Summit highlights caribbean disaster preparedness and collaboration to strengthen resilience
Caribbean Strong: Building Resilience with Equity "Caribbean Strong: Building Resilience with Equity" will take place on February 27-March 1, 2019, ...
Tag: Behavior
Study details a path for treating Latinos with mental health and substance misuse symptoms
A team of researchers at the Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) - in collaboration with two teams ...
New analytic model to better identify patients likely to develop PTSD
Credit: Courtesy of NYU Langone Health New findings from an international research team led by psychiatrists at NYU School of ...
New study provides clinicians with better analysis of psychological flexibility
Psychological flexibility -- the bedrock of a much-used psychological therapy The study is the first to identify distinct subgroups of ...
Pressure on food budgets linked to poor mental health for at least 100,000 Danish households
A major study at the University of Copenhagen study reports that food quality is affected when people's food budgets are ...
Excessive social media use is comparable to drug addiction
Bad decision-making is a trait oftentimes associated with drug addicts and pathological gamblers, but what about people who excessively use ...
How much is too much? Even moderate alcohol consumption is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation
A new study published in HeartRhythm reports that regular moderate alcohol consumption, drinking an average of 14 glasses of alcohol ...
Carrots or candy bars? Context shapes choice of healthy foods
Food choices may be affected by what sits close by on the supermarket shelfCredit: Credit - Photo courtesy of Scott ...
Controlling children's behavior with screen time leads to more screen time, study reveals
Researchers found children, whose parents dole out screen time as a reward or revoke it as punishment, spend more time ...
About half of US adolescents report having private time with healthcare providers
Study shows that experiencing private time can enhance positive attitudes among youth about clinical preventive services Only about half of ...
Are your Facebook friends making you feel sick?
Research published in Heliyon finds that Facebook users who engage in social comparison are more aware of their physical ailments ...
Study shows how specific gene variants may raise bipolar disorder risk
Findings could help inform new therapies, improve diagnosisCredit: Rathje, Nedivi, et. al. A new study by researchers at The Picower ...
Roaming cats prey on their owners' minds
Many cat owners worry about their pets wandering the streets, but perceive cats hunting mice and birds to be unavoidable ...
Exposure to sugary breakfast cereal advertising directly influences children's diets
New Dartmouth-led research finds that child-directed high-sugar breakfast cereal TV advertising is closely associated with brand-specific intake of those cereals ...