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A new study published online in the journal Pediatrics this week finds that children suffering from obesity had poorer scores on thinking tests, mirroring results from a similar study done with adults. Researchers called the results important and reinforced that being overweight as a child is not to be taken lightly. via Childhood Obesity Can [...]
Last year, 230,000 teenagers had cosmetic procedures, according to the society. The pinning back of ears - and repairs to cleft lips were the most common. via Back to school, with a new face.
As positive psychology reaches its zenith, now comes the backlash. The cheeriest movement that ever there was is being blamed for everything from teen suicide to the global financial crisis. Social researcher Hugh Mackay, who has become an unlikely fixture on the happiness conference circuit (given his scepticism about the pursuit of happiness), has noticed [...]
When a teenager smokes cannabis are they permanently damaging their brain and dulling their intellect for a lifetime? The dangers of smoking cannabis, and the potential health benefits, have been a source of controversy for many years. The latest study on the drug suggested heavy and prolonged cannabis smoking as a teenager resulted in a permanently [...]
Online community manager and social media consultant Laurel Papworth said that, by responding to and retweeting attacks such as calls for her to "go hang herself" - and even calling the boss of a woman who abused her online, Dawson gave her enemies the oxygen they craved. "You never give bullies oxygen and you never [...]
Internet addiction is real, researchers out of the University of Bonn say, and its source can be explained at the molecular level. Researchers from the school's departments of psychology and neuroscience report in the September 2012 issue of the Journal of Addiction Medicine that a simple variation on the CHRNA4 gene results in a significantly [...]
Psychologist James Flynn, who resides in New Zealand and is considered one of the foremost experts on intelligence testing, has aroused people’s attention around the world by proclaiming that women are now smarter than men, at least according to a standardized IQ test. via Noted authority says women now have higher IQ than men.
With comments in the media about “legitimate rape” and surrounding myths, it becomes clear that more information needs to be spread about the actual definition of rape, how women truly suffer when they are raped, and the recovery methods available. via The Mental Health Consequences of Rape - Mental Health Article by Rheyanne Weaver.
What would it take to persuade you to exercise? A desire to lose weight or improve your figure? To keep heart disease, cancer or diabetes at bay? To lower blood pressure or cholesterol? To protect your bones? To live to a healthy old age? You'd think any of those reasons would be sufficient to [...]
This study examines the lives and choices of young people (aged 16-25) who drink little or no alcohol. It explores the influences that shape their decisions and how their choices and patterns of consumption affect their lives. Key points Drinking and getting drunk is not an automatic rite of passage for young people in the [...]
