Urine Test for Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Possible
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • • Sleep Aid • Dec 07 09
Researchers at the University of Chicago have discovered a technique that is able to determine whether a child has obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or…
Chinese smoking deaths seen doubling in 10 years
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 06 09
Smoking deaths in China, home to the world’s largest smoking population, will double to two million a year by 2020 if the country…
Hormone replacement therapy tied to mental benefits
• Endocrinology • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 06 09
Older women who use certain forms of hormone replacement therapy seem to perform better on tests of memory and mental speed than other women…
Chickenpox vaccine may protect kids from shingles
• Children's Health • • Infections • Dec 04 09
Children who get vaccinated against chickenpox may have a lower risk of developing shingles, a painful rash caused by the chickenpox virus, U.S. researchers…
Reforming Health Care Through Medical Student Education
• Public Health • Dec 04 09
As the population of people with chronic conditions and health care costs rise, so do opportunities for implementing health prevention strategies. Jan Carney, M.D.,…
Californians and Cell Phones to Track Air Pollution
• Public Health • Dec 04 09
You want to go for a run, but you don’t want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California,…
WHO launches campaign to halt smoking in Africa
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 04 09
The World Health Organisation launched a campaign on Friday to try to stop what could become a health catastrophe caused by rapidly rising…
Tamiflu-resistant flu not spreading more widely-WHO
• Flu • • Swine Flu • Dec 04 09
Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 viruses have not spread to hospital staff or beyond despite spreading among two clusters of patients in Britain and the United States…
Susceptibility predicts smoking risk among Mexican-American youth
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 03 09
Whether non-smoking Mexican-American adolescents go on to experiment with smoking depends largely on their initial attitude toward the habit, researchers at M. D. Anderson…
Movies promote smoking among Mexican-American adolescents
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 03 09
The more movie scenes of smoking they watch, the more likely Mexican-American youths are to experiment with smoking, researchers at The University of Texas…
Head and neck cancer survivors who use alcohol and cigarettes have increased death risk
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 03 09
Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption before head and neck cancer diagnosis strongly predicts the patient’s future risk of death, according to published studies. Now,…
Mexican-American youths’ risk of experimenting with cigarettes depends on susceptibility
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 03 09
Mexican-American teens who were considered more susceptible to smoking were 2.6 times more likely to experiment with cigarettes than their peers who expressed commitment…
Nicotine levels higher in children exposed to secondhand smoke in the home
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 03 09
New research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, supports the World Health Initiative’s efforts…
Latest epidemic? High cholesterol, obesity in fruit flies
• Obesity • • Public Health • Dec 02 09
How do fruit flies get high cholesterol and become obese? The same way as people do – by eating a diet that’s too rich…
Half of world’s ICU patients have infections: study
• Infections • Dec 02 09
Half of all patients in intensive care units around the world have infections, and more than 70 percent are being given antibiotics - a…
For some women, trans fats could be deadly
• Fat, Dietary • • Gender: Female • Dec 02 09
For women with heart disease, eating too many artery-clogging trans fats may increase their risk of dying suddenly from cardiac arrest, a new…
Young adults who exercise get higher IQ
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Neurology • Dec 02 09
Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ and are more likely to go on to university, reveals a major new study carried…
Apathy common in dementia patients with brain changes
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 02 09
Dementia patients with a certain type of changes in their brain’s white matter are more likely to be apathetic than those who do not…
Outpatient disc treatment gives long-term back pain relief
• Backache • Dec 02 09
A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that…
As moms age, more babies born with Down syndrome
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 01 09
The percentage of children born with Down syndrome has increased by about one percent per year since 1979, according to new findings from the…
Investigators identify successful weight control strategies for adolescents
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Dec 01 09
Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the…
Preventing repeat strokes—are survivors taking their medicine?
• Stroke • Dec 01 09
Since 1999, stroke survivors have been advised to use aspirin, prescription antiplatelet agents, or prescription anticoagulants to help avoid another stroke. Many large surveys…
Investigators identify successful weight control strategies for adolescents
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Dec 01 09
Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the…
Americans Born in the South May Have a Higher Risk of Dying From Stroke as Adults
• Stroke • Dec 01 09
The “stroke belt” has a tight hold. People born in the Southern stroke belt have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults,…
Tall in Third Grade, Overweight in 12th?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Dec 01 09
Being tall and overweight, or just being tall, might be a marker in children for an increased risk of being overweight or obese in…