Overweight kids may have more anxiety, depression
• Children's Health • • Depression • • Obesity • Dec 08 08
Compared with their thinner peers, overweight children may be more prone to developing depression and anxiety symptoms by the time they reach middle school,…
Progression of Retinal Disease Linked to Cell Starvation
• Eye / Vision Problems • Dec 08 08
Rods and cones coexist peacefully in healthy retinas. Both types of cells occupy the same layer of tissue and send signals when they detect…
Ultrasound Screening Helps Prevent Stroke in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
• Children's Health • • Stroke • Dec 08 08
Screening with an ultrasound machine has proved highly successful in preventing stroke among children with sickle cell disease, by identifying children who are then…
Food can affect a cell in the same way hormones do
• Endocrinology • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 08 08
VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered an important new mechanism with which cells can detect nutrients. This happens in the…
Happiness is contagious: study
• Neurology • • Public Health • Dec 05 08
Happiness is contagious, researchers reported on Thursday.
The same team that demonstrated obesity and smoking spread in networks has shown that the more happy…
Children’s National convenes first childhood obesity symposium
• Children's Health • • Public Health • • Weight Loss • Dec 05 08
On Tuesday, November 25, 2008, the Obesity Institute at Children’s National Medical Center gathered experts from many disciplines to share ideas, failures and successes,…
Binge-drinking may raise stroke risk
• Stroke • Dec 04 08
People who occasionally binge-drink may have a heightened long-term risk of suffering a stroke, even if they do not regularly drink heavily, a new…
Child abuse more common than statistics suggest
• Children's Health • Dec 04 08
About 1 in 10 children in the developed world is abused each year but official statistics indicate less than a tenth of those abused…
Multiple sclerosis seen associated with headache
• Headaches • • Neurology • Dec 04 08
Patients with multiple sclerosis are more apt to suffer from headaches than the general population, results of a study hint.
Multiple sclerosis, or…
Treatment for Advanced Hepatitis C Doesn’t Work
• Infections • Dec 04 08
An NIH funded multi-center clinical trial found no benefit from “maintenance therapy,” low-dose peginterferon used for hepatitis C patients who have not responded to…
Lots of TV and Web harms kids’ health
• Children's Health • Dec 03 08
Spending a lot of time watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Web makes children more prone to a range of health problems…
Expert Offers Advice on How to Choose Age Appropriate and Safe Toys for Children During the Holidays
• Children's Health • Dec 03 08
With the excitement of the holidays, parents and relatives eagerly purchase the hottest toys and latest items for their children. But it’s during the…
Pediatric Obesity May Alter Thyroid Function and Structure
• Children's Health • • Endocrinology • • Obesity • Dec 03 08
In addition to its strong associations with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, pediatric obesity may induce alterations in thyroid function and structure, according to…
Hypersensitivity Reactions to the Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine Are Rare
• Drug News • Dec 03 08
Hypersensitivity reactions to the quadrivalent HPV vaccine (4vHPV, Gardasil) are uncommon and most schoolgirls can tolerate subsequent doses, finds the first evaluation of the…
Researchers Identify Gene in Age Related Hearing Loss
• Genetics • • Skin Care • Dec 02 08
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, accounts for 30 percent of all hearing loss. So, why do some people lose their hearing as they get…
Press “One” if You Want Your Child to Eat Right
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Dec 02 08
Imagine turning the tech era’s most annoying invention — voice-response telephone systems —into something good.
Researchers say they did exactly that in a new…
Elementary School Intervention Increases Mental, Sexual Health, Economic Status
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Dec 02 08
Fifteen years after they completed an intervention program designed to help their social development in elementary school, young adults reported better mental health,…
Exposure to secondhand smoke reduced
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 02 08
As the connection between second-hand smoke and coronary heart disease (CHD) became clearer and legislation was passed to reduce such passive smoking, exposures have…
Younger Alcoholic Men at Risk for Osteoporosis
• Gender: Male • Dec 01 08
Low bone mass, or osteoporosis, is a known consequence of alcoholism, especially in older alcoholics. However, a new study shows that younger male alcoholics…
New Surgery Shows Promise in Treatment of Scoliosis
• Surgery • Dec 01 08
Since the time Tricia Ann Vinson was first diagnosed with scoliosis in sixth grade, the condition had become increasingly painful and debilitating.
Vinson—now 23—started…
Drivers distracted more by cell phones than by passengers
• Public Health • Dec 01 08
Drivers are far more distracted by talking on a cellular phone than by conversing with a passenger in an automobile, according to a…
MRI machines may damage cochlear implants
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Dec 01 08
Patients with cochlear implants may want to steer clear of certain magnetic imaging devices, such as 3T MRI machines, because the machines can demagnetize…
Exercise helps prevent age-related brain changes in older adults
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 01 08
Older adults who exercise regularly show increased cerebral blood flow and a greater number of small blood vessels in the brain, according to findings…