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Informational handout key to giving parents a better understanding of CT radiation risks
08-14-2007 · EurekAlert!Simply giving parents informational handouts can improve their understanding of the potential increased risk of cancer related to pediatric CT, according to a recent study conducted by researchers from The Children's Hospital in Denver, CO and Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT.
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03-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
Individuals with one or more parents who survive to age 85 or older may have fewer risk factors for heart disease in middle age, according to a report in the March 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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- UCLA's project strive seeks to reunite runaway teens and families
04-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
UCLA is offering an intervention program for families and teens in Los Angeles County to stop teens from running away from home due to dissension between parent and child. It is an effort to reduce chronic adolescent homelessness and HIV-related risk behaviors by teaching teens and their parents the necessary skills to deal with unresolved conflict.
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- New study focuses on radiation-associated cancer risks
01-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
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02-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
A recent study to examine how antisocial behavior is transmitted across generations found that children's perceptions of their parents' behavior may be key in the development of these behaviors. Researchers looked at 430 adolescents and their biological parents across the child's high school years. The findings reflect that since parent behavior gives children a model for their own behavior, perceiving that a parent is antisocial may give a child permission to engage in similar behaviors.
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