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Home visits may cut risk of low birthweight
-0400 (Reuters Health) By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A program that offers home visits to low- income pregnant women may lower their risk of delivering an underweight baby, according to a study published Tuesday.Researchers...
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Managing Disruptive Behavior
At its most fundamental level, disruptive behavior is any behavior that interferes with communication, team performance, or safe patient care.It can include but is not limited to verbal abuse, harassment, condescending or...
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Majority Of Teens Discuss Risky Behaviors On MySpace, Studies Conclude
Also Included In: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs; Pediatrics / Children's Health; IT / Internet / E-mail email to a friend printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Current Article Ratings: Patient / Public: Health...
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Many teens discuss health risk behaviors on social networking websites
Medical Research News In a pair of related studies released by Seattle Children's Research Institute and published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, researchers found that 54 percent of...
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Teens Divulge Risky Behavior on Social Networking Sites
MONDAY, Jan.5 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of teens who use the social networking site MySpace have posted information about sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence, new research shows. The good news, according to a...
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The impact of substance use disorders on medical expenditures for Medicaid beneficiaries with behavioral healt
Medical Research News People with substance abuse disorders cost Medicaid hundreds of millions of dollars annually in medical care, suggesting that early interventions for substance abuse could not only improve outcomes but also save...
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Risky Behavior Prominent On Teen MySpace Profiles
More than half of adolescent MySpace users mention risky behaviors such as sex, violence or substance use on their personal Web profiles.That's according to the findings of Megan Moreno, assistant professor of pediatrics at the...
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Frontostriatal brain circuits play role in bulimia nervosa in women
Women with bulimia nervosa appear to respond more impulsively during psychological testing than those without eating disorders, and brain scans show differences in areas responsible for regulating behavior, according to a report in the...
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Substance abuse adds millions to Medicaid's total health care costs
Comprehensive study of Medicaid records finds substance abuse increases the cost of other health problems People with substance abuse disorders cost Medicaid hundreds of millions of dollars annually in medical care, suggesting that early...
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Brain circuit abnormalities may underlie bulimia nervosa in women
Women with bulimia nervosa appear to respond more impulsively during psychological testing than those without eating disorders, and brain scans show differences in areas responsible for regulating behavior, according to a report in the...
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UCLA assessment technique lets scientists see brain aging before symptoms appear
Approach combines PET scans with information on patients' Alzheimer's risk IMAGE:PET brain scans reveal plaque and tangle accumulation in patients with the APOE-4 gene, which increases risk of Alzheimer's.UCLA scientists have used...
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Study Yields Clues About the Evolution of Epilepsy
Newswise Two children have a seizure.One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is diagnosed with epilepsy. A study being led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic...
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Assessment Technique Lets Scientists See Brain Aging Before Symptoms Appear
Newswise UCLA scientists have used innovative brain-scan technology developed at UCLA, along with patient-specific information on Alzheimer's disease risk, to help diagnose brain aging, often before symptoms appear.Published in the...
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Study yields clues about the evolution of epilepsy
Troy, N.Y.Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is diagnosed with epilepsy. A study being led by researchers at is looking at what could...
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Study yields clues about the evolution of epilepsy
Troy, N.Y.Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is diagnosed with epilepsy. A study being led by researchers at is looking at what could...
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Employer-Sponsored Workouts Boost Workers' Health
TUESDAY, Jan.6 (HealthDay News) -- Encouraging your workers to work out works, a new study says. Home Depot employees who participated in a company-sponsored program to support workers in setting exercise goals notably increased their...
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UCLA assessment technique lets scientists see brain aging before symptoms appear
UCLA scientists have used innovative brain-scan technology developed at UCLA, along with patient-specific information on Alzheimer's disease risk, to help diagnose brain aging, often before symptoms appear.Published in the January issue...
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Scientists See Brain Aging Before Symptoms Appear
Alzheimer's / Dementia News Main Category: Alzheimer's / Dementia Also Included In: Seniors / Aging; Neurology / Neuroscience; Psychology / Psychiatry email to a friend printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Current Article...
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Comprehensive Study Of Medicaid Records Finds Substance Abuse Increases The Cost Of Other Health Problems
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Employer-Sponsored Workouts Boost Workers' Health
TUESDAY, Jan.6 (HealthDay News) -- Encouraging your workers to work out works, a new study says. Home Depot employees who participated in a company-sponsored program to support workers in setting exercise goals notably increased their...
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Expectant brains help predict anxiety treatment success
A network of emotion-regulating brain regions implicated in the pathological worry that can grip patients with anxiety disorders may also be useful for predicting the benefits of treatment.A new study appearing online Jan. 2 reports...
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Fear of Hypocrisy May Be Key for Resolutions
One thing is true about New Year's health resolutions: They fail.Year after year we resolve to lose weight. Quit smoking. Exercise. And year after year we don't do it. This failure has a large cost. We pay not only in terms of...
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NIDA Report Sheds Light on Comorbidity of Addiction, Other Mental Health Illnesses
Report's Release Coincides With Meeting on Comorbidities in the Military January 6, 2009 A National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) research report issued today sheds light on the complex link between addiction and other mental health...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation awards $1.195 million to organizations providing care to th
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation has awarded $1.95 million in grants to 17 health care delivery organizations working to implement more cost-effective care for the uninsured through outreach and education, prevention,...
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Economic stress and healthcare costs causing ill health in US
A survey by AARP, the US membership organisation for the over 50s, has found that the economic recession is affecting people's health and that difficulties in paying for healthcare are adding to the problem.According to the survey, one in...
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