From the Case Western Reserve University press release: Health experts agree that reducing the stigma associated with adolescent mental illness is an essential step toward increasing the number of teenagers who seek the help they…
From the Seattle Children’s Research Institute press release: Long-term use and abuse of opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin and Vicodin, has markedly increased in the United States in the last two decades. Of note, prescription…
From the Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science press release via Newswise: By participating in a peer- and community-driven education program, a new study offers evidence supporting community-based intervention as a successful…
From the University of Alberta press release via EurekAlert!: An educational program designed to rid schools of bullying behaviour directed at students who stutter is proving effective at changing attitudes in the classroom, according to…
From the Ohio State University press release via EurekAlert!: Skin cancer patients whose childhood included periods of neglect or maltreatment are at a much greater risk for their cancers to return when they face a…
From the La Trobe University press release via MedicalXpress: Most agree that the earlier you expose a child to a language, the easier it is for that child to pick it up. The same rules…
From the Ohio State University press release: A small, exploratory study suggests that many first-time parents – particularly mothers – actually increase the amount of time they spend on Facebook after the birth of their…
From the University of Alberta press release via Physorg: If people think their toddlers are missing the old-person barbs that Homer, Bart and the others toss at Grandpa Simpson, they may want to change their…
From the Duke University press release: Treating adolescents for major depression can also reduce their chances of abusing drugs later on, a secondary benefit found in a five-year study of nearly 200 youths at 11…
From the UC Irvine press release: Mizuko “Mimi” Ito spends a lot of time “geeking out” at her computer. She plays video games, trolls the Internet, chats, and visits social media sites such as Facebook…