Autistic Brains Develop More Slowly than Healthy Brains
• Brain • • Neurology • Oct 21 11
Researchers at UCLA have found a possible explanation for why autistic children act and think differently than their peers. For the first time, they’ve…
Walmart trims certain employee health coverage
• Public Health • Oct 21 11
Wal-Mart Stores Inc will no longer offer health insurance to new part-time employees who work fewer than 24 hours a week and will charge…
Newborn preemies more vocal when parents are near
• Children's Health • Oct 21 11
Even tiny preemies hospitalized after birth can make baby sounds - especially when their parents are talking to them, a small study suggests.
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High to moderate levels of stress lead to higher mortality rate
• Mortality and Morbidity • Oct 21 11
A new study concludes that men who experience persistently moderate or high levels of stressful life events over a number of years have a…
Simple lifestyle changes can add a decade or more healthy years to the average lifespan
• Heart • • Public Health • • Stroke • Oct 21 11
Health prevention strategies to help Canadians achieve their optimal health potential could add a decade or more of healthy years to the average lifespan…
More African-Americans burdened by osteoarthritis in multiple large joints
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Oct 21 11
New research suggests African Americans have a higher burden of multiple, large-joint osteoarthritis (OA), and may not be recognized based on the current definition…
Does My Child Need a Flu Shot or Not?
• Children's Health • • Flu • Oct 20 11
It’s a common question parents ask themselves this time of year: Does my child really need a flu shot? Though the flu may seem…
Study: can school nurses help teens quit smoking?
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 20 11
Counseling sessions with a school nurse may help some high school students, especially boys, quit smoking - but only for a little while, according…
Profanity on TV linked to kids’ aggression
• Children's Health • Oct 19 11
Middle-school kids who hear swear words on TV or in video games may act more aggressively toward their peers, physically or otherwise, a small…
Can breastfeeding reduce pain in preterm infants?
• Children's Health • • Pain • Oct 19 11
Poorly managed pain in the neonatal intensive care unit has serious short- and long-term consequences, causing physiological and behavioral instability in preterm infants and…
For Obese Children, Less is More When it Comes to General Anesthesia
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Oct 18 11
A study presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2011 this week found that obese children required much smaller doses of the anesthetic propofol than non-obese children to…
Infants should sleep on their backs, Pediatric group says
• Children's Health • Oct 18 11
Putting babies to sleep on their backs on a firm crib mattress in the same room as the parents is among an list of…
Malaria scientist celebrates success after 24 years
• Infections • Oct 18 11
For Joe Cohen, a GlaxoSmithKline research scientist who has spent 24 years trying to create the world’s first malaria vaccine, Tuesday, October 18, 2011…
World’s first malaria vaccine works in major trial
• Infections • Oct 18 11
An experimental vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline halved the risk of African children getting malaria in a major clinical trial, making it likely to become the…
AAP expands guidelines for infant sleep safety and SIDS risk reduction
• Children's Health • Oct 18 11
Since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended all babies should be placed on their backs to sleep in 1992, deaths from Sudden Infant…
Babies and toddlers should learn from play, not screens
• Children's Health • Oct 18 11
The temptation to rely on media screens to entertain babies and toddlers is more appealing than ever, with screens surrounding families at home, in…
Shift work in teens linked to increased multiple sclerosis risk
• Neurology • Oct 18 11
Researchers from Sweden have uncovered an association between shift work and increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). Those who engage in off-hour employment before…
Smoking linked to earlier menopause: study
Oct 17 11
Women who smoke may hit menopause about a year earlier than those who don’t light up, according to a study that also notes an…
Another clue to how obesity works
• Obesity • Oct 14 11
The effects of obesity - both on our bodies and on the health budget - are well known, and now, scientists are getting closer…
Surgery halts seizures in many epileptics: study
• Epilepsy • • Surgery • Oct 14 11
Almost half of epilepsy patients who have surgery find that it stops their seizures completely for at least 10 years, scientists said on Friday,…
After knee repair, half can’t play sports the same
• Trauma & Injuries • Oct 14 11
After knee reconstruction surgery, half of people who played sports both competitively and just for fun don’t perform as well as they used to,…
Do hospitals do enough to help smokers quit?
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 14 11
Nearly every smoker hospitalized in the United States is given advice or counseling on how to quit, according to a new study of hospital…
UK doctors still undertreating major risk factor for stroke
• Stroke • Oct 13 11
Despite significant improvements in stroke prevention over the past decade, and a fall in incidence and deaths, UK doctors are still undertreating one of…
Mayo Clinic finds estrogen may prevent younger menopausal women from strokes
• Gender: Female • • Menopause • • Stroke • Oct 13 11
Estrogen may prevent strokes in premature or early menopausal women, Mayo Clinic researchers say. Their findings challenge the conventional wisdom that estrogen is a…
Nearly 1 in 4 people with psoriasis may have undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis
• Arthritis • • Dermatology • Oct 13 11
If you have psoriasis or a family history of psoriasis and you are experiencing joint pain and swelling, you could have psoriatic arthritis, a…