Most research studies that look at parenting focus on mothers. But fathers also exert direct, unique influences on their children, most likely because they engage with their children in different activities and have different styles of interaction than mothers - such as greater encouragement of risk taking and children’s independence…
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Public interest in the issue of teenage childbearing has recently increased, largely due to increases in both the teen pregnancy rate and the teen birth rate. A new study from Economic Inquiry examines the negative educational and economic outcomes of teenage fatherhood, a topic far less researched than teenage motherhood…
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A lack of equipment and venues - and a lack of motivation even if those were available - are the main barriers to physical activity for adolescent boys, according to recently published research from a Michigan State University nursing researcher…
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UC Davis cancer researchers have found that older men with early-stage testicular cancer who opt for surveillance with regular CT scans over lymph node removal are at greater risk for secondary cancers…
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Birth rates among women under 40 throughout most of the USA dropped by 4% in the two years up to 2009, the largest drop in over three decades, according to a report released by the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The largest decline has been [...]
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Food security is defined by access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States and Canada, the number of households considered food insecure has increased more than 50 percent over the past four years, with one in three households in [...]
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(MedPage Today) — SILVER SPRING, Md. — Judging from the data and the discussion during the first day of an FDA panel meeting on food dyes, it appears likely that juices, candies, cereals, yogurts, and hundreds of other everyday foods will maintain their brighter-than-bright hues.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Dabigatran etexilate mesylate (Pradaxa) must be stored in its original package to prevent breakdown from moisture and subsequent loss of potency, the FDA warned this week.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The next big thing in healthcare won’t be large, all-purpose healthcare organizations — it will be ‘focused factories’ for treating specific problems, a Harvard economist says.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Dabigatran etexilate mesylate (Pradaxa) must be stored in its original package to prevent breakdown from moisture and subsequent loss of potency, the FDA warned this week.
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