Mental Health
20 May 2008
Dementia: How Alzheimer’s Disease affects you and your carer
Living with dementia and providing dementia care can be difficult. Watch tips and advice from doctors and people with Alzheimer’s disease in this video.
Children's health
18 May 2008
Separation linked with learning trouble in kids
In the wake of divorce, illness, violence and other problems that can unsettle homes, countless young children are liable to experience temporary separations from one or both parents before packing their knapsack for kindergarten. Published in the May/June issue of Ambulatory Pediatrics, a new, community-wide study from Rochester, New York,…
Blood
18 May 2008
New drug combination brings 1-2 punch against acute leukemia
Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a drug combination that kills leukemia cells by shutting down their energy source and hastening cell starvation. In a preclinical study, Lauren Akers, D.O., postdoctoral fellow from the Children’s Cancer Hospital at M. D. Anderson, found that…
Bone
15 May 2008
Study confirms link between mothers’ depression, young children’s injuries
Infants and toddlers whose mothers are severely depressed are almost three times more likely to suffer accidental injuries than other children in the same age group, according to a new study. The study’s findings, published today in the Advanced Access edition of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, suggest that proper…
Blood
14 May 2008
Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACE inhibitors, ACEi)
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are medications used to treat heart and kidney conditions like hypertension, heart failure and heart attack.
Cancer
13 May 2008
Ovarian cancer: Adenocarcinoma of the ovary
Ovarian cancer affects the ovaries, reproductive organs which produce hormones and eggs. It is the sixth most common cause of cancer-related death in women.
Bone
11 May 2008
Falls a leading cause of injury-related emergency department visits for infants each year
Half of the estimated 328,500 infants 12 months of age or younger who were treated for injuries in hospital emergency departments each year from 2001 to 2004 were injured as a result of a fall, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first national…
Children's health
10 May 2008
Study supports reason for concern in childhood and adolescent obesity
Study findings presented at the May 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting indicate that childhood and adolescent obesity negatively impacts vascular endothelial function, which relates to cardiac health. Obesity has been increasing rapidly in the U.S. during the past 20 years and obesity in…
Children's health
08 May 2008
Teens think they have asthma under control, but benefit from new approach to treatment
Two studies that offer new insights to help adolescents and younger children improve their asthma control will be presented by researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center at this year’s annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) in Honolulu, Hawaii. One study, to be presented May 4, found that…
