Archive for January, 2008
By jasonmaddox On January 31st, 2008
Being an empathetic listener is important in both personal and professional relationships, not only because of the relational consequences that you may suffer from not showing empathy but also because people are valuable and simply need to be treated as important. Ask yourself; do you really put effort and concentration into listening? How does it…
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By jasonmaddox On January 31st, 2008
Previous studies have equated one joint to five cigarettes with regards to lung damage. However, a new study equates one joint to the damage risk of smoking 20 cigarettes. The study, published in the European Respiratory Journal, stated that those who had smoked on average one joint a day over ten years were 5.7 times…
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By jasonmaddox On January 29th, 2008
Most churches have purposely positioned themselves to provide charitable services to the communities they are in, such as food pantries, clothing ministries, support groups and the like. Due to the charitable nature of church communities they often encounter people with mental illness, especially churches in metropolitan areas. This is a wonderful opportunity to express the…
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By jasonmaddox On January 28th, 2008
Middle aged adults between the ages of 45 and 64 years old, whom eat a double burger, fries, and a diet soda, increase their chances of metabolic syndrome by 25%. Lyn M. Staffen, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota, conducted a study (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) on the eating habits of more than 9,514 of…
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By jasonmaddox On January 18th, 2008
A recent study revealed that combat, rather than deployment alone, accounts for a sharp increase in new-onset post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among U.S. soldiers. Specifically, PTSD was three times more common in troops “engaged in combat” during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars than those that did not engage. Exposure to combat increased PTSD the most…
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By jasonmaddox On January 17th, 2008
It’s a praiseworthy action, creating a list of New Year’s resolutions, but let’s face it, we are human. Realizing our short attention and commitment spans necessitates planning if we are to achieve the goals we have created. The following is a list of ten ideas for keeping your New Year’s resolutions on track: 1. Use…
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By jasonmaddox On January 16th, 2008
According to a recent study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, children whose mothers are chronically stressed are more likely to have asthma than children whose mothers are not. According to Anita Kozyrskj, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba, “It is increasingly clear that…
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By jasonmaddox On January 15th, 2008
Taking time out of the day and eating regular meals with the family may reduce the risk of eating disorders in teenagers. After a five year evaluation, teenage girls were 29% less likely to suffer from eating disorders, such as purging, binge eating, or using diuretics, than their peers when they ate most of their…
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By jasonmaddox On January 11th, 2008
“Where a teenage girl finds herself on the social ladder during her school years” can determine her weight gain proximity in the future. Over 4000 girls, average age of fifteen, were studied over a two year period. Where they saw themselves ranked among their peers was a determinate factor in weight gain. Although all teenage…
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By jasonmaddox On January 10th, 2008
Acute stress caused by the 9/11 attacks increased the risk for hypertension, heart attack, and stroke, for years after the event, according to a recent study conducted by Alison Holma, F.N.P., Ph.D., of the University of California at Irvine. The study followed 2,729 adult participants for three years after the attacks in 2001. Participants that…
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