Study shows complex link between abuse and eating disorders
...tment of eating disorders and related behaviors on college campuses, she said. Many women on campuses engage ...ds support to the idea that we can do something in college counseling centers and have a tremendous effect," she said. Previous research on the association bet...Novel strategies needed to boost cancer clinical trial participation among blacks and Asians
...ith annual incomes below $25,000 and those without college degrees. Willingness to consider participation in a trial was lower among blacks, Asians and those under 24 years old. "We found that the reluctance of blacks and Asian Americans to participate was independent of their degree of knowledge about clin...Short glasses more likely to lead to over-indulgence
...alcohol has little effect. The study involved 198 college students and 86 bartenders from a large city in the United States. After several practice pours, half the students were given tall, slender 355 ml glasses and half were given short, wide 355 ml glasses. They were then asked to pour a standard "shot"......l. In separate studies, the researchers asked 198 college students (43 percent female) of legal drinking age...ide tumblers or tall, thin highball glasses. The college students consistently poured 30 percent more alcohol into short, wide glasses than into tall, slende...Severe periodontal disease is more frequent among socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals
... high-school diploma than among their peers with a college degree or postgraduate education. Moreover, low income African Americans and Whites were at least 50% more likely to have severe periodontitis than their high-income counterparts," observed Dr. Borrell. Although there was no association between nei...New position stand issued on the female athlete triad
...Otherwise Specified). As many as two out of three college athletes report disordered eating and girls and women with Olympic ambitions may engage in unhealthy weight control strategies in a misguided attempt to improve performance. For example, a recently published study of elite Norwegian athletes (Torstv...Great (taste) expectations: Study shows brain anticipates taste, shifts gears
... distasteful concoctions of quinine on a cohort of college students, reveals in detail how the brain responds to a manipulation intended to mitigate an unpleasant experience. "There is a potent impact to expectancy," says Nitschke, who, with his colleagues, exposed 43 undergraduate subjects to potions of qui...Coping with crisis on campus: Conference will focus on college mental health issues after disasters
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In the past few years, college campuses across the country have been rocked by cr...ts, fires and clusters of suicides. In each case, college officials, students and faculty have had to cope with the immediate and lingering mental effects of ...Brain processing of speech sounds is different in some southern English speakers
...ve guessed that she would write a senior thesis in college about the brain activity that takes place in people who don't distinguish between similar-sounding words like "pin" and "pen." Nor would she have guessed that her thesis would get published several years later in the journal Brain and Language. Whil...SNMTS provides $58,000 in 2006 scholarships, grants for nuclear medicine technologists
... year's Paul Cole Scholarship recipients and their college affiliations are listed here. Travis Fogelman, Delaware Technical and Community College, Wilmington, Del. Katherine Weigel, College of Health Sciences, Florida Hospital, Orlando, Fla. Michelle Kraus, Medical Sciences Education Department, St. Vince...Internet research builds cancer patients' confidence
...tween the ages of 50 and 60 who had graduated from college and made more than $60,000 a year. During the survey, Bass and her colleagues began to see strong parallels between Internet use and the patients' feelings about their treatment. Those who used the Internet and those who received Internet informatio...Body image relates to sexual risks taken by men and women differently
... Penn State study, sexually active male first-year college students who had a positive view of their appearan...ed sex. However, sexually active female first-year college students who were happy with their looks were less likely to undertake those same risks. Dr. Eva S. ...Intensive statin therapy may partially reverse plaque build-up in arteries
...Dr. Nissen is also President-Elect of the American college of Cardiology. "We conclude that very low LDL levels (below current guidelines), when accompanied by raised HDL, can regress, or partially reverse, the plaque buildup in the coronary arteries." Dr. Nissen will present the results of the "Effect of V...Study examines risk for misuse of ADHD stimulant medications
...nce with previous surveys of stimulant abuse among college students," says Timothy Wilens, MD, director of Substance Abuse Services in MGH Pediatric Psychopharmacology, who led the study. "By putting a face on these patients, we can start to address the problem with targeted strategies." The current investi...Daughters of Indian immigrants continue trend of giving birth to small babies
... of Indian immigrants, most of whom have completed college and begun prenatal care early, are more likely to deliver a low birth weight infant. Madan, associate professor of pediatrics at the medical school, and her colleagues set out to determine for the first time whether this pattern persisted in the U.S....Over 80 percent of college girls surveyed diet to lose weight
Eighty-three per cent of college girls surveyed diet to lose weight, regardless of ...nal (http://www.nutritionj.com/) also reveals that college girls practice unhealthy behaviours, such as smoking or skipping breakfast, to lose weight. By contr...Differences in pregnancy risks and outcomes among immigrant groups to the US
...cio-demographic profile, such as higher rates of a college education and completion of high school, low-risk of teen pregnancy and substance abuse, although they have a higher rate of low birth weight and small for gestational age babies (infants that are smaller in size than they should be for a given stage...Level of education completed linked with coronary artery calcium deposits
...h school graduates; 902 had some college; 764 were college graduates; and 621 had more than a college education. At year 15 of the study, the overall prevalence of coronary artery calcium (CAC) among e...Education level linked with presence of coronary artery calcium deposits
...h school graduates; 902 had some college; 764 were college graduates; and 621 had more than a college education. At year 15 of the study, the overall prevalence of coronary artery calcium (CAC) among el...... according to a Penn State study. A survey of 424 college students revealed that, with sons and daughters al...journal Health Communication. In a survey of 424 college students, the Penn State researchers measured the relationship between self- and parentally-prescrib...