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Could community-based 'Change Clubs' improve heart health in black women?
BOSTON Feb. 27, 2017 --Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Black African American women in the US and more Black African American women die every year from heart disease compared to their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A pilot study, led by researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, aimed to ad ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 28
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American Gastroenterological Association releases Obesity Practice Guide
Bethesda, MD Feb. 27, 2017 -- Patients with obesity need a multidisciplinary approach to achieve a healthy weight, and the American Gastroenterological Association AGA believes that gastroenterologists are in a unique position to lead the care team. To provide gastroenterologists with a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary process to guide and personalize innovative obesity care for safe and effectiv ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 28
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Aggression disorder linked to greater risk of substance abuse
People with intermittent explosive disorder IED --a condition marked by frequent physical or verbal outbursts--are at five times greater risk for abusing substances such as alcohol, tobacco and marijuana than those who don t display frequent aggressive behavior, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Chicago. In the study, published Feb. 28, 2017 in the Journal of Clinical ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 28
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Transgender and gender-fluid teens left with few safe harbors
Transgender and gender-fluid teens, particularly those born male, face up to three times more mental and physical abuse at school and at home than their gender-conforming peers, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley. The study is one of the largest national surveys to date of sexual and gender minority adolescents who have suffered multiple forms of victimization, in ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 28
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Mark Stewart's Faith Is Room For Doubt
Somebody once told me that hope is a power. From Days Like These by The Pop Group Mark Stewart of the band The Pop Group told me, People for some reason say that my stuff is prescient. No argument here. The Pop Group s music was boundary breaking, and both predicted and influenced several generations of bands. In comparing The Pop Group band to their contemporaries, Rolling Stone wrote, Among thei ...
Psychology Today - Tue. Feb 28
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Entrepreneurship and Temperament
Perhaps you ve asked yourself what traits or personalities do successful entrepreneurs possess. Were they merely lucky to be born with one or another personality type, or did they just make the best of what nature had given them, whatever it had been Let s look at what pros and cons are tied to different types of temperament in business.
Psychology Today - Tue. Feb 28
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New Insights into Paranoia
A new understanding of paranoia as a psychiatric syndrome has been gained in recent years, one enriched by contemporary psychoanalytic thought. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association DSM has historically defined this disorder, like many other mental illnesses, in categorical terms rather than dimensional ones, observes psychoanalyst Nancy McWilliams . In othe ...
Psychology Today - Tue. Feb 28
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Affordable Care Act boosted primary care access for Medicaid patients
PHILADELPHIA - Since the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, which provided access to health insurance to millions of previously uninsured adults in the United States, the availability of appointments with primary care physicians has improved for patients with Medicaid and remains unchanged for patients with private coverage, according to new research led by the Perelman School of Medicine an ...
EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 27
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Who gets sunburned? Survey finds risk is greater for young adults with melanin...
CHICAGO-February 27, 2017--Results from a study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association point to an urgent need for sunburn prevention among young adults, particularly those who have skin with higher melanin content. Researchers found a surprising correlation between reporting a red or painful sunburn lasting a day or more with being 18 to 29 years of age and not self-iden ...
EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 27
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Woodstoves are good for the soul, bad for the heart
The risk of acute myocardial infarction for the elderly living in and around small cities is increased by air pollution caused by biomass burning from woodstoves. It is well documented that air pollution in big cities causes heart and lung problems. But what are its consequences on people in smaller urban centres By comparing pollution data from three cities in British Columbia Prince George, Kaml ...
EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 27
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Effects of a poor diet during pregnancy may be reversed in female adolescent o...
Here s some good news if you are female Research published online in The FASEB Journal , shows that in mice, what is eaten during adolescence or childhood development may alter long-term behavior and learning, and can even rescue females from the negative effects on behavior resulting from a poor maternal diet during pregnancy. These are provocative findings, said Thoru Pederson, Ph.D., Editor-in- ...
EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 27
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New study on smoking bans finds decrease in smoke exposure in public and priva...
Exposure to secondhand smoke has long been associated with negative health effects. A study of secondhand smoke exposure after two smoking bans in Spain, publishing today in Nicotine Tobacco Research , suggests that overall exposure can be decreased across all settings by comprehensive legislative efforts. The authors reviewed approximately 2,500 adult non-smokers self-reported rates of tobacco sm ...
EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 27
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