Center for the Advancement of Health
The Center for the Advancement of Health, a nonprofit institute, promotes the science that explores health as a complex and dynamic system of relationships among biology, behavior, psychology, and social context.
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Sleeping: It Does a Body Good
- By Center for the Advancement of Health
- Published 10/18/2006
- Health and Aging
- Unrated
Sleep is more than a time of rest when nothing happens. It is a dynamic behavior during which important physiological changes take place, both in the brain and in the body.
'Happy' Brains in Healthy Bodies
- By Center for the Advancement of Health
- Published 10/18/2006
- Health and Aging
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Happiness is health-generating. Pessimism goes hand in hand with an impaired immune system, illness, shorter life, and increased medical expenditures.
Longer-Lasting Pain Relief - Without Pills
- By Center for the Advancement of Health
- Published 10/3/2006
- Health and Aging
- Unrated
For patients with chronic pain, a host of behavioral techniques can augment the effects of pain medication, sometimes reducing the quantity needed or eliminating its use entirely.
Nicotine Fits
- By Center for the Advancement of Health
- Published 10/2/2006
- Smoking
- Unrated
Amid the attention directed at the public health aspects of smoking, it is easy to lose sight of the intense struggle many smokers experience as they try to quit.
Behavioral Techniques Help Restore Hearts and Minds
- By Center for the Advancement of Health
- Published 09/29/2006
- Health and Aging
- Unrated
A number of cognitive and behavioral strategies have been used successfully to keep people on their diet and exercise regimes and to teach them ways to counter the effects of stress and a coronary-prone personality.
Exercising Your Options: The Benefits of Physical Activity
- By Center for the Advancement of Health
- Published 09/26/2006
- Health and Aging
- Unrated
Regular physical activity promotes overall health and well being and can help prevent and treat heart disease and other chronic conditions.
Good Nutrition: A Tough Nut to Crack
- By Center for the Advancement of Health
- Published 09/26/2006
- Health and Aging
- Unrated
Although progress has been made in improving the U.S. population’s diet during the past few decades, a large gap between consumers’ eating practices and public health recommendations persists.
Targeting the At-Risk Drinker with Screening and Advice
- By Center for the Advancement of Health
- Published 09/26/2006
- Alcohol
- Unrated
Many of the destructive effects of alcohol occur in the 20 percent of the population whose drinking exceeds recommended limits. It is this group of at-risk drinkers for whom screening and brief intervention show promise.
Reducing Tobacco Use: The Quest to Quit
- By Center for the Advancement of Health
- Published 09/26/2006
- Smoking
- Unrated
More advanced drug therapies, improved behavioral methods, brief interventions and new computer technologies hold promise for helping smokers in their quest to quit.
Potential Health Benefits of Moderate Drinking
- By Center for the Advancement of Health
- Published 09/22/2006
- Moderation Theory , Alcohol
- Unrated
Doctors know, for instance, that drugs like blood thinners have a narrow “therapeutic window” where slightly altered doses can harm patients. Could alcohol fall into this category of friend and foe?
