Children's health
07 Apr 2008
Mother-child attachment, children’s temperament play a role in terrible 2 conflicts
Stories about the "terrible twos" abound in parenting lore. New research published in the March/April 2008 issue of the journal Child Development finds that the way mothers and their 2-year-olds relate to each other affects the quality but not the frequency of conflicts when children are two, and that children’s…
Children's health
07 Apr 2008
Pregnant obese women linked with greater health care services use
Obesity during pregnancy is associated with greater use of health care services and longer hospital stays, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research. The study, published in the April 3, 2008, issue of the New England…
Children's health
07 Apr 2008
Why some genetic association studies have failed replication attempts
Paper resulted from identification of childhood obesity gene and carries implications for fundamental study design and analysis. A team of researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and elsewhere have described a possible reason why some studies have been unable to replicate associations between…
Blood
06 Apr 2008
Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARB)
Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) are a class of blood pressure lowering medications used to treat hypertension.
Bone
06 Apr 2008
1st US study — gymnastics lands thousands in ER
More than 600,000 children participate in school-sponsored and club-level gymnastics competitions annually in the United States. Yet gymnastics continues to be overlooked in terms of potential for injury, while having one of the highest injury rates of all girls’ sports. A study, conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury…
Blood
06 Apr 2008
Foetal cells in the blood of mothers years after donor egg pregnancies
Suppression of the immune system’s surveillance response could prevent transplant rejection and foetal cells may be an easier source of stem cells than banking. For the first time, researchers have observed tfhat foetal cells remain in the blood of mothers who had pregnancies with donor eggs for years after delivery,…
Children's health
06 Apr 2008
Smoking during pregnancy linked to low baby birthweight
Babies whose teenage mothers smoked during pregnancy are more likely to suffer from low birthweight (LBW) than babies whose mothers did not smoke, according to a study in the latest Medical Journal of Australia. Associate Professor Elizabeth Sullivan and Denise Chan from the University of New South Wales studied the…
Children's health
28 Mar 2008
Actual use of asthma medications contradicts guidelines
A study has found only 16% of the 352,082 Australians who filled a prescription for asthma preventer medications for the first time during the period July 2004 to June 2005, went on to use them regularly. Most (61%) ‘first time’ users did not fill another prescription in the next two…
Men's Health
26 Mar 2008
Liposuction
Liposuction is the most popular type of plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery. It involves removing excess body fat that resists diet and exercise therapy.
