Children's health
07 Sep 2007
Hassle-Free Shopping with Children
UQ researchers are seeking families with a child aged three to five to participate in a free parenting program aimed at improving children’s behaviour during shopping trips. Developed by Professor Matt Sanders at UQ’s Parenting and Family Support Centre, the program is an adaptation of the award winning Triple P…
Children's health
28 Aug 2007
Obesity Spreads through Social Networks
A study of 12,067 people over a period of 32 years has found that social networks have a marked influence on weight gain. For example, if a person’s close friend becomes obese, that person’s chances of becoming obese increase 57 percent; for siblings, increase is 40 percent; and for spouses,…
Children's health
28 Aug 2007
Young Smokers Want to Quit, But Don’t Seek Proven Treatment
Despite tried and true methods to quit smoking, young adults do not take advantage of these proven smoking cessation treatments that can double their chances of quitting, University of Illinois at Chicago public health researchers report. The research is published online and will appear in the August issue of the…
Children's health
28 Aug 2007
Study Finds Connection between Teenage Violence and Domestic Violence
Researchers tracing the development of violent behaviour have found a link between teenage violence and domestic violence. Adolescents who engaged in violent behaviour at a relatively steady rate through their teenage years and those whose violence began in their mid teens and increased over the years are significantly more likely…
Children's health
24 Aug 2007
Non Invasive Biomarkers of Gut Function
Gut health or healthy gut function can be determined by simple non-invasive tests like blowing into a container.
Children's health
24 Aug 2007
No Hiding for Child Abusers
People who shake children hard enough to cause brain damage may soon be unable to hide behind false defences in court, thanks to new University of Queensland research. Researchers from the University of Queensland have conducted tests on a true-to-life model of a baby to show exactly how shaking damages…
Children's health
24 Aug 2007
Teen Diets Can Hurt Their Lungs
For most teenagers in the United States and Canada, fish and fruit are not high on their delicious list. Also, many of them – about 20 percent of those under 18 – cough, wheeze, and suffer from asthma and bronchitis. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have…
Children's health
24 Aug 2007
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice: Health Differences in Newborn Girls and Boys
Two new studies seek to understand why death rates for female infants are higher after heart surgery and why female donor livers may be less effective for transplants. For generations, girls have whimsically been said to be made of “sugar and spice and everything nice,” and boys from “snakes and…
Children's health
21 Aug 2007
Novel Drugs Relieve Attacks of Swelling in Hereditary Angioedema
An investigational drug called ecallantide (also known as DX-88 significantly relieves attacks of a rare, life-threatening disease called hereditary angioedema, report researchers from Children’s Hospital Boston and 25 other study sites. The placebo-controlled trial was published in the August issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. A second…
