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Too Much Alcohol, Too Little GrowthMental Health

Too Much Alcohol, Too Little Growth

Alcohol during pregnancy leads to slower growth in children

August 15, 2012·3 min read
How to Increase Your Life ExpectancyMental Health

How to Increase Your Life Expectancy

Life expectancy linked with anxiety and depression symptoms

August 15, 2012·2 min read
Managing Stress to Break Bad HabitsMental Health

Managing Stress to Break Bad Habits

Stress levels may be keeping you from breaking that bad habit

August 15, 2012·2 min read
Is Quitting Harder for Women?Mental Health

Is Quitting Harder for Women?

Smoking cessation may be different for men and women but results are nearly the same

August 15, 2012·2 min read
Can Thinking You’re Fat Make You Fat?Mental Health

Can Thinking You’re Fat Make You Fat?

Normal weight teenagers who just thought they were fat gained weight over the years

August 15, 2012·2 min read
Marijuana & AnxietyMental Health

Marijuana & Anxiety

Teenagers who frequently smoked pot had higher anxiety later in life

August 15, 2012·2 min read
Popcorn, Factory Workers and Dementia?Mental Health

Popcorn, Factory Workers and Dementia?

Alzheimers link to chemical in buttered popcorn may be a concern for factory workers

August 14, 2012·2 min read
Smile! It is Good for Your HeartMental Health

Smile! It is Good for Your Heart

Smiling may improve stress response and related cardiovascular health

August 14, 2012·2 min read
Long-time Depression Linked to Bipolar DisorderMental Health

Long-time Depression Linked to Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder was more likely in people who had serious depression for a long time

August 14, 2012·1 min read
Using Tobacco: One Way or AnotherMental Health

Using Tobacco: One Way or Another

Smoking cessation efforts are working for cigarettes but not other forms of tobacco

August 14, 2012·2 min read
A New Intervention for Domestic Violence?Mental Health

A New Intervention for Domestic Violence?

Domestic violence relationships benefit from communication training

August 14, 2012·2 min read
Teen Steroid AbuseMental Health

Teen Steroid Abuse

Steroids damage the brains and bodies of still developing teens more than adults

August 13, 2012·2 min read
Chocolate for Helping MemoryMental Health

Chocolate for Helping Memory

Memory symptoms and heart health were better after drinking flavanols from chocolate

August 13, 2012·2 min read
Stress, Empathy and Positive BehaviorMental Health

Stress, Empathy and Positive Behavior

Coping with stress helps teens behave with empathy

August 13, 2012·2 min read
Little Snorers Can Have Big BehaviorsMental Health

Little Snorers Can Have Big Behaviors

Snoring in children linked to behavior and attention problems

August 13, 2012·4 min read
Do Brain Magnets for Depression Work?Mental Health

Do Brain Magnets for Depression Work?

Transcranial magnetic stimulation may help with major depressive disorder

August 13, 2012·2 min read
Diverted Medical MarijuanaMental Health

Diverted Medical Marijuana

Teens with substance use disorders are easily able to get their hands on medical marijuana

August 13, 2012·2 min read
VA Phone TherapyMental Health

VA Phone Therapy

Getting vets into mental health treatment improved with phone motivation chats

August 12, 2012·2 min read
Post-Traumatic, Post-Partum Syndrome?Mental Health

Post-Traumatic, Post-Partum Syndrome?

Postpartum PTSD affects some women following the trauma of giving birth

August 12, 2012·3 min read
Subtle Long-Term Impacts of Child AbuseMental Health

Subtle Long-Term Impacts of Child Abuse

Sexually and physically abused women more likely to have irregular periods

August 12, 2012·2 min read
Jealousy and Domestic ViolenceMental Health

Jealousy and Domestic Violence

Intimate partner violence was mostly triggered by anxiety over cheating

August 11, 2012·3 min read
Doing Life in Slow MotionMental Health

Doing Life in Slow Motion

Insufficient sleep at different times slow you down even if you do not notice

August 11, 2012·3 min read
Early-Onset Mental DisordersMental Health

Early-Onset Mental Disorders

Mental disorders can make it tough to hold down a job and make a living in adulthood

August 11, 2012·2 min read
Prenatal Yoga for Prenatal DepressionMental Health

Prenatal Yoga for Prenatal Depression

Prenatal yoga reduces depression in small group of women at risk

August 11, 2012·3 min read