Understanding The Harmful Effects Of Radiation Exposure
...age 18 years or 19 years. Researchers also studied school attendance records for the young men. Results of the study showed boys who received increasing doses of radiation in the front and back parts of their brains were more likely to miss school. Researchers also say a significant dose-related response w...WHO hopes to wipe away Iodine deficiency diseases by 2005
...velopment, neurological impairment leading to poor school performance, reduced intellectual ability and impaired work capacity. Iodine deficiency is seen in people who live away from the sea where the soil content is low in Iodine. WHO recommends universal salt iodization, namely the use of iodized salt f...Sleeping Less May be related to Weight Gain
...sue of the Archives, Bass and Turek note that even school age American children are not obtaining enough sleep and that sleep loss during the formative years of life could be putting our youth on a trajectory toward obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Obesity is associated with metabolic and cardiovascula...Drug Used To Improve Lung Function In Infants Could Slow Down Motor Coordination
... slower neuromotor and cognitive // functioning by school age say researchers based on findings of a recent study . Studies in the past have shown that dexamethasone, a drug known as glucocorticoid, often improves lung function in the short-term and allows for early weaning from mechanical ventilation. All ...Hand sanitizers may reduce respiratory and gastrointestinal infections at home
... the homes where there is at least one day care or school going child, respiratory illness is quite common a... based hand sanitizers, family, primary illnesses, school going child, hygiene...Smoking may affect multiple sclerosis
.... In a research done by the scientists of Harvard school of medicine, researchers had been able to associate habitual smoking with rapid progression of the condition of multiple sclerosis. In a study comprising of 201 cases of multiple sclerosis and 1913 control subjects, the researchers had matched the on...ADHD improvement with sensory intervention
...3 to 5 percent of children in pre-school and early school years. Children with ADHD are known to be impulsive, inattentive and hyperactive. Recent studies have pointed out genetics and neurobiological causes that lead to ADHD. The usual ways of treatment are through medications and behavioral therapies. Th...Childhood asthma may be triggered by cockroach allergens
...ing of chests, nights of interrupted sleep, missed school days and disrupted play activities. Cockroach allergens can come from several sources such as sewage, saliva, and exposed food particles or dead animals. Keeping the house clean, mopping the floors regularly, cleaning out garbage on a daily basis ca...Teenagers may become violent after watching aggressive acts
...inputs about the behavior of each one of them from school records, school authorities, families, and various other sources in order to find out what turns children to resort ...Watching TV in the bedroom can lower children’s school performanc
...have television in their bedroom may score less in school performance// evaluations than their peers who do ...to time can improve the performance of children in school by about 6 points in the math, language and art tests taken and about 4 points higher in the reading...Junk Food Causes High Level Of Insulin Resistance In Children
Research involving 3,189 school children from Denmark, Estonia and Portugal// reported that children from poor families don’t necessarily have worse health compared to children from children’s of rich and better-educated parents. The results of the study were published in British M...Exposure to Pesticides in Schools Produces Illnesses Among Employees, Students
The number of school children getting affected by illnesses due to expo...ent issue of JAMA. “Exposure to pesticides in the school environment is a health risk facing children and school employees,” background information in the ar...Knowledge Of Asthma For Teachers Can Help Children
...say it is imperative that everyone involved in the school system, from teachers to bus drivers, understands ...hildren with asthma. “It’s not just teachers and school nurses who need to be able to deal with asthma,” said Terri Dobey, respiratory therapy instructor at...Language Delays May Not Be Normal In Children
...contacting early intervention services through the school district. They will screen or evaluate the child a... and Hearing Center. Treatment, whether through a school district or an independent provider, would include a combination of parent education and service. Ho..."Defeat AIDS Pledge" by Andhra CM
...clinics. Hundreds of people including college and school students, NGOs, activists, government employees took the pledge simultaneously at 12 noon, at Kotla Vijaybhaskar Reddy indoor stadium and at all schools, colleges and government offices. They pledged to seek total awareness, abstain from risk behavi...Combing Hair More Effective Than OTC Medicine For Head Lice
...ce are parasites that usually infest the scalps of school age children. Current treatments include over the ...make your head feel itchy. It is commonly found in school children For more information read: http://www.medindia.net/ HomeRemedies/Lice.asp...Chlorine might be a cause for Asthma
...udy consisted of 250 blood samples of youngprimary school children, who swam regularly. 30 morewere taken form children and adults just before andafter each session in the pool. The study wasconducted by Belgian researchers, writing for theBritish research journal Occupational andEnvironmental Medicine....... balance so easily," said Schramm, who runs a yoga school in Frankfurt. For the past two years, there has been a real yoga boom with prominent stars like Madonna and Laura Bush, wife of US president George W. Bush, leading the way. Yoga, in Sanskrit, means unity of body and spirit. "Yoga promotes phys...Dentists Recommend Kids Use Mouthguard To Protect Them When Doing Sports
...-school health promotion, when some 6 million high school students plan their participation in team sports, both health organizations remind parents that the use of mouthguards can help protect children from mouth injuries. Mouthguards help cushion blows that might otherwise cause broken teeth, and injuri......escent school-going children who regularly walk to school are more physically fit than their counterparts who travel to school in buses, cars or trains. // The study, published online by the BMJ today, suggests that how child...