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ADHD Medications Terminated By Many Children And Adolescents

...ibed amount, and often at night – factors that may exacerbate the side effects Julie B. Meaux, PhD, RNC, lead author of the study, suggests that “dialogue between the child, parents and healthcare provider about the general effects, side effects and potential abuse of prescribed stimulant medications is essen...

Number of Heat-Related Deaths is Underestimated by Over 50%

...ng cause alone. Because heat-related illnesses can exacerbate existing medical conditions, and death from heat exposure can be preceded by various symptoms, heat-related deaths can be difficult to identify when illness onset or death is not witnessed by a clinician." Unfortunately, the "criteria used to deter...

Effects Of Age-related Vascular Diseases Can Be Reduced By Inactivating TNFa

...at can attack and destroy tumor cells but can also exacerbate chronic inflammatory diseases. Csiszar and collegues treated aged rats with etanercept to test the hypothesis that anti-TNFa treatment exerts vasculoprotective effects in aging. Etanercept (Enbrel) is an FDA-approved drug that binds and inactivates...

Different Treatments Needed For Breathing Problems

... In some people it might incite asthma or it might exacerbate it." Because the M. pneumoniae bacterium is difficult to kill and often remains in the lungs even after antibiotic treatment and the symptoms fade, Dr. Hardy said, it is important to find better treatments to prevent it from lingering. Source-Eu...

Mothers in African Study Undereducated on Diarrhea

...eption that providing fluids to their children can exacerbate the condition. However, rehydrating children is the most effective treatment for children with diarrhea and should be the first treatment administered.” Mediratta’s research, focusing on how best to educate Ethiopian mothers so that they can preven...

Mild Head Injuries Increase Risk of Sleep Disorders

...o. “This is concerning since sleeping problems may exacerbate other brain injury symptoms such as headache, emotional distress, and cognitive impairment, making the rehabilitation process much harder.” For the study, researchers assessed 42 people who reported to the Sheba Medical Center in Israel with compla...

Positive Thinking Helps to Ward Off Depression

...nteractions with antidepressant medication and can exacerbate depression, said AAFP. Depression is a serious medical condition that can make a person feel unusually sad, worthless, restless or even suicidal, uninterested in activities that used to be fun for several weeks or longer. The disorder requires ...

Exposure to Chlorinated Swimming Pools Could Increase Asthma Risk in Children

...rs' urine or sweat. Indoor pools are thought to exacerbate the problem by trapping fumes inside, thus forcing swimmers to inhale higher concentrations of the chemicals. The former Olympic swimmer Samantha Riley began swimming as a child to help combat her asthma. Riley, who now runs a chain of indoor p...

Both Alcohol and Neighborhood Characteristics can Affect Intimate Partner Violence

...ingly examining the role of other factors that may exacerbate this link. "Social disorganization theory, along with other macro-sociological theories, incorporate the larger environmental context of people's interactions within their neighborhood context into explanations of the conditions under which problem...

14-year-old Killed in School Shooting in Canada

...ho need a crisis assessment." Often parents will exacerbate the situation by trying to keep their kids at home. But Wong said that letting potentially traumatized children have the run of the house can be disastrous. "Staying at home isn't the safest thing to do because parents not at home have to work. You...

Exercise may Help Breast Cancer Patients to Lead a Healthy Life

... depression are also common. Physical symptoms exacerbate anxiety as they are a constant reminder of the cancer and add to the worry about whether it will recur. Some of these symptoms are seen in cancer survivors as long as 20 years after the cancer has gone. Participants in this study from New Mexico a...

VA Should Revise Its Methods for Evaluating PTSD in Ex-military Personnel

...iends or spouses, and other factors can trigger or exacerbate symptoms as well. Standardized tests can be a useful part of an assessment, but they are no substitute for a thorough clinical assessment by a trained professional, the committee concluded. Combat exposure is not the only potential trigger for PTSD...

Allergic Individuals Should Keep Away from Cats, Say UK Scientists

...ed from the cats skin could irritate the lungs and exacerbate the symptoms of asthma, even in people who have no specific allergy to the animals. Of course the problem is restricted to individuals who generally suffer from allergy of one kind or another. A Europe-wide study by a team from Imperial College, Lo...

No Clear Link Between Conflict, Rape and HIV: UN Study

...t added. There is also no evidence that refugees exacerbate the HIV epidemic in host communities, the report said. UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond stressed however that the findings did not mean the agency was taking a complacent attitude towards the problem. "This does not mean that conflict in all countries...

Inhaled Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes Shows Mixed Results

... concern is that this form of administration would exacerbate these problems. Its too early to say if inhaled insulin could be used to the extent that injected insulin is our review only covered six month follow-up because thats the only data currently available. The question is: Could it provide long-term gl...

Wild Bird Culls may Exacerbate Avian Flu Problem

...ian flu in wild bird populations through culls may exacerbate the problem by causing further dispersion of infected birds, say the scientists....

Mentally Ill Patients are Affected by Their Own Negative Perceptions

...they see themselves and that these perceptions may exacerbate their mental illness....

Binge Drinking on College Campuses is a Matter of Fear, Not Freedom

...at is shy. The transition to college, however, can exacerbate this vulnerability, so students turn to an easy conversation-maker -- booze. "Usually universities have organizers, not facilitators," Carducci said. "You bring these people together, but you don't help them connect. You don't have people who go a...

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