Children's health
13 Dec 2007
The Top Health Stories of 2007
The editors of Harvard Medical School’s Harvard Health Letter have chosen the top health stories of 2007. Here are this year’s newsmakers. Genome-wide association studies These studies take advantage of unique “flags” flying in each “neighbourhood” of the vast genome. Researchers find the flags associated with disease and then conduct…
Children's health
10 Dec 2007
Getting Fathers Involved in Children’s ADHD Treatment Programs
While working with parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at the University at Buffalo, Gregory A. Fabiano noticed something was missing: the fathers. Fabiano, an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education, made the discovery while still a graduate assistant at the UB Center for Children…
Children's health
10 Dec 2007
Gauging Parent Knowledge about Teens’ Substance Use
New research results from the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) suggest that most parents are aware of and accurately evaluate the extent of their teenager’s cigarette smoking, marijuana use, drinking and overall substance use. Researchers also found that in cases where parents provided lower estimates of substance…
Children's health
07 Dec 2007
Kids ‘eating their way into middle-age disease’
Both New Zealand and Australia are seeing the same lifestyle-related diseases that are occurring throughout the world, together with increasing disparities in health status. The 2007 Joint New Zealand & Australian Nutrition Societies Conference & Annual Scientific Meeting, entitled "Is the Quest for the Idyllic Lifestyle Killing Us?" and held…
Blood
04 Dec 2007
Folic Acid Lowers Blood Arsenic Levels in Bangladesh
A new study conducted in Bangladesh finds that folic acid supplements can dramatically lower blood arsenic levels in individuals chronically exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water. Arsenic is a toxic element that is naturally present in some soils and water. Arsenic-contaminated drinking water is currently a significant public health problem in…
Children's health
03 Dec 2007
Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Behave like Embryonic Stem Cells
When University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers succeeded in reprogramming skin cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, they also began to redefine the political and ethical dynamics of the stem-cell debate, a leading bioethicist says. R. Alta Charo, a UW-Madison professor of law and bioethics, says the scientific finding could have…
Children's health
30 Nov 2007
Early School Success Protects against Teen and Young Adult Drug Use
Adolescents who do well in school are less likely to smoke, drink or do drugs. But which comes first: drug use or school failure? Researchers at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) provide an answer in a new book. Patterns of educational success or failure are well…
Children's health
30 Nov 2007
Experts meet to discuss the hot topic of ADHD
The 54th American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Conference has recently been held in Boston. International and local experts attended to discuss a broad range of issues in child and adolescent psychiatry. The topic of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder received particular consideration given recent controversies surrounding treatment of…
Children's health
30 Nov 2007
ADHD a hot topic at the AACAP conference
The 54th American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Conference was successfully held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston from October 23rd to 28th 2007.1 Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) was a major theme. Dr Lawrence Greenhill gave three excellent presentations featuring the latest research into ADHD treatment…
