Children's health
12 May 2006
Prescribing of antipsychotics to children soaring
The prescribing of antipsychotic medications to U.S. children is rising dramatically, according to research done at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Investigators found the overall frequency of antipsychotic prescribing increased fivefold in just six years – from 8.6 out of 1,000 U.S. children in 1995-1996 to…
Blood
12 May 2006
Boosting newborns' immune responses
Newborn babies have immature immune systems, making them highly vulnerable to severe infections and unable to mount an effective immune response to most vaccines, thereby frustrating efforts to protect them. Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston now believe they have found a way to enhance the immune system at birth and…
Diseases
09 May 2006
Opioid-induced hyperalgesia
Opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH) refers to increasing pain in a person using opiod painkillers, despite increasing doses of opiods.
Blood
09 May 2006
Nutrition and women
A good diet is essential for growth, health and wellbeing. In women, nutritional requirements are affected by pregnancy and medical conditions.
Children's health
07 May 2006
Urban kids in diabetes timebomb
Survey results show that children living in inner city areas are at a hugely increased risk of becoming obese and developing Type 2 diabetes. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Leicester, shows that only 37 per cent of children in an urban area walked to school, compared…
Children's health
07 May 2006
Peanuts, bee stings and fear: Dealing with potentially life-threatening allergies
The first sign that something was wrong with Shon Dwyer’s son was as sudden as it was dramatic. Dylan was 10 months old when she spotted quarter-sized hives on his face, and soon after, Dwyer learned her little boy had a peanut allergy that will continue to affect the family’s…
Cancer
04 May 2006
Nutrition in Men
There is strong evidence that Western-style diets are associated with a substantially increased risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease, and men are…
Cancer
03 May 2006
Pap abnormalities in adolescents require cautious management
Adolescents with abnormal cervical cytology screening results should be treated less aggressively than adult women, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends. ACOG issued its committee opinion on evaluating and treating abnormal cervical cytology in adolescents, in the April issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. In many cases,…
Children's health
03 May 2006
Researchers study effects of weight loss in adolescents
A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is studying how fatty liver disease affects sugar and fat metabolism in overweight adolescents and how losing weight affects the condition. In the last 30 years, the number of overweight children has doubled in the United States,…
