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Job loss can make you sick, new study finds
May 08, 2009 |
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In the face of rising unemployment and businesses declaring bankruptcy, a new study has found that losing your job can make you sick. Even when people find a new job quickly, there is an increased risk of developing a new ...
8 hours -- or else
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Americans are sleeping less than ever, according to a new National Sleep Foundation poll. Some people are losing sleep because of the economy. Some are staying up too late and getting up too early. Some have disorders such ...
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Both boys and girls negatively affected by sexual harassment
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 12, 2008 |
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A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly explored the outcomes of sexual harassment on both boys and girls. While girls were harassed more frequently, boys were indirectly yet negatively affected through a school climat ...
The perils of ageism
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Ageism is still rampant in America, and many old people themselves trade in unflattering stereotypes of the elderly, including helplessness and incompetence. Such caricatures are not only false and cruel, they are also unhealthy. ...
MU researcher suggests revision of food stamp application process
Sep 25, 2008 |
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An estimated 35.1 million Americans live in "food insecure" households, meaning that at some time during the previous year they were unable to obtain or were uncertain of having enough food to fulfill their basic needs. Consequently, ...
Temper, temper: Lifetime of aggressiveness leads to negative outcomes
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 16, 2009 |
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People who were aggressive as children and young adults are likely to continue that behavior later in adult life and wind up with marital problems, traffic violations and even arrests, a new study shows.
Sexual harassment at school -- more harmful than bullying
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Schools’ current focus on bullying prevention may be masking the serious and underestimated health consequences of sexual harassment, according to James Gruber from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Susan Fineran from ...
Health campaigns that promote exercise may cause people to eat more
Feb 27, 2009 |
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New research from the University of Illinois suggests that weight-loss campaigns that promote exercise may actually cause people to eat more.
The global financial crisis is bad for more than just your pocket
Nov 16, 2009 |
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One in four Australian adults has taken an action that puts their health at risk as a result of the global financial crisis (GFC), according to a new MBF Healthwatch poll.
Visual impairment may be associated with higher suicide risk
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Visual impairment may be associated with an increased risk of suicide through its indirect negative effect on health, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
Study finds rapid growth in health costs hurts economic performance of US industries
Jul 23, 2009 |
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A first-of-its-kind RAND Corporation study has linked the rapid growth in health care costs in the United States with job losses and lower output among industries that commonly provide workers with health insurance.
Study finds links between obesity and adolescents' social networks
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Researchers from the Institute of Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) found in a recent study that overweight youth were twice as likely to have overweight friends.
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