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Health Encyclopedia: Obesity Risks & Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Where you live plays a role in your risk for obesity. Simply living in the United States makes a person more susceptible to obesity. The prevalence of obesity in America has risen dramatically over the past few years and continues to increase.

According to a 2002 analysis of government data, 30.5% of American adults are obese (BMI over 30) -- up from about 23% in the early 1990s.
The number of those who were overweight also increased during that time -- from about 56% to a current rate...

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Should Your Child Have Psychotherapy as Part of ADHD Treatment?

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Psychotherapy is often touted as one of the methods for treating ADHD.How do you know if this type... Read more »

Treatment of Stress incontinence: Good news! It’s not always surgery!

By Jennifer Sobol, D.O. , Health Expert

Urinary incontinence in any form is extremely prevalent in this society. A study was done... Read more »

Antidepressants Don't Work

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Apologies if the title startled you, but last week, some headlines that shared this or similar... Read more »

New Research on Treating Children with Anxiety

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Traditional treatment for children with anxiety includes cognitive behavioral therapy and... Read more »

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What do you think of web based therapy?

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I read an interesting article the other day on the effectiveness of web based therapy. Via the... Read more »

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Behavior Modification for ADHD

Whenever there is a discussion on the treatment of ADHD, especially for children, the term “behavior modification” will normally come up. But less often do people explain exactly what they mean... Read more »

Anxiety Disorders: Treatment

Anxiety disorders require treatment. Simply trying to talk oneself out of anxiety is as futile as trying to talk oneself out of a heart or stomach problem. Most anxiety disorders, especially... Read more »

Psychotherapy for Depression

PsychotherapyAmong the various psychotherapies, cognitive-behavioral therapy appears to be the most effective approach. If psychotherapy is used alone without medications, benefits should be evident... Read more »

Alcoholism: Therapy

TherapyStandard forms of therapy for alcoholism include:Cognitive-behavioral therapyCombined behavioral interventionInteractional group psychotherapy based on the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12-step... Read more »

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Treatment

A combination of a psychostimulant, most commonly methylphenidate (Ritalin), and cognitive-behavioral therapy is proving to be the best option for treatment of children with ADHD.In 1999, a... Read more »

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