Annual Editions: Health 09/10

This Thirtieth Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: HEALTH provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; and an online instructor's resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM, ISBN 0073301906, is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.

Promoting Healthy Behavior Change Unit Overview
The Perils of Higher Education
Psychology Today,March/April 2005 While college is a place to learn and grow, for many students it becomes four years ofsleep deprivation,poornutrition,and excessive use ofalcohol.While the negativehealth behaviorsof college students are detrimental to their overall health, there is evidence that engaging in these poor health habits can be devastating to learning and memory
Is Health Promotion Relevant Across Cultures and the Socioeconomic Spectrum?
Family Community Health,2006 Ishealth promotiona phenomenon that's relevant mostly to white middle-class individuals? Do health care providers consider culture and socioeconomic status when making assumptions about how different people perceive health and health promotion? Alexandra Garc'a encourages health promoters to consider the social issues relevant to their patients' health and to develop programs based on these issues
We Can Do Better-Improving the Health of the American People
New England Journal of Medicine,September 20, 2007 While the United States spends more on health care than any other nation, it does poorly on most measures of health status
Steven Schroeder maintains that better health is linked to five domains includinghealth behaviorssuch assmokingandobesity
Health: The New Sex Symbol
Experience Life,December 2006 Whilehealthy behaviorscan lead to increased vitality and longevity, they may also increase sexiness! Good health is very attractive according to Pilar Gerasimo
She maintains that positive personal health factors such asexerciseand goodnutritionincrease both healthiness andsexuality
On the Road to Wellness
State Legislatures,February 2007 U.S. policymakers want Americans to improve theirhealth habitsby eating better, stopping smoking,exercisingand reducing stress
Their incentive: saving the cost of treatment for chronic diseases that makes up
percent of health care expenditures each year
Stress and Mental Health Unit Overview
Love Is Real Medicine
Newsweek,October 3, 2005 Physician Dean Ornish believes thatlonelinessfosterscardiovascular disease
He maintains the antidote is love and intimacy since love protects hearts in ways that aren't completely understood
Stressed Out Nation
Monitor on Psychology,April 2006 While everyone experiencesstressto some degree, it's important to know how to be an effective stress manager
Overeating, usingdrugs,tobaccooralcoholis a vicious cycle, which can lead to health concerns that will actually increase stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder
American Family Physician,November 1, 2006 Individuals withseasonal affective disorder (SAD)experience periods of major depression that typically occur during the winter, when there is less light during the day
Therapy includes light treatment as well as drug and cognitive behavior therapy
Dealing with the Stressed
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