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New Pregnancy Risk for Babies and Moms: Overweight Moms With Moderately High Blood Sugar Raise Health Risk
April 11, 2012 — Pregnant women who are overweight with moderately elevated blood sugar are at a higher risk of bad pregnancy outcomes than previously known. Their risk is higher than pregnant women who are obese ... > full story -
Eliminating 64 Calories Per Day on Average Would Allow the US Childhood Obesity Prevention Goals to Be Met
April 10, 2012 — In order for the nation to achieve goals set by the federal government for reducing obesity rates by 2020, children in the United States would need to eliminate an average of 64 excess calories per ... > full story -
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Sexually Abused Boys at Risk for More Unsafe Sex, Researchers Find
April 4, 2012 — Young males who have been sexually abused are five times more likely to cause teen pregnancy compared to those with no abuse history, according to new research. Sexually abused boys are also three ... > full story -
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Yoga Shows Psychological Benefits for High-School Students
April 4, 2012 — Yoga classes have positive psychological effects for high-school students, according to a pilot ... > full story -
Teen Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use and Abuse Starts Earlier Than You Might Think
April 2, 2012 — A survey of a nationally representative sample of US teenagers suggests that most cases of alcohol and drug abuse have their initial onset at this important period of development. The median age at ... > full story -
Parsing the Pill's Impact on Women's Wages
March 27, 2012 — About one-third of women's wage gains through the 1990s are due to the availability of oral contraceptives, according to a new study that's the first to quantify the Pill's impact on women's labor ... > full story -
Weight Loss Won't Necessarily Help Teen Girls' Self-Esteem
March 22, 2012 — Obese white teenage girls who lose weight may benefit physically, but the weight change does not guarantee they are going to feel better about themselves, according to a new ... > full story -
Prenatal Exposure to Combustion-Related Pollutants and Anxiety, Attention Problems in Young Children
March 22, 2012 — Mothers' exposure during pregnancy to a class of air pollutants called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) can lead to behavioral problems in their children. PAH are released to air during ... > full story -
Cocaine and the Teen Brain: New Insights Into Addiction
February 21, 2012 — When first exposed to cocaine, the adolescent brain launches a strong defensive reaction designed to minimize the drug's effects, scientists have found. Now two new studies identify key genes that ... > full story -
Hospitalization of US Underage Drinkers Common, Costs $755 Million a Year
February 15, 2012 — Hospitalization for underage drinking is common in the United States, and it comes with a price tag -- the estimated total cost for these hospitalizations is about $755 million per year, a new ... > full story
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