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Women Who Spend a Lot of Time on Facebook Could Be at Increased Risk for Eating Disorders
Mar 11, 2014Young women who spend a lot of time on Facebook tend to be more likely to be concerned about their body image and could be at increased risk for eating disorders, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at how much time 960 female ...
Tags: eating disorders, online social media site, societal messages
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These Are Young Women Treated for Their Sports-Related Injury
Mar 3, 2014When an adolescent female patient comes to Nationwide Children's Hospital's Sports Medicine clinic, not only are these young women treated for their sports-related injury, but their sports medicine physician will also ask if they've missed ...
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Researchers Are Creating a Wiring Diagram of The Complex Brain Circuits
Feb 25, 2014Researchers are creating a wiring diagram of the complex brain circuits that regulate this intense motivational state While the function of eating is to nourish the body, this is not what actually compels us to seek out food. Instead, it ...
Tags: Drives Appetite, motivational state, BIDMC, AgRP
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Griffith and Gold Coast Health Program to Help Teenagers Better Manage Their Condition
Feb 8, 2014A Griffith University and Gold Coast Health program to help teenagers with diabetes better manage their condition has seen success on the Gold Coast. A joint collaboration between Griffith, Child, Youth and Mental Health Services, ...
Tags: diabetes, IPT, adolescent, Kelly Bowers
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Can Scientists and Engineers Change The Way Young People at Risk for Becoming Obese Eat
Jan 16, 2014Scientists and engineers in Europe are embarking on a quest to see if they can change the way young people at risk for becoming obese eat. Key to this will be developing unobtrusive technology that monitors how quickly or slowly a person is ...
Tags: young people health, obese eat, eating disorders, healthier pace
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Over 175Mn Tweets Are Sent Daily, and 11 Accounts Are Created Every Second on Twitter
Jan 11, 2014According to recent statistics, more than 175 million tweets are sent daily, and 11 accounts are created every second on Twitter. One celebrity who boasts the highest amount of global subscribers is singer Lady Gaga who enjoys more than 40 ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Children Whose Mom Used Antidepressants During Pregnancy Isn't at Increased Risk of Autism
Dec 25, 2013Despite some concerns to the contrary, children whose moms used antidepressants during pregnancy do not appear to be at increased risk of autism, a large new Danish study suggests. The results, published Dec. 19 in the New England Journal ...
Tags: antidepressants, pregnancy, autism
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Parents Should Have a Conversation About Healthy Lifestyle Rather Than Size
Dec 16, 2013U.S. researchers say parents worried about an adolescent's weight should have a conversation about healthy lifestyle rather than size. A study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, found conversations ...
Tags: health, healthy lifestyle, conversation with kids, adolescent's weight
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Ms Device Multicenter Clinical Trial Is Deptbybeain
Aug 22, 2012Brainsway has started the multicenter clinical trial of its Deep TMS device, designed to treat various neurological and psychopathological disorders. Noninvasive Deep TMS device has also the potential to treat schizophrenia, obesity, ...
Tags: Brainsway, Deep TMS device, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease
