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Overweight mothers overfeed obese children

...verfeed their children who in turn become obese in childhood only. Researchers who had conducted the study, which was published in the Nutrition Journal, had linked maternal body weight and composition with infant feeding patterns and maternal-infant interactions. They tested their findings through 24-hour me...

Urinary incontinence linked to bedwetting as a child

...s feel that being aware of the association between childhood bedwetting and adult urinary incontinence may be able to make the medical practitioners and patients both aware of the risk factors that can lead to urinary incontinence or urinary incontinence from stress. Urinary incontinence or the inability to c...

Childhood leukemia linked to residence close to high voltage power lines

...rchers of University of Oxford, UK, incidence// of childhood leukemia had been linked to proximity of residence to high voltage power lines. Researchers had looked into the cases of 29081 children with cancer, of which 9700 children had leukemia. These medical records were matched for age, sex and place of re...

Genetics linked to leukemia treatment success rate in children

...p of children may yield better results in treating childhood leukemia. Researchers had looked into the records of 246 children suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The patients were divided into a high-risk group and a low risk group to decide on the intensity of therapy. Acute lymphoblastic le...

More soy benefits on blood glucose levels, and cholesterol

...y be used as healthy snack for children to control childhood obesity. Soy intake in the participants of the study not only produced more weight loss in meal replacements with soy based foods than with milk based foods, but they also succeeded in causing significant lowering of serum glucose values. This shows ...

Parent’s mental state may affect the childhood asthm

...n able to link the parental mental health with the childhood atopic //disorders like asthma. Atopic disorders ... of shared genetic liability hypothesis that links childhood atopic disorders with parental depression and panic disorders....

Ankylosing spondylitis may not be detected in children

...m the condition for the children. Some symptoms of childhood setting of this condition are pain around knees, a...s of the study show that late diagnosis along with childhood onset of the disease can cause physical deformities, and physical incompetence at work. Researchers...

Association between childhood diet and stroke

Could higher intake of vegetables in childhood lower risk// of stroke.This link between childhood diet and cardiovascular mortality was examined in a very interesting study published in the journal ...

Does overweight cause behavioral problems?

...ehavioural problems at age 14. Obesity starts from childhood and there are evidences to show that it can increase risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in adulthood. But studies on the associations of body size with psychological distress have been inconsistent. So the present study was undertaken to ...

Healthy Feeding Guidelines for Children Ages 0 to 24 Months Issued

...n the panel discussed about the growing problem of childhood obesity. They also stressed the importance of better tools for communicating about the importance of healthy eating habits in early childhood. The issued guidelines will complement and not replace similar guidelines that are available from early-fee...

9-PCV vaccine found to be helpful in invasive Pneumonococcal infection

...rth UN Millennium Development Goal in reducing the childhood mortality in developing countries. The evidence for efficacy of the vaccine in all hospital admissions is high. Chest radiograph has shown high efficacy of the 9-PCV vaccines against pneumonia. The vaccine can also be used as an epidemiological too...

Is low birth weight related to psychological distress in adulthood?

...roblems in later life is direct, or is affected by childhood factors, such as IQ or behavioral problems. A st...distress in which also the cognitive impairment in childhood was taken in to account. Dr Nicola Wiles, from Bristol University and lead author on the study, com...

Children who snore may be hyperactive by nature

...eir findings on strong links between // snoring in childhood and having ADHD, have come up with the results fro...ginal study who had snored regularly through their childhood are four times as likely to have hyperactivity problem than their peers who had not snored in their ...

Use Of Sunscreen In Childhood And Prevents Future Skin Cancer

...ls that adopting a // regular sunscreen routine in childhood can reduce the risk of developing skin cancer in the future. "Sunscreen has always been an important part of an overall sun-safety regime to protect the skin and reduce the number of sunburns, especially for children," said dermatologist Jason K. R...

Junk Food Causes High Level Of Insulin Resistance In Children

...orted results that adverse social circumstances in childhood may cause an increased risk of coronary heart disease in their life. The study conducted from children of one rich country, Denmark and two other poorer countries – Estonia and Portugal. Insulin resistance, which is a main precursor for development...

Study Warns About The Use Of Popular Asthma Drug To Stop Children's Coughs

Methylxanthines is no longer used to treat childhood asthma in Western// countries, however it is still used in developing countries to treat routine cough in children with asthma. A study has found no benefit of the drug. "We found a lack of good evidence for using Methylxanthines for children's cou...

Education And Income Level May Not Guarantee Health

...ely held view that adverse social circumstances in childhood lead to an increased risk of coronary heart disease in later life. The study involved 3,189 randomly selected schoolchildren from Denmark (one of the richest countries in Europe), and two poorer countries, Estonia and Portugal. Insulin resistance (a...

Size Of The Waist In Children Linked To Diabetes

...diatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The prevalence of childhood obesity has doubled in the past two decades, accompanied by an epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and potentially devastating cardiovascular disease (CVD) consequences, according to background information in the article. Some studies suggest...

‘No Epidemic Risk in Mumbai’ Assures Health Ministe

...diseases, with diarrhea being the leading cause of childhood death. Floodwaters can carry with it Raw sewage, Silt, Oil or Chemical wastes and cause diarrhea and dysentery. Infectious diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and protozoa are the most common and wide spread health risk associated wit...

Unpleasant Memory of Food could Be Used to Treat Obesity

...at 41 percent of the first group took on the false childhood memory and were more averse to eating strawberry ice cream afterwards Loftus says the technique will need refining. "It might involve stories or visuals of people getting sick eating particular foods." The researchers have shown that elaborate fa...

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