Health Archive
Are you looking for ways to enhance your mood and improve your emotional state of mind? If so, don’t discount the effects of regular exercise. Besides improving physical health, studies have shown that people who exercise regularly also enhance their …
What’s draining your energy levels before the day is done? Quite possibly, there are many culprits that drain your energy – mental, physical and emotional – and cause you to feel worn out before your head hits the pillow each …
Fordham University HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute Faculty Member Dr. Sean Philpott-Jones recently appeared on WAMC Northeast Public Radio to discuss his experience at the recent Fordham training institute, learning from the trainees, and the resurgence …
Ignaz Semmelweis was a legend in 19th Century medicine. His discovery saved millions of lives; however, he was vilified for his work at the time. Why? And, what lessons can we glean for youth development from his work? Semmelweis was a …
Elizabeth Head, University of Kentucky Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in older adults. At the moment there is no cure, but many clinicians feel that the earlier one is diagnosed, the better the possibilities are for …
By Isaac Smith After a year of scathing indictments by the media and advocates concerning the overuse of psychotropic drugs on foster children, the legislature responded with a flood of bills aimed at strengthening the safeguards for the prescription of …
Six Fordham University HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute (RETI) fellows recently published articles in a special issue of the most recent issue of Ethics & Behavior. The special issue – guest edited by RETI and …
By Joseph Palamar, New York University Langone Medical Center In recent years, hundreds of new synthetic recreational drugs have emerged – drugs that neither the general public nor the scientific community know very much about. Many of these new synthetic …
