Hofstra's John Guthman tracked 3,265 students who used campus counseling between 1997 and 2009. Moderate to severe depression rose from 34 to 41 percent, students taking psychiatric medication from 11 to 24 percent, and self-injury from 4 to 8 percent.
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Lifestyle
Family, aging, sleep and everyday health.
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Lifestyle
Menstrual Cramps Alter Brain Chemistry
Researchers in Taipei scanned 32 women with a history of menstrual pain and 32 without while all were pain-free. Women with cramps showed less gray matter in regions handling pain transmission and mood, more in others, and changes in the hypothalamus.
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Can This Simple Activity Actually Cut Eliminate Acid Reflux?
Short bouts of moderate exercise a couple of times a week can cut GERD risk, partly by lowering body mass index. But scientists found that high-agitation activities such as vigorous running induced reflux even in people without chronic heartburn, as did lying-flat lifts.
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Secret to a Good Night's Sleep is in the "Waves"
Harvard, Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's researchers report in Current Biology that how well a sleeper blocks out noise tracks with sleep spindles — bursts of fast brain rhythm rising from the thalamus that punctuate slow-wave sleep.
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More girls enter puberty at age 7 - study
A Pediatrics study of 1,238 girls aged 6 to 8 found almost 15 percent of Latina and more than 10 percent of white girls beginning puberty at 7, against 5 percent of white girls in a 1997 study. The rate for Black girls, 25 percent, matched the earlier figure.
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When to have another pregnancy after a miscarriage
A BMJ study of more than 30,000 Scottish women found those who conceived within six months of a miscarriage had better outcomes than those who waited longer, with a live birth rate of 85.2 percent versus 73.3 percent among women who waited over 24 months. WHO advises waiting at least six months.
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Is This the Least Expensive Way to Prevent Illness Without Supplements or Drugs? (Video)
Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. Larry Dossey, former chief of staff at Medical City Dallas Hospital, about his book The Power of Premonition and his view that premonitions are common and a natural part of human experience.
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Cleaning Products Dangerous for Toddlers
Nationwide Children's Hospital reviewed children treated in emergency rooms from 1990 to 2006 for injuries involving household cleaners and found the products still pose a serious risk to toddlers. Spray bottles were the most common container, with such cases up 30 to 40 percent.
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Preventing Infections During Pregnancy
Ten steps to lower the chance of an infection that could harm an unborn baby: wash hands often, avoid sharing forks and cups with young children, cook meat until well done, skip unpasteurized milk and soft cheeses, and let someone else change the cat litter.
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Social Relation Linked to Longer Life
Brigham Young University researchers analyzed 148 studies covering more than 300,000 people and found those with strong social networks were 50 percent less likely to die early. They liken social isolation to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, while conceding the cause of the link is still unclear.
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Unecessary Labor Inductions Lead to Breathing Problems
Using Consortium on Safe Labor data, researchers found babies born at 34 to 37 weeks were far more likely to have respiratory illness than full-term infants, and even 37-week babies were three times as likely to have respiratory distress syndrome as those born at 39 or 40 weeks.
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Who Makes End of LIfe Decisions for Homeless?
Homeless people are especially unlikely to have an advance directive and often lack family nearby to help with decisions at the end of life. John Song and colleagues at the University of Minnesota ran a randomized trial comparing self-guided completion of an advance directive with assisted planning.
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Gastric Banding: Solution to Childhood Obesity?
The FDA is weighing whether to extend gastric banding, now approved only for severely obese adults 18 and over, to adolescents aged 14 to 17. An NIH observational study, Teen-LABS, is assessing the risks and benefits of bariatric surgery in teens.
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Two Foods You Should Never, Ever Eat After Exercise
Mercola argues the two hours after exercise matter most. He cites a Journal of Applied Physiology study in which a low-carbohydrate meal after aerobic exercise improved insulin sensitivity, and HGH Magazine's claim that sugar then shuts down exercise-induced growth hormone.
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Watching too much TV raises death risk
American Cancer Society epidemiologist Alpa Patel found men and women who sat longer in leisure time faced higher death risk regardless of exercise. An Australian study of 8,800 adults tied each extra daily hour of TV to 11% higher all-cause and 18% higher cardiovascular mortality.
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Physical activity cuts cardiovascular risk
Harvard's I.M. Lee reports that 150 minutes a week of moderate activity lowers cardiovascular risk, with longer activity bringing further reductions. A separate study following more than 120,000 adults for 14 years tied more leisure sitting to higher death rates.
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5 Mind-Blowing Benefits of Exercise
U.S. News lists five ways exercise helps the brain: it counters stress by raising serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine, eases depression, aids learning, builds self-esteem and can bring euphoria. Northwestern researchers tie the benefit to lower BMP activity and more Noggin.
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Sitting Too Long Boosts Death Risk
American Cancer Society researchers followed more than 123,000 adults for 14 years and found men who spent six or more leisure hours a day sitting were 25 percent more likely to die, and women 34 percent, than those sitting under three hours. The authors stress this is not a trial.
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