Despite government data that show a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States over the past 20 years, most Americans don't think they have much of a weight problem, according to a new McClatchy-Ipsos poll.
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Poor health? Easier for some to blame bad genes than change lifestyle
Does knowing that genes are partly responsible for your health condition mean you are less likely to be motivated to find out about the benefits of behavioral changes? According to Dr. Suzanne O'Neill from the National Human ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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