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• Driving and hands-free talking lead to spike in errors
• Students perform well regardless of reading print or digital books
• Hormone levels may provide key to understanding psychological disorders in women
• Young children who miss well-child visits are more likely to be hospitalized
• More than one in five parents believe they have little influence in preventing teens from using illicit substances

Driving and hands-free talking lead to spike in errors Posted: 24 May 2013 01:07 PM PDT A pilot study shows driving while talking on a hands-free cellular device leads to more driving errors than driving alone.

Students perform well regardless of reading print or digital books Posted: 24 May 2013 01:07 PM PDT Students did equally well on a test whether reading from a digital book or a printed one, new research shows.

Hormone levels may provide key to understanding psychological disorders in women Posted: 24 May 2013 09:17 AM PDT Women at a particular stage in their monthly menstrual cycle may be more vulnerable to some of the psychological side-effects associated with stressful experiences, according to a study from UCL.

Young children who miss well-child visits are more likely to be hospitalized Posted: 24 May 2013 07:46 AM PDT Young children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the risk of hospitalization compared to children who attended most of their visits, according to a new study.

More than one in five parents believe they have little influence in preventing teens from using illicit substances Posted: 24 May 2013 07:35 AM PDT A new report indicates that more than one in five parents of teens aged 12 to 17 (22.3 percent) think what they say has little influence on whether or not their child uses illicit substances, tobacco, or alcohol. This report by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) also shows one in ten parents said they did not talk to their teens about the dangers of using tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs -- even though 67.6 percent of these parents who had not spoken to their children thought they would influence whether their child uses drugs if they spoke to them.

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