Mothers Are Not Reaching Breastfeeding Goals-What Needs to Change?
• Children's Health • • Gender: Female • Dec 06 11
More mothers are breastfeeding their newborns, but for too short a duration to gain the maximum benefits of breastfeeding for both mothers and infants.…
Memory and attention problems may follow preemies into adulthood
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Neurology • Dec 06 11
Babies born at a very low birth weight are more likely to have memory and attention problems when they become adults than babies born…
A more ethical way to compare epilepsy treatments
• Epilepsy • Dec 05 11
For the first time, a new research methodology recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration has been used to demonstrate that converting patients…
Preoperative aspirin therapy can benefit cardiac surgery patients, find Jefferson and UC Davis anesthesiologists and surgeons
• Heart • • Surgery • Dec 05 11
Aspirin taken within five days of cardiac surgery is associated with a significant decrease in the risk of major postoperative complications, including renal failure,…
Study finds headaches after traumatic brain injury highest in adolescents and girls
• Headaches • • Migraine • Dec 05 11
More than half a million children in the U.S. sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year. Adults who suffer TBI often report headaches…
Behavioral therapy may ease kids’ fibromyalgia
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Dec 04 11
Teaching teens coping skills to deal with the chronic pain of fibromyalgia may provide them some relief, a small study suggests.
When researchers divided…
Disabled children do matter
• Children's Health • Dec 04 11
Many disabled children fail to reach their full potential because they continue to be marginalised in schools, health and social care, according to new…
Arsenic in water tied to breathing issues
• Respiratory Problems • Dec 04 11
People in Bangladesh exposed to high levels of arsenic in drinking water were more likely to report shortness of breath in a new study…
Lots of pregnancies linked to a healthier heart
• Heart • • Pregnancy • Dec 04 11
In a new study from a single California community, women who had been pregnant at least four times were less likely to die from…
Obese people use more meds: study
• Obesity • Dec 04 11
Obese adults in the United States use a number of prescription drug types more frequently than normal-weight adults, says a new study from researchers…
Low Carb Foods
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 02 11
Low carb foods are foods with relatively low sugar content. One of the most common diets, the low carb diet, is largely discussed in…
Low-Carbohydrate Diet Good for Overweight Girls?
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • Dec 02 11
A low-carbohydrate diet may help prepubescent girls avoid some risks associated with obesity, such as diabetes and heart disease, according to research from the…
Bitter Sensitive Children Could Eat More Vegetables with Help of Dip
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Dec 02 11
There’s an existential crisis that often happens at dinner tables across the country: why won’t kids eat their vegetables? Research has found that one…
Obama sets new U.S. goal on fighting AIDS
• AIDS/HIV • • Public Health • Dec 01 11
President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday to bolster U.S. efforts to fight AIDS, setting a new goal of providing treatment to 6 million people…
Green tea flavonoid may prevent reinfection with hepatitis C virus following liver transplantation
• Dieting • • Infections • Dec 01 11
German researchers have determined that epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG)—a flavonoid found in green tea—inhibits the hepatitis C virus (HCV) from entering liver cells. Study findings available…
2 out of 3 medical students do not know when to wash their hands
• Infections • • Public Health • Dec 01 11
Only 21 percent of surveyed medical students could identify five true and two false indications of when and when not to wash their hands…
Gender inequality persists in multitasking: study
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Dec 01 11
Men may be helping more in the home but working women still do more multitasking in U.S. families than their partners and are finding…
Arsenic in apple and grape juice
• Nutrition and Food Safety • Dec 01 11
Ten percent of apple juices and grape juices have higher arsenic levels than are allowed in drinking water in the United States, according to…
Interethnic marriage between African and Native Americans produced many children
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • Dec 01 11
American Indians with African ancestry outdid ‘full bloods’ in reproductive terms in the early 1900s, despite the odds being against them, according to a…
Working moms multitask more and have worse time doing so than dads
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Dec 01 11
Not only are working mothers multitasking more frequently than working fathers, but their multitasking experience is more negative as well, according to a new…
Food served in children’s hospitals rated largely unhealthy
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Dec 01 11
Given the obesity epidemic among the nation’s young, one would hope that children’s hospitals would serve as a role model for healthy eating. But…
Dispelling myths about Alzheimer’s disease
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 30 11
In 1982 President Reagan signed a proclamation designating the first National Alzheimer’s Awareness Week. Since then November has become National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and…
Heart Disease Risk Factors for Children and Teenagers
• Children's Health • • Heart • Nov 30 11
Heart disease is not a major cause of death among children and teenagers, but it is the largest cause of death among adults in…
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2011 Update
• Heart • • Stroke • Nov 30 11
Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other…
Kindergarten friendships matter, especially for boys
• Children's Health • Nov 30 11
High-quality friendships in kindergarten may mean that boys will have fewer behavior problems and better social skills in first and third grades, said Nancy…