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Overweight teens twice as likely to have overweight friends.

Kathy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:30:42 +0000

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...

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Teen drinking linked to behavioural problems

Kathy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:16:49 +0000

Teens who drink heavily are more likely than their peers to have behavioural and attention problems and suffer from anxiety and depression, a team led by researchers from the Norwegian University of...

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How well do you know yourself?

Kathy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:54:40 +0000

How well do you know yourself? It’s a question many of us struggle with, as we try to figure out how close we are to who we actually want to be. In a new report in Perspectives on...

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The myth of the chemical cure

Kathy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:43:04 +0000

Taking a pill to treat depression is widely believed to work by reversing a chemical imbalance. Medication is a mainstay of mental health therapy, But in this week’s BBC Scrubbing Up health...

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Preventing Depression in Adolescents

Kathy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:11:37 +0000

Our latest Psychobabble looks at Preventing Depression in Adolecents. Written by Jennifer Gibson, Pharm.D. its reprinted with kind permission from BrainBlogger Jennifer Gibson, PharmD, is a...

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Do you want to live forever?

Kathy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:56:09 +0000

I recently “Clipped” ( The Clipmark Widget is located in the sidebar) Do you really want to live forever this brought in an interesting comment from Lexica Definitely food for thought....

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Kids and Marijuana

Kathy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:21:50 +0000

It’s not easy keeping kids off ganja these days. The world, it seems, has gone to pot. President Obama admits to having “inhaled frequently” in his youth. Hollywood Dudes-of-the-Hour Seth Rogen...

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Who am I? Adolescents’ replies depend on others

Kathy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:54:31 +0000

Ask middle-school students if they are popular or make friends easily, they likely will depend on social comparisons with their peers for an answer. Such reliance on the perceived opinions of others,...

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Couples who shack up before tying the knot are more likely to get divorced

Kathy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:01:21 +0000

Couples who shack up before tying the knot are more likely to get divorced than their counterparts who don’t move in together until marriage, a new study suggests. Upwards of 70 percent of U.S....

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Moderate alcohol consumption may lower Alzheimers risk

Kathy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:54:56 +0000

A glass or two of wine a day – but no more — appears to protect older adults from developing dementia, researchers reported here at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease....

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