" Although choosing to do something because the perceived benefit outweighs the financial cost is something people do daily, little is known about what happens in the brain when a person makes these kinds of decisions. Studying how these cost-benefit...
"Girls in public housing benefited emotionally from a move to a better neighborhood while boys fared worse than if they’d stayed in the poor neighborhood, a study partly funded by NIMH has found. Rates of depression and conduct...
A first-of-its-kind DOJ-funded study debunks myths around sex workers and pimping. "In some cities, the underground commercial sex economy accounts for as much as $300 million a year. That's according to a first-of-its-kind study , funded by the...
" New studies question the importance of two behaviors mothers are often shamed for: drinking during pregnancy and not breastfeeding. My 10-year-old is now one of the mellowest kids you could ever have the delight to interact with, but when he was an...
"When David left hospital after being stabbed in the chest by his partner Judy, he said he was lucky it wasn't too deep and that it could have been a lot worse. He says that over the years arguments gradually escalated, and she has hit and slapped him...
"Science has shown that children who experience stressful events are more likely to face poor health outcomes as adults, but new research shows the effects may show up much sooner—in fact, almost immediately. Researchers at the University of...
California State Attorney General Kamala Harris and a team of legislators Monday introduced a package of bills to battle chronic student absenteeism, in yet another sign of the growing reexamination of school attendance and discipline policies. One...
Childhood obesity has made it to the forefront of public health issues, both in the United Kingdom and in the United States. Now researchers at the Universities of Dundee, Strathclyde, Georgia and Bristol say that not only does obesity affect a...
What can doctors do to help kids stay away from drugs? There's not much evidence to say one way or the other, it turns out. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which issues guidelines on what doctors should and shouldn't do, said there aren't...
In a new study, participants completed a scientifically evaluated questionnaire about what they had been eating and drinking since becoming pregnant. The results show that the group of women with the 'healthiest' pregnancy diet had a roughly 15% lower...
America used to have a robust college education system for prison inmates. It was seen as a way to rehabilitate men and women behind bars by helping them go straight when they got out. Those taxpayer-funded college classes were defunded in the 1990s....
A new study shows that the use of cocaine dropped by half across the United States from 2006 to 2010, while use of marijuana jumped by more than 30 percent during the period. Studying illegal drug use nationally from 2000 to 2010, researchers found...
Children and teens involved in bullying -- victims and perpetrators alike -- are more likely to think about suicide or attempt it. And cyber bullying appears more strongly linked to suicidal thoughts than other forms of bullying, a new research review...
Among patients with uncontrolled hypertension, those who are depressed are less likely to have their treatment intensified to achieve blood pressure goals, researchers found. At two hospital-based primary care clinics, clinical inertia -- a lack of...
“ Lived Challenges and Getting Through Them: Alaska Native Youth Narratives as a Way to Understand Resilience .” Lisa Wexler, et al. Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2014). What it’s about: Researchers interviewed...