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Hot Topic: Drug-Exposed Children
Hot Topic: Drug-Exposed Children Substance abuse has been a risk factor for social service involvement with families for over 100 years, and drug use has been a key issue in child welfare for the past 25 years. Skyrocketing use of drugs and alcohol, leading to higher numbers of drug exposed...
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Mental illnesses affect women and men differently-some disorders are more common in women, and some express themselves with different symptoms. Scientists are only now beginning to tease apart the contribution of various biological and psychosocial factors to mental health and mental illness in...
Intimate Partner Violence - An OverviewOverview Intimate partner violence-or IPV-is actual or threatened physical or sexual violence or psychological and emotional abuse directed toward a spouse, ex-spouse, current or former boyfriend or girlfriend, or current or former dating partner. Intimate partners may be heterosexual or of the...
Frequently Asked Questions about SuicideWhat should you do if someone tells you they are thinking about suicide? If someone tells you they are thinking about suicide, you should take their distress seriously, listen nonjudgmentally, and help them get to a professional for evaluation and treatment. People consider suicide when they are...
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Heart disease risk factor, diabetes, climbing among US teens, tweens
Overweight American adolescents are experiencing an increase in their risk for heart disease, and the number of adolescents...
Risk Factor Management Helps Prevent Migraine Attacks The latest genetic and biological research shows that migraine is a neurological, not vascular, disorder and both acute and preventive treatments being developed target peripheral and central nervous systems, according to a prominent migraine expert.
Is Mark Zuckerberg a risk factor for Facebook's IPO? Facebook's own CEO could be an issue as the company aims to go public, according to an alleged J.P. Morgan document and Facebook's SEC filing. Originally posted at News - Internet & Media
HIV infection is an independent risk factor for stroke Chow FC et al. Comparison of ischemic stroke incidence in HIV-infected and non-infected patients in the U.S. health care system. J Acquir Immune Defic Synr, onine edition. DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31825c7f24, 2012.
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Psoriasis Linked with Cardiovascular Disease, Depression, and Cancer
April 9, 2008, 7:23 pm
Do you have a child that suffers from psoriasis? It is a chronic skin condition that can have a negative impact on a person's quality of life. It can negatively affect self-esteem and relationships. Your child may be embarrassed by the presence of psoriasis and feel insecure about friends seeing...
Cystic fibrosis (CF) Causes Severe Lung DamageMarch 17, 2008, 5:08 pm
Several years ago, before we matched with Amigrace’s birthmother, we tried to adopt a new born with Cystic fibrosis. We did quite a bit of research on this life threatening disorder and even found out where our local support groups met. We understood that the disease causes severe lung damage and...
Respecting Difference: Lessons LearnedMarch 7, 2011, 1:29 pm
Five years ago, my husband's brother and his wife had their first child. It came as a surprise to them that their infant son was diagnosed with Down syndrome after his birth. They'd had no reason to expect it. Risk factors including "advancing maternal age" and "already having a child with Down...
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our adoption was finalized, Thank you Adoption Forums April 20, 2012, 6:47 am I havn't been on here much recently but when we were in the process of waiting to be matched I asked many questions here and got a lot of support and great advice so I had stop by and share the good news.
18 months ago we became active on our agencey's domestic infant waiting list. After 9...
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Risk Factors in Teen Pregnancy - Pregnancy, Pregnant? Now ...
Being a pregnant teen is not without its risks. Learn more about the physical, emotional, and social risks of teen pregnancy.
Adoption as a Risk Factor for Attempted Suicide During ...I've been doing some research lately on mental-health issues among teenagers who were adopted as infants. There are actually quite a few scholarly
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International Adoption - Adopting a Child Internationally ...Adoption.com is your authoritative destination for international adoption information. You will find fact sheets, adoption information, travel information, culture and heritage resources, maps, weather, books, currency exchange rates, periodicals, news, a
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Risk factor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In epidemiology, a risk factor is a variable associated with an increased risk of disease or infection. Sometimes, determinant is also used, being a variable associated with either increased or decreased risk. Risk factors or determinants are correlational and not necessarily causal, because ...
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risk factor - definition of risk factor by the Free Online ...risk factor n. A characteristic, condition, or behavior, such as high blood pressure or smoking, that increases the possibility of disease or injury. risk factor n (Medicine ...
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