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NIH Launches Study to Assess Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today launched an observational study to evaluate the benefits and risks of bariatric surgery in adolescents. view more (2007-04-18)
Full fat milk and butter may help prevent asthma
Young children who regularly eat products containing milk fat are less likely to develop asthma, concludes a study in Thorax. Researchers assessed the food consumption of 2,978 Dutch children aged 2 years and related this to asthma symptoms at age 3. Asthma at age 3 was lower in children who consumed full cream milk and butter daily than in those... view more... (2003-06-27)
Gastrointestinal symptoms not linked to later autism
Children with autism are no more likely than children without autism to have had gastrointestinal disorders, finds a study in this week`s BMJ. Researchers at Boston University identified 96 children with autism from the UK General Practice Research Database between 1988 and 1999. Each case was matched with up to five children without autism. They... view more... (2002-08-21)
Children in care less likely to get meningitis vaccine
Children looked after by local authorities are twice as unlikely to receive meningococcal C vaccine than children at home, concludes a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers identified the immunisation status of all children in nine health districts in the United Kingdom. Because universal childhood meningococcal C vaccination was introduced in... view more... (2003-02-12)
Homeopathy no better than placebo for improving quality of life in childhood asthma
Homeopathic remedies, which are often used to improve the quality of life of asthmatic children, are no better than placebo, finds a study in Thorax. view more (2003-03-28)
Obesity associated with a lower risk of tuberculosis in older Chinese population
Obese or overweight Chinese individuals age 65 and older have a lower risk of developing tuberculosis than those at a normal weight. view more (2007-06-26)
University of Ulster Software gets Healthy Eating Message Across to Kids
Getting kids to eat healthily and learn about nutrition can be fun - thanks to a new interactive computer package produced by the University of Ulster. Dish It Up, the CD ROM which is being launched at the University's Coleraine campus today, aims to promote nutrition and healthy eating amongst young people in a positive and exciting way. The... view more... (2002-06-24)
Kaiser Permanente study finds diabetes doubling before motherhood
Diabetes before motherhood more than doubled in six years among teenage and adult women. view more (2008-04-28)
RAND study finds people who are severly overweight grow faster than other obese Americans
The proportion of Americans who are severely obese — about 100 pounds or more overweight — increased by 50 percent from 2000 to 2005, twice as fast as the growth seen in moderate obesity, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today. view more (2007-04-10)
Action to prevent diabetes should begin in childhood
Action to prevent non-insulin dependent diabetes and heart disease in South Asian people may need to begin during childhood, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers in London identified 3,415 white and 227 South Asian children aged 8 to 11 years from primary schools in 10 British towns. Blood samples were taken from 1,287 white and 73 South... view more... (2002-03-13)
Questionnaire identifies depressions in children
Developmental psychologist Jessica van Mulligen from the University of Nijmegen has compiled a questionnaire to detect depressions in children aged six to eight years. The questionnaire is more attuned to the typical symptoms of young depressive children than a much used American questionnaire. One and a half to two percent of children aged six to... view more... (2002-10-24)
Noisy neighbourhoods not good for children's mental health
Noise from local roads and railways has a detrimental effect on children's mental health, shows research in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Children born premature and/or of low birthweight seem to be more vulnerable, the research shows. The research team investigated the impact of environmental noise on over 1400 children aged 8 to 11 in... view more... (2002-05-27)
Disabled in the nursery
Working with 20 pre-school children (average age three and a half years), the researchers measured the popularity of a child with walking and talking disabilities with their classmates, as well as the relative understanding about disability which these children held. The findings show that the children appeared to have no understanding of... view more... (1999-08-23)
Mom's obesity during conception phase may set the stage for offspring's obesity risk
The number of overweight and obese Americans continues to grow rapidly. Today, 50 percent of adults are overweight and up to 20 percent are obese. While the number of overweight/obese children is at an all time high, the steady increase of overweight infants -- individuals under 11 months old -- is alarming. view more (2008-01-04)
High numbers of men and women are overweight, obese and have abdominal fat, worldwide
A new global study revealed that 40 percent of men and 30 percent of women are overweight, while 24 percent of men and 27 percent of women are obese, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. view more (2007-10-23)
Children delighted with toe to hand surgery
A high level of satisfaction was reported more than one year after surgery by both the children and their parents. However, an interesting finding was that the children were often even more positive than their parents. For instance, while 92 per cent of parents thought that the operation had 'improved' or 'very much improved' their child's hand... view more... (1999-08-20)
Health system fails children exposed to domestic violence
Children whose mothers are victims of domestic violence are at high risk of physical and psychological ill health, yet these children are being failed by the health system, finds a study in this week's BMJ. New strategies are urgently needed to meet the needs of these largely "invisible" children. Researchers in Cardiff assessed 148... view more... (2001-07-25)
'Healthy' children with smoking parents aren't really so healthy
Children of smokers who don't show any signs of respiratory problems may still be experiencing damaging changes in their airways that could lead to lung disease later in life. view more (2007-05-21)
Call for new public health lifestyle council
Embargo for Thursday 0001 GMT A new independent public health body is proposed today to help combat Britain’s rising levels of overweight and obesity. Prof Philip James, chairman of the International Obesity TaskForce, called for a national public health institute, similar to those in some Scandinavian countries, to be set up to deal with... view more... (2001-02-14)
Steroid damage to premature babies
Children born very prematurely who are treated with corticosteroids to prevent and treat chronic lung disease, are showing impaired cognitive ability at age seven years compared with those given no such treatment. These are the findings of Trevor Wilson, Dr Chris McCusker and Dr Nichola Rooney of the Royal Hospital, Belfast. They will present... view more... (2004-04-15)
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