Preventing illness by improving
health behaviors like food, stress, exercise, sleep, smoking, and drinking is well documented in medical studies.
It improves overall cardiac health, both indirectly through improving mood and attention to positive
health behaviors like fitness and nutrition as well as directly through reduction in inflammation.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, the ability to effectively police abusive
behavior could prove essential to the company's financial
health, as Twitter needs to show regular, significant user growth in order to appease investors who are concerned that the company is lagging behind social media rivals
like Facebook and Instagram.
They hope to be able to amass enough data about women's menstrual cycles, sexual
behavior, mood, and diet that they can help any woman know exactly when to conceive, warn her about early problems
like potential endometriosis, and over time, promote better
health care for women in general by collecting large amounts of information that hasn't been collected before.
«º» º Are more socially involved in school «º» º Have a perceived school connectedness which is protective against
health risk
behaviors like emotional distress, violence and substance use
And a secure attachment in adolescence continues to confer benefits
like better mental
health, better social skills, fewer risky
behaviors, and better coping in teens.
The organization said that bodily punishment can cause negative, long - term effects in children
like «increased aggression, antisocial
behavior, physical injury and mental
health.»
Just
like having babies cry it out (CIO), which is a parenting
behavior that API does not support, some or many people in your family or community may not agree with your view that CIO is violating your baby's emotional
health.
Mental
health issues
like ADHD, bipolar, ODD, conduct disorder or many of the others that are being diagnosed today, all have aggressive
behaviors or angry feelings as common symptoms.
Robin Kaplan:... you know, you bring... you both bring up a very good point, of this sense of relaxation and that's because breastfeeding stimulates the release of a hormone called Oxytocin and what that is, is not only does it you know, stimulate uterine contractions, which we'll talk about in Mother's
Health and things
like that, but it also promotes the development of maternal
behavior and bonding.
You not only have to put up with your teen's
behavior problems at home, but you may also be dealing with complicated systems,
like the educational system, legal system, and mental
health system.
Proper nutrition, adequate rest, and avoiding harmful
behaviors like tobacco use, substance abuse or risky sexual
behaviors are all important for her
health and that of the baby.
For new mothers who still don't get the message, the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services has come up with a more strident approach: a breast - feeding awareness campaign that equates failure to breast - feed with risky
behaviors like smoking and drinking during pregnancy.
At - risk
behavior is anything that puts youth at risk for future negative consequences,
like poor
health, injury or death.
She says the public doesn't always make the connection between corrupt
behavior and dysfunction in Albany, and are more focused on items
like health care and school aid.
Ricanek, who is a leader in facial analytics and chief information officer at Lapetus Solutions, says that a selfie provides a host of
health and
behavior information
like body mass index, smoking status, level of sun exposure, stress and depression, to name a few.
Today's studies, presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and
health, provide new insights into how experience might produce long - term brain changes in
behaviors like drug addiction and memory formation.
«Most parents today support traditional
health education topics
like pregnancy prevention, drug abuse and other risk
behaviors that used to generate more debate in years past.
Hueffer said that although vaccinations for rabies were first developed in the mid-19th century, scientists have struggled to explain how the virus can induce aggressive
behavior in animals
like dogs, which contribute up to 99 percent of all rabies transmissions to humans, according to World
Health Organization estimates.
«The take - home message is that a smartphone can help a child be healthier across a number of
health care
behaviors,
like making sure they get vaccines or eat a healthy diet,» said Christopher Cushing, assistant professor of clinical child psychology at the University of Kansas, who co-authored the findings.
Maria Braga, DDS, PhD, and colleagues at the Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, found that activating ASIC1a decreased the activity of nearby cells and reduced anxiety -
like behavior in animals.
It's also a far - reaching and revealing digital «petri dish» to study human
behavior that may help predict disease outbreaks,
like HIV, and inform public
health efforts, as several studies and social media experts have shown over the last few years.
Mobile
health (mHealth) apps using gamified elements,
like Empower by Ayogo and Fitocracy, for improving
behaviors important to self - managing chronic illness are growing in popularity.
«
Like a digital heartbeat, we're finding how changes in this
behavior relate to
health trends in a community.»
Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., and Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., from Kent State's College of Education,
Health and Human Services assessed the ability of the popular, physically - interactive, smartphone based video game Pokémon GO to increase walking and decrease sedentary
behavior,
like sitting.
«A simple instant - message -
like feature that enables a dialogue between the user and the system is sufficient to evoke rich perceptions of interactivity, which, in turn, could favorably influence
health behaviors and attitudes,» said Bellur.
The programs seek to address problems often linked to criminal
behavior,
like substance use disorders, mental
health issues and unemployment.
«A number of adolescents are both victims of cyberbullying and perpetrators of cyberbullying, but victims are at higher risk for psychological and
behavior health problems,
like substance abuse, after six months of bullying.»
Now, researchers at the Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita
Health University, and ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Japan have succeeded in predicting states of mood - change -
like behavior by studying the gene expression patterns in the brain in a bipolar disorder mouse model.
The study participants were evaluated based on their self - reported
health, neuroticism, and
behaviors like smoking, diet, exercise, and drinking as well as BMI, blood pressure, cognitive function, and more.
It includes abnormal
behaviors like not eating for days at a time (as Malik described) or simply skipping meals, she explained in an email to
Health.
I understand that these foods are very addictive and that they cause people to demonstrate addictive
behaviors but I feel
like it was detrimental to my mental
health to be branded as an addict and to accept that I must eat in this restrictive way for the rest of my life.
For one, working long hours tends to be correlated with risky
health behaviors,
like drinking more alcohol or sitting for hours at a time.
And it has tons other
health benefits too, including improving digestion and reducing unwanted
behaviors like chewing, digging, or scratching.
We are culturally very attached to a «no pain, no gain» mentality when it comes to
health and success, yet studies show that individuals with greater levels of self - compassion actually demonstrate less motivational anxiety and use of fewer self - limiting
behaviors like procrastination.
Heath trackers and smartphone apps offer
behavior - change techniques
like goal setting, instant feedback and rewards, and social factors
like community sharing of success stories that can result in weight loss and more
health benefits.
If not timely and properly managed, depression may lead to other serious
health problems and unusual
behaviors like having suicidal thoughts.
Most people, when asked, will admit to some kind of sugar addiction and zombie -
like behavior, but they often don't realize just how strong that addiction can be, nor do they realize how much sugar can do to destroy their
health.
Excess sugar has been linked with overweight and obesity, oral
health issues, addictive -
like behaviors, and premature skin aging.
If you can overcome your tendency to focus on present, immediate pleasures (
like having those cupcakes) and instead delay your gratification and in fact find pleasure in new healthy
behaviors (
like eating dark chocolate squares instead), you will be setting yourself up, ironically enough, for more short term AND long term good
health!
Over the years, it's been my mission as a writer to empower you to do that by exploring topics
like animal
behavior, pet
health and the power of the human - animal bond.
Once the right mix was found, each mother was interviewed by the researchers, covering a range of topics
like socioeconomic and educational backgrounds; the schooling of their parents, husbands, and siblings; reproductive and
health behavior; knowledge of child development; and attitudes toward their children.
School districts included trauma, mental
health issues, social media (including bullying and other conflicts), immigration status, gang involvement, drug use by students or parents, lack of parental guidance and support, and situational barriers
like transportation, jobs, and responsibilities at home among the many challenges that affect student
behavior or attendance and can lead to discipline issues.
In addition to «hard» data
like attendance and local, state, and national assessments, educators can and should gather qualitative data related to things
like student
behavior and
health using interviews and strategic (often third - party) observations.
There is a mental
health crisis on college campuses these days, with alarming numbers of students engaging in self - destructive
behaviors like binge drinking and cutting or disconnecting through depression.
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It is also key to share with them any special needs your dog has
like medications,
health issues, or
behavior issues that may impact their ability to properly care for your pet.
The seminars will cover topics
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