News tagged with national survey

Know a teen hurt by a date? Someone else has been hurting them too, research finds

Teen victims of dating violence are overwhelmingly more likely to have been victims of other forms of violence, such as sexual violence and child abuse, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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University of Leicester researchers lead on new autism study published today

New research on autism in adults has shown that adults with a more severe learning disability have a greater likelihood of having autism.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survey: Teen pot use rises, alcohol use declines

(AP) -- More teens are turning to pot and see it as less of a risk at the same time alcohol use among the same age group has dipped to historic lows, according to an annual national survey of drug use released Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Health care, home, school differ for children with special health care needs

The first federally funded report to compare children with special health care needs to children without reveals 14 percent to 19 percent of children in the United States have a special health care need and their insurance ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Few parents recall being told by doctors that their child is overweight

A new analysis of national survey data finds that less than one-quarter of parents of overweight children recall ever being told by a doctor or other health care provider that their children were overweight.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Public misperception about scientific agreement on global warming undermines climate policy support

People who believe there is a lot of disagreement among scientists about global warming tend to be less certain that global warming is happening and less supportive of climate policy, researchers at George Mason, San Diego ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 89

Diet and supplements: What's good and bad for kidney disease patients

Two studies presented during the American Society of Nephrology's Annual Kidney Week provide new information on dietary benefits and dangers in kidney disease patients.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Iowa State study finds health value to children of National School Lunch Program

The federally funded National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides free and reduced-price meals to more than 31 million children every school day, according to its website (http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch/). And a recent study by current and former Iowa St ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Volunteering, helping others decreases substance use in rural teens, study finds

Young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 report the highest rates of substance use and dependence, according to the National Survey on Drug Use & Health. A new study from the University of Missouri found that rural adolescents ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Survey identifies sea turtle 'hitchhikers'

A recent survey documented the crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other marine organisms that make a home on the bodies Olive Ridley and green sea turtles living in the Pacific.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Program urges smokers switch to smokeless tobacco

(AP) -- In the smoker-heavy state of Kentucky, a cancer center is suggesting something that most health experts won't and the tobacco industry can't: If you really want to quit, switch to smoke-free tobacco.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

China suspect in US satellite interference: report

NASA satellites were interfered with four separate times in 2007 and 2008, possibly by the Chinese military, according to a draft of an upcoming report for the US Congress.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 14

Heavy metal music has negative impacts on youth

Young people at risk of depression are more likely to listen habitually and repetitively to heavy metal music. University of Melbourne researcher Dr Katrina McFerran has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (11) | comments 18

Researchers explain the formation of Scheila's unusual triple dust tails

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team of planetary scientists and astronomers, primarily from Seoul National University, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the Institute of Space and Astronautical ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

1 in 4 children exposed to some form of family violence

More than 1 in 4 children have been exposed to physical violence between their parents at some time, 1 in 9 of them during the past year, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0