Meditation practice may decrease risk for cardiovascular disease in teens
• Children's Health • • Heart • Jun 06 12
Regular meditation could decrease the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in teens who are most at risk, according to Georgia Health Sciences University researchers.
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Study reports seizure-freedom in 68 percent of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy patients
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Jun 05 12
A 25-year follow-up study reveals that 68% of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) became seizure-free, with nearly 30% no longer needing antiepileptic drug…
Disney junk-food ad ban latest move to slim U.S. kids
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jun 05 12
Media and entertainment giant Walt Disney Co’s new steps to limit junk food advertising on TV shows geared toward children is the latest salvo…
U.S. racial gap in life expectancy shrinks: study
• Public Health • Jun 05 12
Whites in the United States have typically lived longer on average than blacks, but a new study released on Tuesday suggests that gap in…
Despite obesity rise, kids’ blood pressure dipped: U.S. study
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 05 12
The rate of childhood obesity in the United States may have soared between the 1970s and the 1990s, but children’s blood pressure did not…
When working out is too much of a good thing
• Public Health • Jun 05 12
Constantly thinking about the next workout? Upset about missing a exercise class? Fitness experts say more is not always better and overworking a workout…
Day care program no help for at risk-kids’ siblings
• Children's Health • Jun 05 12
The younger siblings of kids who went through a preschool education program that included home visits and day care didn’t do any better on…
Soy doesn’t boost brainpower in older women: study
• Brain • • Dieting • • Gender: Female • • Public Health • Jun 05 12
Taking daily soy supplements doesn’t improve thinking and memory skills or keep them from declining in older women, new findings suggest.
The study of…
Can patient photos help cut medical errors?
• Public Health • Jun 05 12
Putting children’s photos in their electronic hospital charts could help reduce one type of medical error, a study published Monday suggests.
Policymakers have been…
Marijuana initiative could make or break Obama in Colorado
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 03 12
Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama hasn’t exactly been a friend to marijuana users.
Sure, he has acknowledged smoking pot as a young man, but…
Allergies Linked to Higher Cancer Risk: Study
• Allergies • • Cancer • Jun 03 12
Can allergies increase your risk of cancer? A new study out of University of Washington Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggests this may be…
FDA Asked to Take Ban Use of Pesticide for Head Lice
• Drug Abuse • Jun 02 12
Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has called on the FDA to ban the pesticide lindane as a treatment for head lice in children. Lindane is…
Online tool to quit smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 02 12
StopAdvisor is a new web-based smoking cessation program, which takes smokers from preparation for the target quit date to the quit date itself. It…
How does exercise affect nerve pain?
• Neurology • • Pain • Jun 02 12
Exercise helps to alleviate pain related to nerve damage (neuropathic pain) by reducing levels of certain inflammation-promoting factors, suggests an experimental study in the…
Babies fed soy formula develop as well as others
• Children's Health • Jun 01 12
One-year-olds raised on breast milk, regular formula or soy formula seem to fare equally well in brain development, a new study suggests.
Past studies…