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  Examine Social Factors to Explain Rise in Diagnoses of Mental Disorders

  April 25, 2013 — Examining social factors is vital to better explaining and understanding the dramatic rise in the number of Americans diagnosed with mental disorders in recent years, according to a new ... > full story
• Teen Health
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  Early Dialogue Between Parents, Children Stems Teen Smoking

  April 25, 2013 — Early, substantive dialogue between parents and their grade-school age children about the ills of tobacco and alcohol use can be more powerful in shaping teen behavior than advertising, marketing or ... > full story
• Autism
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  Autism Risk Spotted at Birth in Abnormal Placentas

  April 25, 2013 — Researchers have figured out how to measure an infant's risk of developing autism by looking for abnormalities in his/her placenta at birth, allowing for earlier diagnosis and treatment for the ... > full story
• Today's Healthcare
  Brain Injury
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  More Severe Concussion Symptoms Lead to Longer Recovery Time

  April 25, 2013 — Most children who suffer from sports-related concussions recover within a few days. However, in a small number of children, symptoms can last for a month or more. Although there have been numerous ... > full story
• Sexual Health
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  Sexually Explicit Material Affects Behavior in Young People Less Than Thought

  April 25, 2013 — Viewing sexually explicit material through media such as the Internet, videos, and magazines may be directly linked with the sexual behavior of adolescents and young adults, but only to a very small ... > full story
• Gender Difference
  Erectile Dysfunction
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  Children's Health
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  Pedophiles Identified Accurately With Implicit Association Tasks

  April 25, 2013 — A combination of two tasks for implied sexual associations has distinguished -- with more than 90 per cent certainty -- a group of pedophilic men from a group of men with a sexual preference for ... > full story
• Child Development
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  Educational Psychology
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  Child Psychology
   

  New Hope for Autistic Children Who Never Learn to Speak

  April 24, 2013 — Scientists are showing that while not all of the current interventions used to improve language among Autistic children are effective, there is real hope for progress by using interventions based on ... > full story
• Caregiving
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  Teen Years May Be Critical in Later Stroke Risk

  April 24, 2013 — The teenage years may be a key period of vulnerability related to living in the "stroke belt" when it comes to future stroke risk, according to a new ... > full story
• Leukemia
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  Today's Healthcare
  Stem Cells
   

  Toxicity Profile Informs Decision on Preferred Conditioning Regimen in Autologous Transplant for Neuroblastoma

  April 24, 2013 — The stem cell transplant regimen that was commonly used in the United States to treat advanced neuroblastoma in children appears to be more toxic than the equally effective regimen employed in Europe ... > full story
• Autism
  Vaccines
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  First Vaccine to Help Control Some Autism Symptoms

  April 24, 2013 — A first-ever vaccine for gut bacteria common in autistic children may also help control some autism ... > full story

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