Battling the bulge in adolescents
... technology-based activities, like video games and internet use, was key in appealing to the social and developmental preferences of the youth in this study. After one month of instruction, questionnaires were administered to assess dietary knowledge, actual decision-making in eating habits and the...Envisat Symposium day one: Steady symphony of Europe's largest satellite
...nsion arising from full and free access to GPS and internet technology as past parallels. Envisat in action Following the Symposium's opening, a quintet of researchers gave an overview of Envisat results to date. Helmut Rott of the University of Innsbrck in Austria began with land applications, including ...New internet resource facilitates international HIV/AIDS healthcare provider training
...national database of HIV training materials on the internet can go a long way towards bridging the information... and worldwide through electronic media, including internet and CD-ROM. This Center develops strategies for reaching those areas and individuals in greatest nee...Is the internet encouraging suicide pacts?
...suicide pacts involving strangers meeting over the internet (cybersuicide) is emerging, warns a consultant psy... people in Japan in October 2004, who met over the internet and planned the tragedy via special suicide websites, have brought the relatively rare phenomenon of......and drug interactions; government documents; or an internet site. Reviewers were able to obtain 84%of the referenced documents in the ads. However, researchers could only obtain 20% of the data-on-file documents, despite repeated requests to the pharmaceutical companies. The companies responded to 37 out of ...UCLA study: Nearly a third of drug ads in medical journals contain no references for medical claims
...and drug interactions; government documents; or an internet site. Reviewers were able to obtain 84 percent of the referenced documents in the ads. However, researchers could only obtain 20 percent of the data-on-file documents, despite repeated requests to the pharmaceutical companies. The companies respo...Using the internet's power and anonymity to reduce problem drinking
..., school or the workplace. At least 80 percent of internet "surfers" in the United States have reportedly used the internet to access health information. Symposium proceedings published in the February issue of Alcoholism:......ity of Glasgow is now set to be delivered over the internet to adolescent sufferers. The package, initially d...ew ways to access much needed help. The CD-ROM and internet packages aim to provide another treatment option for people -and our experience to date is that this...