Transcript Answers to practice current events

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PRACTICE CURRENT
EVENTS
Mother's Depression Linked to Child's
Shorter Height
• Who: The article was based on a study of 6,500
children during pre-school or kindergarten and their
mothers.
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• What: The study looked at the correlation
between mother’s who were depressed and their
child’s height. The study found that mother’s who
reported being depressed within the first year
were 40% more likely to have children with a
shorter stature, though the shorter stature only
continued up to age 5 in most cases of moderate
depression.
• When: The news article states that the
study was released the Monday prior to the
article publishing date of September 10,
2012.
• Where: Researchers from Baltimore,
Maryland looked at data from 6,500
children, though exact location of study is
unknown.
• Why: Why are mothers depressed during a pregnancy
or the first year?
• The article states that 1 in 5 women suffer from postpartum depression, or depression after giving birth. This
could be due to the enormous stress of having a child,
mixed with a change in hormonal balance after giving
birth.
• How? How can medical staff help mothers become
aware of the symptoms of post-partum depression in
order to alleviate depression during the first year?
• Medical staff can counsel women who are pregnant and
let them know the signs and symptoms of post-partum
depression. They can also provide support groups of new
mothers as well as services in-home to help with the
exhausting task of caring for a baby.
Smoking pot linked to testicular cancer
risk
• Who: 163 men, who were diagnosed with testicular
cancer, compared with 292 healthy men. Results may be
applied to all young men who smoke marijuana.
• What: The study looked at the association between
smoking marijuana and getting testicular cancer. Those
that used marijuana were 2.4 times more likely to have an
increased risk of testicular cancer; opposite, however,
were though those who smoked more often as they did
not increase their chances were not at the increased risk.
• When: The study date is unknown, though data for the
study was pulled between 1986 and 1991 and included
participant interviews. The study was published on
September 10th in the Journal Cancer. (The year is
unknown, presumably 2012).
• Where: The location of study is unknown, but presumably
in Southern California as researchers are from the
University of Southern California.
• Why? Why were men that had smoked marijuana
more often unaffected by the increase in testicular
cancer?
• The data was based on diagnosis as well as interview. In
an interview, a person has the right to be honest or lie, so
data is primarily based on information that could be
factual or not as there is no way to prove past marijuana
use (after 30 days).
• How? How can we persuade men to understand that
using marijuana can increase the risk of testicular
cancer?
• Changing behavior is the most difficult thing to do. It may
be best to educate young men that testicular cancer can
result in a loss of one or both testicles. Young men should
be educated about the overall risks of testicular cancer,
and be given resources to quit as well as other stressrelieving techniques that will make them feel good without
using drugs.