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Anti-smoking strategy targets fourth-graders, parents in rural and urban Georgia
11-12-2007 · EurekAlert!A smoking-prevention strategy that targets black fourth-graders and their parents is under study in urban and rural Georgia.
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10-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
New research results from the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions suggest that most parents are aware of and accurately evaluate the extent of their teenager's cigarette smoking, marijuana use, drinking and overall substance use.
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- Underage drinking starts before adolescence
08-31-2007 · EurekAlert!
As schools reopen around the country, a new study finds that parents and teachers should pay attention to alcohol prevention starting as early as fourth grade. A review of national and statewide surveys conducted over the last 15 years shows that among typical 4th graders, 10 percent have already had more than a sip of alcohol and 7 percent have had a drink in the past year.
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- Doctors ill equipped to confront parent smoking
05-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
With the growing number of postpartum mothers reporting they were currently smoking or smoked late in their pregnancy, it has become more critical to involve health care providers such as pediatricians in educating parents about the consequences of secondhand smoke exposure for children. However, minimal formal medical training exists regarding how pediatricians can effectively speak to their patients about secondhand smoke-related issues, according to an article in the May issue of The Journal of Pediatrics.
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- Place more than race tied to heart disease risk
03-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
Where you live might play a bigger role in your risk for heart disease than your ethnicity or race. New research reveals that rural residents were more knowledgeable about healthy eating and heart disease risk than urban residents, but that urban residents were more motivated and optimistic about getting healthy. The findings could help health-care professionals better target heart disease prevention programs.
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- Carbon capture strategy could lead to emission-free cars
02-11-2008 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a strategy to capture, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles. Georgia Tech researchers envision a zero emission car, and a transportation system completely free of fossil fuels.
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- Baby boomers value caring for aging parents more than earlier generation
11-30-2006 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at the University of Southern California's Leonard Davis School of Gerontology found that baby boomers are more committed to caring for their aging parents than their own parents were. Among the findings, an adult child's desire to care for an aging parent peaks at the age of 51, women consistently express stronger familial obligations towards their parents than men, and the oldest respondents, presumably those most in need of care, valued it the least.
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- Study finds post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescent children of cancer patients
09-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study by Dutch researchers has found that adolescents may suffer from severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress when a parent is recently diagnosed with cancer and that parents tend to underestimate the problems. The research was presented at the European Cancer Conference in Barcelona today.
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- Rural patients' colon and lung cancers diagnosed earlier, Dartmouth research says
11-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study by Dartmouth researchers suggests that urban patients with colorectal and lung cancer are more likely than their rural counterparts to "present at a late stage" -- i.e. to not be seen by a doctor until their cancers are advanced and less treatable. This effect was seen even when the study controlled for other factors associated with late-stage presentation, such as age, race, gender, marital status, income level, and level of education.
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- Rescue robot tests to offer responders high-tech help
06-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
NIST engineers are organizing the fourth in a series of Response Robot Evaluation Exercises for urban search and rescue responders to be held on June 18-22, 2007, at the "Disaster City" training facility in College Station, Texas.
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- Children may benefit when mothers and fathers react differently to their negative emotions
09-28-2007 · EurekAlert!
New research suggests it might be beneficial to children if both parents don't react the same to the child's negative emotions. The findings are based on two studies of kindergarten and preschool children that assessed understanding of emotions and play and conflict with friends. Children who had one parent express less support than the other parent in response to anger and other negative emotions later had less conflict with friends.
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