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Top 10 kids health issues to watch

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created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As 2008 comes to a close, Akron, Ohio, Children's Hospital has compiled "10 Kids' Health Issues to Watch" in 2009. This year's list includes both mental and physical health issues. However, one common thread factors into ...





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Researchers study why high school boys dodge 'Phys Ed'

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created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 2

As obesity and inactivity among youth becomes a growing concern for North American families, new research based at The University of Western Ontario is asking why some high school boys are reluctant to participate in Grade ...


Perception of health and balance has direct impact on walking activity, new study says

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created Dec 19, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research out of the University of Pittsburgh indicates that patients' perceptions of their own health and balance have an impact on how much they walk. The study was originally published in Physical Therapy (December 2008), ...


Study pinpoints strategies that protect older adult's physical health

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created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

In his famous poem, "Do not go gentle into that good night," Dylan Thomas urges us to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." Researchers are now backing up this counsel in the lab; showing just how "raging" against ...


Older adults concern for personal health linked to walking difficulty

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created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Older adults who worry about their health engage in less physical activity, and those who participate in less activity are more likely to report having difficulty walking, according to a new study.


Young offenders' health critical to rehabilitation

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created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The physical and mental health needs of juvenile offenders should be treated as a priority if offenders held in detention have any real hope of rehabilitation, according to new research from the University of Adelaide, Australia.


Poor health among indigenous peoples a question of cultural loss as well as poverty

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created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The health problems of Indigenous peoples around the world are intimately tied to a number of unique factors, such as colonization, globalization, migration, and loss of land, language and culture. These factors remain even ...


Triple threat to health: Lifelong abuse creates serious consequences for older African-American women

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created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Older African American women who have experienced high levels of family violence throughout their lives are more likely to suffer worse physical and mental health than their counterparts, found a Temple researcher in the ...


Causes for Sexual Dysfunction Change as People Age: Earlier experiences with multiple partners and STDs take their toll

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created Aug 13, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sexual dysfunction is not an inevitable part of aging, but it is strongly related a number of factors, such as mental and physical health, demographics and lifetime experiences, many of which are interrelated, ...


Postmenopausal women's loss of sexual desire affects health, quality of life

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Women with low levels of sexual desire, often as a result of menopause, are more likely to be depressed and to suffer physical symptoms such as back pain and memory problems than women who report higher levels of desire, ...


Women's magazines downplay emotional health risks of cosmetic surgery: study

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created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

While the emotional health implications of cosmetic surgery are still up for scientific debate, articles in women's magazines such as The Oprah Magazine and Cosmopolitan portray cosmetic surgery as a physically risky, but ov ...



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