Quality Parenting Helps Kids Cope With Inner-City Stress
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...re likely to emerge from troublein school or other factors outside their relationships with others. "Because adolescent girls may be more invested than boys in their relationshipsas a source of emotional support and, perhaps, personal identity, interpersonalstress may be more salient and may act as a strong...Cellular Implants Explored For Brain Trauma
...e than one spot around an injury, andinfuse growth factors along with the transplanted cells....Children More Likely To Have Abdominal Pain During Termtime Than School Holidays
... et al conclude that psychological and behavioural factors may be involved in the genesis and presentation of the condition....Mayo Clinic study reveals new information about incidence of Parkinsonism
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...of them continued to have the same significantrisk factors that brought them to the operating room in the fir... factorinformation, "women showed substantial risk factors a year after their surgery,making them vulnerable to further heart disease," according to Jerilyn Al...Coffee: a cause of neonatal seizures?
...ivity. Itis therefore the combination of these two factors that induces fits. Schematically, the caffeine molecule binds to adenosine receptors, therebyblocking the action of adenosine, the endogenous neuromediator, which plays animportant role in handling stress. During stressful episodes such as oxygenstar...Faculty research contributes to new cervical cancer treatment
...te smoking. However, many women without these risk factors developcervical cancer, and most women who carry Human Papilloma never develop cervicalcancer. The other four studies were coordinated by researchers at ChristianaHospital in Newark, Delaware; the University of Texas M.D. Anderson CancerCente...Stress, coping and biology intertwine for diabetes control
...reflects not only the interplay among psychosocial factors but alsothe way in which they combine and interact with biological factors in diabetescontrol," said Mark Peyrot, PhD, of Loyola College Center for Social andCommunity Researc...Early to rise: Research offers clues to older people's sleep habits
... and Neuropsychology of Aging Program."A number of factors may all serve to shift the circadian phase. These...tonin at high levelsduring the night. A number of factors can affect melatonin secretion,especially many common medications and light. For example, a lamp tu...Surgery for severely obese improves more than just weight
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...inants of human behavior, and examination of these factors inrats might illuminate some of the individual human differences in human smokingbehavior. If we better understood how social influences affect smoking, we alsomight be able to develop more effective smoking cessation and smoking preventionprograms,...New study finds African-Americans less likely to receive stroke-saving surgery
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