Cancer
20 Apr 2008
Outsmart the summer sun at any age
The warmer months entice people of all ages to come forth from their winter havens – and most need to be reminded about the importance of sun protection. From young children to teens to mature adults, there are dozens of simple ways to change skin cancer prevention from a chore…
Children's health
14 Apr 2008
Asthma deaths spike
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that the Australian asthma death toll jumped in 2006, with an additional 84 deaths being recorded compared to 2005 data. The total number of deaths attributed to asthma in Australia in 2006 was 402. The greatest increase in deaths occurred in…
Children's health
08 Apr 2008
Family Therapy (Family Focused Therapy)
Family therapy: Family therapy, sometimes called family focus therapy or family systems therapy, is a type of psychological therapy that works to change the relationships…
Children's health
07 Apr 2008
Late to bed, late to rise – teenagers prefer to function as night owls
Getting teenagers out of bed is no easy task. Numerous studies indicate that at the onset of puberty, adolescents become more ‘evening typed’, preferring later bedtimes and wake times. In the Journal of Adolescence, a report by Swinburne researchers Dr Suzanne Warner, Dr Greg Murray and Dr Denny Meyer details…
Children's health
07 Apr 2008
Exactly how much housework does a husband create?
Having a husband creates an extra seven hours a week of housework for women, according to a University of Michigan study of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families. For men, the picture is very different: A wife saves men from about an hour of housework a week. The…
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.
