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Intervention method reduces binge drinking
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 30, 2009 |
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Brief but personal intervention reduces drinking among risky college drinkers, according to a research study at The University of Texas School of Public Health. Results of the study will be published in the February issue ...
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UT multimedia program increases middle school interest in science
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Middle school students who were part of a unique science learning program developed by The University of Texas School of Public Health showed significant increases in interest and achievement scores compared to other students, ...
El Paso County serves as a model for obesity prevention
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living at The University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus found the obesity prevention efforts in the El Paso region were the ...
Researchers tackle influenza by studying human behavior
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin will participate in a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fight influenza and other diseases by creating models that simulate the ...
Middle school youth as young as 12 engaging in risky sexual activity
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Middle school youth are engaging in sexual intercourse as early as age 12, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health.
Falling public support for health-care reform can be turned around
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Survey results published this week in the journal Health Affairs show that while only 27 percent of adults currently support the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's proposed healthcare legislation, an amended bill could gain ...
Scientist plans to test for blood pressure genes affected by age
Sep 24, 2008 |
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A geneticist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston plans to scan the genomes of about 4,000 people in the hopes of finding out why blood pressure often increases as young adults age.
Public health clinic study links 'Americanization' and depression
Aug 12, 2008 |
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A study of 439 U.S. and Mexican-born Latinas seeking pregnancy and postpartum services at public health clinics in San Antonio uncovered elevated levels of depression among the more "Americanized" women, report researchers ...
Study finds significant number of kids experience family homelessness
Jul 28, 2009 |
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A new multisite study by UCLA and RAND Corp. researchers and colleagues has found that 7 percent of fifth-graders and their families have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives and that the occurrence is even ...
Socioeconomic Desegregation Alone Is Not Effective in Improving Classroom Performance
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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Although past research has linked academic achievement gains to socioeconomic desegregation in schools, a new analysis reveals some hidden academic and psychological risks of integrating low-income students in schools with ...
Adolescents with chronic insomnia report 'twofold to fivefold' increase in personal problems
Mar 21, 2008 |
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Documenting a “twofold to fivefold” increase in personal problems among adolescents with persistent sleeplessness, public health researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston say they have completed ...
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