A study of 225 children exposed to at least five cigarettes a day found a significant relationship between cotinine levels and increases in acting out, anxiety, depression, and behavior problems. The study suggests that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is a risk factor for child behavior problems.
Disparities in health status persisted for one or more minority groups, with Asian Pacific Islanders facing inferior oral health and Native Americans experiencing hearing/vision problems. The study also found disparities in care, including lack of health insurance and communication issues with usual sources of care.
A whole-genome study at Johns Hopkins reveals a new gene, NOS1AP, associated with abnormal heart rhythm and increased risk of sudden cardiac death. Approximately 60% of European descent individuals carry a variant of this gene linked to QT interval length.
Research suggests that the Internet can provide essential social support for isolated adolescents and improve academic achievement in low-income youth. However, online interactions may also normalize self-destructive behaviors and expose vulnerable individuals to potentially damaging communities. Additionally, the Internet has been fou...
A study by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center found that primary care physicians discuss safety devices with parents for less than five minutes, on average. Parents reported being educated about car seats and smoke detectors most frequently.
Researchers found that oxidized nucleobases in human DNA are associated with hotspots of genetic recombination and polymorphism. The distribution of these abnormally placed adenine nucleotides is not random but clustered in chromosomal regions with high meiotic recombination rates.