Making the move to exercise for overweight and obese people
• Obesity • May 04 11
How much exercise are overweight and obese people getting? More than many might think, according to research findings by nurses from Case Western Reserve…
Night owls at risk for weight gain and bad diet
• Dieting • • Obesity • May 04 11
Staying up late every night and sleeping in is a habit that could put you at risk for gaining weight. People who go to…
Blood test for Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Neurology • May 04 11
A new blood test that will diagnose Alzheimer’s disease may soon hit the market, thanks to an innovative study from the Research Institute of…
Medical marijuana faces tough curbs in Montana
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 03 11
Many if not most of Montana’s 4,800 medical marijuana suppliers will be forced out of business within two months under a newly passed overhaul…
Family meals might help kids keep a healthy weight
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 03 11
Kids who sit down to eat with their families are less likely to be overweight and eat unhealthy foods, according to U.S. researchers who…
Researchers Join Forces to Cure Deadly Childhood Disease
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 03 11
The Center for World Health and Medicine at Saint Louis University and the Institute for OneWorld Health have established a joint research agreement to…
Turning ‘Bad’ Fat Into ‘Good’: a Future Treatment for Obesity?
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • May 03 11
By knocking down the expression of a protein in rat brains known to stimulate eating, Johns Hopkins researchers say they not only reduced the…
Researchers See A ‘Picture’ of Threats in the Brain
• Brain • • Neurology • May 03 11
A team of researchers is beginning to see exactly what the response to threats looks like in the brain at the cellular and molecular…
Simple Exercise Improves Lung Function in Children with CF
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • May 03 11
A small Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of children and teens with cystic fibrosis (CF) shows that simple exercise, individually tailored to each patient’s…
Traveler’s alert: Business travel linked to obesity and poor health
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 02 11
Road warriors who travel for business two weeks or more a month have higher body mass index, higher rates of obesity and poorer self-rated…
Cells talk more in areas Alzheimer’s hits first, boosting plaque component
• Brain • • Neurology • May 02 11
Higher levels of cell chatter boost amyloid beta in the brain regions that Alzheimer’s hits first, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in…
Parents have role in smoking prevention
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 02 11
Parents shouldn’t let up when it comes to discouraging their kids from smoking.
That’s the message of a study to be presented Monday, May…
Injured children may not be getting best possible care
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • May 02 11
Most injured children are not being treated at pediatric trauma centers, arguably the most appropriate location of care for young patients, according to a…
Early nutrition has a long-term metabolic impact
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 02 11
Nutrition during the first days or weeks of life may have long-term consequences on health, potentially via a phenomenon known as the metabolic programming…
2 tests better than 1 to diagnose diabetes in overweight children
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Obesity • May 02 11
A new study found that the recommended blood test may not be enough to catch type 2 diabetes in overweight children, missing more than…
Mayo Clinic finds new genetic cause of neurodegeneration
• Neurology • May 01 11
Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered two mutations responsible for a devastating neurological condition they first identified 15 years ago. The researchers say their study…
Grandma was right: Infants do wake up taller
• Children's Health • May 01 11
Science is finally confirming what grandma knew all along: infants wake up taller right after they sleep.
Findings from the first study of its…
BPA exposure may be associated with wheezing in children
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • May 01 11
Exposure to the chemical bisphenol A during early pregnancy may be associated with wheezing in children, according to a Penn State College of Medicine…
Low vitamin D in kids may play a role in anemia
• Children's Health • • Anemia • May 01 11
Pediatricians from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and elsewhere have discovered a link between low levels of vitamin D and anemia in children.
The findings,…
Child malnutrition caused by more than lack of food
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 01 11
Giving poor families land on which to grow crops has been shown to improve child nutrition. New research also shows that giving families non-agricultural…
Children held captive in smoky vehicles
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 01 11
It is absolutely unacceptable to subject children to any tobacco smoke exposure in cars, according to the authors of an abstract to be presented…
Little fingers, big trouble
• Children's Health • • Public Health • May 01 11
It’s tough to keep kids safe when you’re traveling by car. First, you need to install a car seat, which many parents can attest…
How to raise a child who doesn’t bully
• Children's Health • • Weight Loss • May 01 11
With all of the media attention on young people being tormented by bullies and cyberbullies, parents may wonder what they can do to protect…
Errors put infants, children at risk for overdose of painkillers
• Children's Health • • Pain • May 01 11
Parents who give young children prescription painkillers should take extra care to make sure they give just the right amount. What they may be…
Stillbirths tied to secondhand smoke: study
• Childbirth • • Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 01 11
Pregnant women who live or work with smokers may be at slightly higher risk of having a stillbirth, suggests a study that adds to…