Monthly Archives: April 2009

Sleep problems lead to school problems

It probably comes as no surprise that researchers have linked problems with sleep to poor school performance. In fact, there is strong evidence that the effect of stress on schoolwork is actually related to ...

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Smoking Mothers Give Birth to Anti-Social Children (Read on!)

On an upcoming episode of Family Anatomy Dr. Brian and I will be discussing the research on stress and pregnancy. One of the points we'll be making is that alarming and sensational headlines can create unnecessary ...

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Fluorescent Lighting, Cell Phones Impair Performance

Have you been in a classroom lately? Like many offices, the typical classroom is lit by fluorescent bulbs. Many of us probably know someone at work who prefers the incandescent lamp on their desk to the overhead fluorescents used in most office buildings. In ...

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FA057 – Anatomy of Three Things, Part 8

Doctors Brian and Giuseppe discuss three recent stories on familyanatomy.com: Should you let your kids win when you play games? Anti-psychotic meds may be overprescribed for kids without ...

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Getting Intelligence

Psychologist Richard Nisbett's February 2009 book, "Intelligence and How to Get it", looks at the important contribution experience and environment make to IQ. In the book, he argues that the commonly held view that genes are the main ...

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Moms and internet addiction

Over on the Postcards from the Mothership blog, I found a recent article about mothers' risk of becoming addicted to the internet. Since a survey last year indicated that almost half of women would ...

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Stress and Pregnancy: What about post-partum?

This week, Dr. G has written about the lack of clarity in the pregnancy/stress research, the findings that are more consistent, and he gave some

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The Effects of Stress During Pregnancy: Third of a Series

Our first article on the effects of stress during pregnancy focused on the complexity and confusion surrounding research in this area. Yesterday, the focus was on a couple of "truths" ...

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The Effects of Stress During Pregnancy: Second of a Series

Yesterday, we reviewed the research on the effects of stress on pregnancy. As was mentioned, the results can leave one feeling confused and more stressed! Despite this, there is a general trend in the research that does allow ...

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FA056 – Anatomy of Gender

Doctors Brian and Giuseppe talk about gender roles and gender identity. Should parents worry if their son prefers to play "girl games" or if their daughter is a tomboy? Listen here: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/familyanatomy/FA056_-_Anatomy_of_Gender.mp3] You can get your free podcast subscription in

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