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Social support buffers adolescent depression after terrorist attacks: Ben-Gurion University
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have conducted a "before and after" study of depression and terrorist attacks in adolescents, demonstrating that strong social support from friends is a buffer from depression in terrorism-related stress.   view more (2009-07-21)

Sleep patterns in children and teenagers could indicate risk for depression, researcher finds
Sleep patterns can help predict which adolescents might be at greatest risk for developing depression, a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center has found in a five-year study.   view more (2009-08-13)

No justification for denying obese patients knee replacements
There is no justification for denying obese patients knee replacement surgery: They benefit almost as much as anyone else from the procedure, concludes a small study published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.   view more (2008-07-24)

Adolescents, risks and the pitfalls of rationality
Is it a good idea to swim with sharks? Is it smart to drink a bottle of Drano? What about setting your hair on fire - is that a good thing to do?   view more (2006-11-14)

Adolescent insomnia linked to depression and substance abuse during adolescence and young adulthood
A study in the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that adolescent insomnia symptoms are associated with depression, suicide ideation and attempts, and the use of alcohol, cannabis and other drugs such as cocaine.   view more (2008-10-01)

High-quality adolescent friendships may come at a cost for youth with shared deviant values
The types of friendships adolescents have often reflect their childhood relationships and predict how they do in the future.   view more (2007-09-28)

Teaching adolescents about condoms
Teaching adolescents to use condoms when abstinence fails is a reasonable strategy for preventing HIV, according to a new research study in PLoS Medicine.   view more (2007-09-18)

Obese patients wait longer for kidney transplants, research suggests
New research from Johns Hopkins specialists suggests that obese kidney disease patients face not only the usual long odds of a tissue match and organ rejection, but also are significantly less likely than normal-weight people to receive a kidney transplant at all.   view more (2007-12-20)

Antisocial conduct and decision making about aggressive behavior influence each other in teens
A new study challenges the idea that antisocial behavior is relatively unchangeable during the teenage years. The study, published in the March/April 2008 issue of the journal Child Development, found that decision making and behavior among adolescents are related across time, and that efforts to help may be more effective if they address how... view more... (2008-03-25)

Disease of older adults now seen in young, obese adults
Acute diverticulitis, a disease traditionally seen in patients older than 50 years old, is now being seen in younger adults who are obese.   view more (2006-09-25)

It's safe for obese moms-to-be to lose weight during pregnancy, new SLU research finds
Most women who are obese can safely exercise and diet to lose weight during pregnancy, according to a small pilot study conducted by Saint Louis University researchers.   view more (2007-06-06)

Does being overweight in old age cause memory problems?
While obesity has been shown to contribute to high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes, being overweight in old age does not lead to memory problems.   view more (2007-09-20)

BMI criteria for obesity surgery should be lowered, UT Southwestern researcher suggests
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that the existing body mass index criteria for obesity surgery often excludes a group of obese patients at risk of cardiovascular disease.   view more (2007-12-18)

Mayo Clinic shows adding activity to video games fights obesity
If playing video games makes kids less active - and contributes to obesity - why not create more video games that require activity? That's the question prompted by a Mayo Clinic research study published in the current issue of the medical journal Pediatrics.   view more (2007-01-05)

Let's talk about sex -- helping parents raise sexually healthy young people
Parenting programmes in the workplace can significantly improve parents' ability to talk with their children about sexual health and may provide a unique way of promoting healthy adolescent sexual behaviour, concludes a study published on BMJ.com today.   view more (2008-07-11)

University of Hawaii at Manoa professors co-author adolescent obesity study
Drs. Timothy Halliday and Sally Kwak, economics professors at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, recently published a paper in Economics and Human Biology titled, "Weight Gain in Adolescents and Their Peers."   view more (2009-05-28)

Study shows that soda consumption increases among adolescent girls as they get older
There are growing concerns over the effects of increased consumption of sodas and fruit drinks among adolescents in the United States.   view more (2006-02-24)

Obese women disadvantaged in both breast cancer treatment and diagnosis
Obese women with breast cancer have worse disease outcomes and also tend to present to their doctor for the first time with more advanced disease.   view more (2008-04-16)

Research shows rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled
Rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled in the last 25 years, putting many children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, according to a report in Academic Pediatrics by an obesity expert at Brenner Children's Hospital, part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.    view more (2009-07-30)

Addiction treatment proves successful in animal weight loss study
Vigabatrin, a medication proposed as a potential treatment for drug addiction by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, also leads to rapid weight loss and reduced food intake according to a new animal study from the same research group.   view more (2008-08-21)
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