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Asthma may actually be prevented by Dust and Dirt
...sitization during infancy," he said. However, if a child or adult already has asthma or allergies, the presence of endotoxin in the home can exacerbate the disease. For more information about asthma and endotoxin,e-mail: lungline@njc.org....PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION GENE DISCOVERED
...ch is usually fatal. It affects primarily women of child bearing age, although it is known to also affect men and people of all ages, including young children. Because its incidence is low, learning about the disease has been difficult. Although there may be more than one cause of PPH, the identification...Sperm washing helps couples – Breakthrough in focu
...e wife is negative and they are planning to have a child the problem arises because sexual intercourse carr... option for heterosexual couples wishing to bear a child Through this breakthrough procedu...How do babies understand language?
...have a very flexible mind. Didn’t someone say “The child is the father of the man”!!!...Researchers urge caution in using ear tube surgery
... during a routine physical exam. In other cases, a child will retain fluid after an ear infection has clear...ies to be a bit more willing to wait to have their child undergo surgery," said Perrin. Other doctors say the new findings will likely lead to discussions ...Antibiotic induces liver damage in children with E.COLI infections.
...Keep children with diarrhea or loose stools out of child care facilities until their diarrhea is resolved....Analgesic abuse - cause for chronic headache in children
...en to take pain medications at liberty". "If your child is complaining of daily headaches and they're old enough to open that cap, it's important to keep an eye on how much your kids are using," Diamond said.......iated with the elderly. But mild hearing loss as a child or young adult may set the stage for significant premature hearing loss. When both ears are affected, even a slight noise-induced hearing loss can result in difficulty hearing consonants such as s, sh, f and v. In cases of moderate noise-induced hea...Prevention is better than cure
...mple, in school). Also, the resistance power of a child is low as compared to an adult. Cigarette smokers tend to have more severe colds than non-smokers and are more likely to suffer serious complications such as bronchitis and pneumonia. Though colds are generally contracted from other people, social i...Maternal alcohol consumption linked to behavioral problems in children
...g pregnancy were three times more likely to have a child diagnosed with behavioral problems.//This proves the adverse effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on childhood behaviour. In their study which included 506 women, who were receiving prenatal care were made to answer questions about their alcohol con...... any underlying health problem they may have. If a child is too short, it may be due to serious underlying disease, malnutrition or even abuse, so it is important that doctors correctly identify the cause. The researchers noted: "We suggest that few paediatricians are aware of the need to allow for regre...Consumption of milk as a child and during adulthood may protect against premenopa...e women had breast cancer. Milk consumption as a child was negatively related to breast cancer incidence, after adjustment for factors such as age, reprodu...Pregnant smokers could harm their child
...d/or anxiety and may create a vulnerability in the child that could contribute to poorer adjustment and a g...ogical effect when the foetus is developing so the child becomes predisposed to smoking because they are accustomed to the smoke component. She said it was i......, and can interfere with the feeding of the unborn child through the placenta. Between five and ten per cent of women develop pre-eclampsia. The risk is higher if the condition runs in the family, it is the first pregnancy, and if the mother is over 40 years old or has diabetes or existing high blood pres...... lungs could also affect the airways, leading to a child developing asthma symptoms. The mechanical impact of the weight on the lungs could compromise the airways, causing increased responsiveness which is a hallmark of asthma, the researchers add. Seven thousand children, aged between four and 17, took ...Infertility in relation with virus
...l tissues - infection appears to take place when a child is in the womb, during childhood, or young adulthood.// In the German experiments, 67 men with semen abnormalities were tested for traces of AAV. These were found in 28 of them - compared to only one out of 22 in the group of men with normal semen....Older men 'father' schizophrenics
...50 or over are three times more likely to father a child with the illness compared to men of 27 or under. A...ed between 45 and 49 are twice as likely to have a child with schizophrenia. The scientists behind the research estimate that as many as one in four cases o......r who does not have the sperm to have a biological child of his own...in assisting couples to reproduce." He added that governments that had banned human clone tests were making a mistake in mixing politics with medical issues. He said thousands of childless people from all over the world were helping in......e when her periods start, age when she first has a child and age at which the menopause started, on deaths ...or more between the two. Those who had their first child when they were over the age of 35 also had a lower risk of a fatal hip fracture. The researchers, ...Postpone intercourse after childbirth
...ated that one had died eight days after having her child and the other five days after delivery.Both women had a normal delivery and collapsed while making love.It is suggested that the partners should abstain from intercourse for atleast 6 weeks....Inadequate Drug Treatment For Youth
...e treatment programs can cost as much as sending a child to a year of college, and drug programs are almost always at capacity. Parents often must send their children away for treatment because programs aren't available locally. Treatment costs vary widely by the type of facility, the psychological needs ....... A 3-year old feels empathy and will pat another child in the shoulder or comfort his mom when she’s cryi...her shoelaces. The monther ties a shoelace and the child follows, trying to imitate the action. We would expect the same kind of lateralised brain activity i...Pregnant women more prone to depression
...weeks// into pregnancy, close to birth. The unborn child may also be affected, as for example, a rise in st...ancy, and eight weeks and eight months after their child was born. The researchers found the average scores recorded were higher during pregnancy than after ...Children's snoring may indicate a serious problem
...iatricians' group urges doctors to ask whether the child snores. If the answer is yes, doctors should refer... of obese children suffer from the syndrome. If a child has obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, he or she may be getting too little oxygen and too much carbon...Gestational Diabetes linked to Chromosomal defici
...x chromosomes, particularly anomalies in which the child had an extra X chromosome. In boys, this extra X can result in Klinefelter's syndrome, which is marked by features like small testicles and later infertility. However, many males with an extra X are never even aware of it. In girls, the extra X is k...New breast cancer genes discovered
...tic disorder marked by bone marrow failure. If the child survives to adulthood,// they are at high risk of a number of cancers, including brain, head and neck, and breast. Researchers at the Faber Cancer Institute and the Children's Hospital, Boston, have been studying a number of Fanconi families. They ...Supplements for Ear Infections
...king the study supplements than before. The eighth child would not take cod liver oil because of its taste. Five of the children didn't experience any additional ear infections for the remainder of the winter season. Linda A. Linday, M.D., from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary this study provides prelim......hey also found no association between the time the child had the MMR vaccine and when the first signs of autism appeared. They write, "No evidence was found that children with autism were more likely than children without autism to have had defined gastrointestinal disorders at any time before their diagno...Smoking may be influenced by Parents
...State University, feel that when a parent asks his child to hold the match to light a cigarette, he is giving tacit approval and even encouragement for the child to smoke as well. We need to establish programs that bring this to parents' attention so they can cu......iction quiz proves as a medium to understand why a child smokes and what the child requires to do to help quit smoking. The program provides parents with newsletters on steps to help...Barcodes to become newborns' ID
...e birth. In effect, they act as an ID card for the child and in case of a doubt about identity of the baby ...odes can be scanned by a machine which matches the child with its mother. Parents are naturally worried about the safety of their child when not under their...Stroke also in list of common childhood ailments
...nd confirm a stroke. Dr. Ferriero said that when a child favours one side of the body, like holding the bot...n, then it is time for the parents to bring in the child for an MRI. Ferriero and her colleagues who reviewed medical records of 30 pairs of mothers and bab...Research on Celiac Disease in children
...any symptoms during the year. After one year, one child had elevated blood readings but a normal biopsy. Also, after one year, one child who displayed blunted villi was determined to have been consuming other grains. When the child retu...Children! Protecting them from medical mistakes
...drink or activities that might be necessary when a child is prescribed a particular medicine. The fact shee... Medicine-related medical errors can occur when a child is given the wrong medicine or is given the wrong dose of medicine for the child's weight....Fear of the dark could be more than just fear!
...the disease called stationary night// blindness. A child with no visual problems obvious to the parents and who can see normally in well-lit conditions may not be able to see at all in the dark, even after adapting to dim lighting. In the study, which appeared in the British Medical Journal, researchers d...Sun is bad - More or less does not matter!
..., been found that the more sun burns one has, as a child or a teenager, the higher their risk of developing...nt may help predict the number of moles that their child will develop. One thousand eight hundred and twelve children, between the ages of two to seven, we...Chance of water births being urged for mums-to-be
A major child birth charity has urged midwives and hospitals in the UK to give mums-to-be the chance of a waterbirth. According to the charity, labour and birth in water offers a number of benefits over conventional practices for healthy women with an uncomplicate...Abortion may cause mental illness
... become pregnant to feel less capable of raising a child and to terminate their pregnancy, but the reverse may not be true....Hope for 11 million children facing death from illnesses
...werful endorsement to new strategic directions for child and adolescent health. The strategy brings togethe...rced commitment by the Member States to strengthen child and adolescent health comes at a crucial time in our efforts to save the lives of millions of childr...Childhood Sunburn Can Lead to Skin Cancer Later
...r risks go up dramatically -- and the more times a child experiences sunburn or even sun damage caused by a...th a tan as well as a burn -- the more likely your child is to reach the level of cellular damage that translates into skin cancer. But that's not the only ......s say, "Our findings show that about two-thirds of child deaths could be prevented by interventions that are available today and are feasible for implementation in low income countries at high levels of population coverage There is no need to wait for new vaccines, new drugs, or new technology"...Some languages require more brain power
... that the structure of the language you learn as a child affects how the structure of your brain develops to decode speech. A detailed study of the findings will be published soon....'Designer' baby for British couple
...lies who want a healthy child, and if that healthy child can also save the life of the child they already have, I think it is a double blessing. It is still not certain that Jamie can help his......it long before becoming pregnant with a subsequent child were at an increased risk for complications such as premature birth, neonatal death, and low birth weight. Even women who did not have complicated first pregnancies were at an increased risk for premature birth and neonatal death. Authors of the stu...Mutant sperm beat out healthy brethren in study
...six times more likely than a 27-year-old to have a child with Apert syndrome, so the mutation rate alone can't account for the condition's link to paternal age" said Researchers. Literally hundreds of millions of sperm are made in each batch, so in most cases there are still many normal sperm available. B...Babies Brains Are more Fragile
...s when they fall than previously believed may help child abuse investigators distinguish between accidental...s the most common cause of death in childhood, and child abuse is believed to be responsible for at least half of infant brain injuries. While accidental fal...... to ease the anxiety and decrease the pain. When a child does need to have a shot, nitrous oxide can be given to reduce the pain and anxiety before the shot is administered.....Steroid Treatment for Wheezing Questioned
...children's respiratory symptoms and noted if their child was taken to the hospital. Researchers found no difference in daytime or nighttime respiratory symptoms between children who received the steroid and those who received the placebo. They also found no difference in the symptoms or rate of hospital a...Link Between Obesity and Behavior in Kids
... between behavior problems and obesity, and that a child with behavior problems is more likely to go on to ...hildhood. When interventions aren’t working with a child who is overweight, we need to address his or her mental well-being and vice versa for kids with beha...Changing Partners may put Expectant Mothers at Risk
... risk of infant mortality decreases from the first child to the second in women who have the same partner, but increases if a woman changes partners. The same trend holds true when comparing risks of delivering prematurely and having a baby with a low birth weight. Researchers also looked specifically ...Most Women Unprepared for Operative Deliveries
For most women, the birth of their child is a joyous experience. But if the experience does... and understanding about how the delivery of their child may happen. Researchers say women are unprepared for operative deliveries including cesarean section......red hospitalization. Researchers also say only one child identified by newborn screening, compared with eight identified clinically, performed in the range of mental retardation. Results also show mothers in the screened group reported lower overall stress than those in the clinically identified group. Ch...Link Between Mothers Depression and Violence in Children
...e birth. They were also interviewed when their child reached 1, 4, and 11 years of age. Mothers, teache...en were questioned about violent symptoms when the child was 11 years old. Results of the study show most children were not violent. However, researchers f...Link between C-section Delivery and Stillbirth
...ncy are at an increased risk of having a stillborn child down the road.// Researchers are uncertain why the link between C-section delivery and stillbirth exists but say it could be a biological cause. Researchers in Scotland studied data for all second births that took place in the country between 199...Good News for New Borns With Hypoxic Respiratory Failure
...s conclude the savings could range from $1,880 per child to $4,400 per child. Researchers of the study say ,“Many therapies and life-saving equipment readily accepted by society are quite costly. Perhaps now that we have hard data on the cost savings this treatment provides, insurers will do a better jo...Childhood Weight Gain Found To Increase The Risk of Diabetes
... birth weight. They also say if a low birth weight child crosses into higher categories of weight after age 2, they are at an increased risk for the disease. Current research raises several important issues, yet it is still unclear if delaying weight gain or changing the timing of it would reverse the ne...The Effectiveness Of Antibacterial Products In Reducing Infection
...eholds in New York with at least one preschool-age child living in the house. One group was given household cleaning and personal hygiene products that contained antibacterial ingredients and the second group was given identical-looking products that did not have antibacterial ingredients. Researchers aske...Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy Not Safe
... during pregnancy can have a significant impact on child development. The exposure to alcohol is also found to causes growth delays in children. These deficits were specific to alcohol exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy and remained significant after other variables were controlled. The rese...... to develop type 1 diabetes within eight years. No child with one or no autoantibodies had diabetes. Thus based on the above studies it is seen that population-based screening for diabetes is effective. Several large trials are now underway in which individuals with two or more diabetes-associated autoanti......searchers say their results suggest that even if a child licked the table vigorously after it had been cleaned with the dish soap, he probably still couldn’t get enough allergen to cause a reaction....Other ContentsaldosteronealdosteroneallergenallergenallergenalkaptonuriaallergicallergicallergicallergicallergicallergicallergicallergicaloealoeareataalopeciaalopeciaalopeciaOther TagssliceSADableableableableableableabledecayineffectivechargechargesoresoreOther Tagslessen 2lessen 3lessen 4lessen 5lessen 6surprise 2surprise 3surprise 4surprise 5surprise 6surprise 7loves 2too 2too 3too 4too 5too 6too 7too 8too 9too 10exercise 2exercise 3exercise 4exercise 5exercise 6exercise 7exercise 8exercise 9exercise 10navigate 2healthier 2gone 2gone 3gone 4
(Date:8/28/2008)... Troy, N.Y. The advantage of using two eyes to s...lely with our capacity to see in 3-D. Now, a new s...stitute has uncovered a truly eye-opening advantag...things. , Most animals fish, insects, reptiles,... non-cluttered environments like fields or plains,...
(Date:8/28/2008)...searchers at The University of Nottingham have bee...elop a new drug that could ease the suffering of h... are unable to take beta-blockers. , In the UK, ...ost are able to have their symptoms effectively ma...which stop adrenaline from making the heart work t...
(Date:8/27/2008)..., DALLAS Aug. 28, 2008 Researchers at UT South...t the brain must create new nerve cells for either...like behavior. , In addition, the researchers fo... biochemical pathway to exert their effects. , T...nisms of antidepressants and provide a new directi...
(Date:8/27/2008)...DIANAPOLIS Indiana University researchers have in...omplex problems of scientific collaboration. , D...rative social networking for the science community...nage research papers and data, organize groups and...customize personal and group profiles all online....
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