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A new study in the US attributes the rise in autism cases the reason that schools are diagnosing autism more frequently.// It is not a sudden epidemic so to say. Study author Paul Shattuck of the University of Wisconsin at Madison said, there may be as yet unknown environmental triggers behind autism. Still his research suggested the past decade's rise in autism cases was more o...

Does Success in School Differ From the Real World Success ?

The new study finds the abilities required for success in school are similar to those required for success in the workplace.// The idea that one’s cognitive abilities predict success in the academic world and professional world has been controversial. Many people believe what is needed for job success is different than what is need for academic success. Scientists from the University of...

Preschoolers eat more when served in bigger helpings

Preschool children in the age group of 4 to 6 years of age will eat as much as they are served// in a single helping. New research on pediatric behavior suggests that preschool children eat as much as they are served on their plate in any one time. Till date it was accepted that these children ate depending on how much they had eaten in their last meals, or how calorie rich the last me...

Watching TV in the bedroom can lower children’s school performanc

Children who have television in their bedroom may score less in school performance// evaluations than their peers who do not have TV in their rooms. In a new study by the researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Stanford University researchers have reported that the home environment, especially that related to the media, is of utmost important in their ability...

Exposure to Pesticides in Schools Produces Illnesses Among Employees, Students

The number of school children getting affected by illnesses due to exposure to //pesticides have increased significantly, from the figures of 1998 to 2002, reports a research in the recent issue of JAMA. “Exposure to pesticides in the school environment is a health risk facing children and school employees,” background information in the article states. Pesticides continue to be used b...

Adolescents Who Walk To School Are Fitter, More Active

Adolescent 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 children travel to and from school seems to affect overall physical activity. Understanding these findings is important for promoting healthy school and transport...

Safe Neighborhood Means Less TV For Preschool Children

Research suggests that if mothers feel that their neighborhoods are safe then their preschool children tend to watch less TV. However the study also points out that this does not mean that these children// play more outdoors or are less overweight in comparison with their counterparts in unsafe neighborhoods. Drawing from a study of three-year-olds in 20 U.S. cities, researchers report...

Popularity Among Peers Increases Susceptibility To Smoking Habit Among School Children

Dealing with adolescence and teenage has always remained a problem for parents because of the vulnerability to habit formation, the curiosity to experiment and susceptibility to get easily influenced by peers // . A new study throws light on the fact that teenagers who enjoy popularity are more likely to smoke than less popular classmates. The study has been conducted among popular st...

Vitamin filled nutrition candy for School children

Millions of school children from poor families who get fed in schools by the government will get a nutritional candy that will help make up for their iron and vitamin deficiencies//. The nutrition candy is a low cost option to iron pills, which have not found wide acceptance. Besides being more attractive and acceptable to children and even adults, the candy has proved more effective in...

Fish Oil supplementation reduces physical aggression in school children’

Miho Itomura and his colleagues from Toyama University, Japan have found that supplementation of fish oil reduces the physical aggression of school children’s behavior. //Researchers have found that Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which is a main constituent of fish oil, is an important component of cell membranes of the retina and brain. The researchers have found behavior problems in boys w...

AIDS awareness education for school children’

HIV/AIDS awareness education will be soon part of the school curriculum from Class IX in all schools as 35% of HIV patients in India are below the age of 25. The new curriculum would be made compulsory and this program is // an initiative taken by the Human Resource Department of Government of India and National AIDS Control Organization. The report developed by the ministry has also...

A Comparative Study On Dietary Habits In Middle School Students And Increase In Weight

A recent study in Chicago compares the dietary habits and increased weight in the middle school students reports that due to regular intake of high calorie diet and employment of food as motivation resulted in an increase in the weight of the students//. Other factors such as selling food and organizing fund raising programs with food as a sole aim all point out to the increased body weig...

Improperly Placed And Heavy Backpacks Lead To Back Pain In School Children

A unique study conducted by researchers at University of California on the backpack load of a number of middle school children in the U.S. reveals that it is much higher than that required for comfort and safety.// It has even warned about the possibility of back pain as a result of the excessive pressure over the shoulders. Alarmingly, more than 7000 school-going children present i...

School Children Put To Risk Due To Shortage Of Nurses

The schools in the US appear to be suffering from an acute shortage of nurses, with some schools having a single nurse only. There are about 56,000 nurses working across the country in schools on a fulltime basis.// This amounts to one nurse for every 950 students, while the federal guidelines call for a nurse for every 750 students. The nurse to student ratio is the worst in Utah, when c...

Bad professional behavior dates back to medical school

Doctors with questionable professional lives often had the same kind of trouble in medical school, according to US researchers.// Physicians disciplined by state medical boards were three times more likely to have had a history of unprofessional behavior while in medical school than those with no discipline records, says a study in New England Journal of Medicine. The study i...

Sex Education, Need Of The Hour In Public Schools

A majority of Californian adults are of the opinion, that it is imperative to impart comprehensive Sex education in the State’s Public Schools//, according to a survey, by the San Francisco-based Public Policy Institute of California. About 75% of respondents opted for programs with information on abstinence from sex, use of condoms and contraception, while 17% favored information on mere...

Schools and Bars closed in Rwanda due to Cholera outbreak

Schools, bars and markets have been ordered to close in Rwanda following the spread of cholera. The Minister of Health has ordered the closure to prevent any further spread of cholera which has killed more than 18 people and more than hundred infected in Masaka sector,// which has reported the highest number of cholera infection. As there is an increased shortage of food and good drinking...

Tuberculosis test for Westminster High School

Middlesex London Health officials will be testing the Westminster High School students and staff for the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis which is responsible for causing Tuberculosis. // The tests are precautionary measures after a student of the school was tested positive for the active form of the bacterium and the officials are testing the presence of these bacteria in other stu...

Kerala Bans The Sale Of Pan Masala Near Schools

A ban has been imposed on the sales pan masala and tobacco products near hospitals and educational institutions by the Kerala State Government in India. The products can be sold only from beyond 500 meters from such institutions, according to the new rules. //A law is also planned to be enacted to ensure that this is strictly adhered to. The youth in the state are increasingly taking...

CNIC To Provide Funds To Mount Sinai School

A scientific interrelations program is headed by Dr. Valentin Fuster between the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, (CNIC), and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, for the benefit of cardiovascular research across the world. //A commitment of about US$ 6 million has already been made by the CNIC to Mount Sinai. The CNIC seeks to become a center of internati...

School Children Taken Ill After Free Meal

As many as 128 school girls belonging to the Indian State of Kerala fell ill and were admitted to hospitals after taking a meal given by a voluntary organization. // District Collector N. Ayappan said the condition of the girls, who belong to the Cotton Hill Girls High School and Government School at Manacuad, are stable. The district administration is not reported to have taken a part in...

Schoolchildren Hit By Vomiting And Flu Bug

The influenza virus has wrecked havoc on schools with sixty of them being hit by an outbreak of the winter vomiting virus and flu. // About 20 schools in Birmingham, Sandwell and Dudley were closed due to this problem. Staff and children at these schools were suffering from violent vomiting, diarrhoea and high fevers. The illness has affected 106 children at the Trinity Primary School, i...

Learning About Healthy Diet Choices Begins At Schools

Schools that inculcate healthy eating habits by practicing what they preach can go a long way in promoting long term diet choices in elementary // children, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Texas. The researchers divided the study in two parts. The first part aimed at an ambience change that afforded many selections of food under the low fat...

Valentine's Day Attraction: Sale Of Condoms In School Proposed

The exciting Valentine’s Day proposal to sell condoms in school through installation of condom vending machines has been suggested by the third largest political party in Australia.// Kate Reynolds, who represents the Democrats in South Australia's state parliament, said the issue was health, not morals. "The facts are simple - high school teenagers are having sex," Reynol...

Vayalar Ravi Wants Health Education In Schools

Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi today said that he wanted health education to be made compulsory in primary school classes to help the coming generations to lead a healthy life.// Inaugurating a two-day 'inter-faith interface' on AIDS awareness in Thiruvananthapuram he said: "My personal view is that at least one hour a week should be devoted for health educat...

Come September, Schools Will be better off Sans Junk foods

There is a likely shut out for junk foods in schools from September onwards - confectionery, crisps and fizzy drinks, according to the recommendations// by the School Food trust. The trust, which was initiated by Ruth Kelly, education secretary, has enforced new standards on food provided in schools – that includes vending machines, tuck shops and cafeterias. According to Dame...

Malaysia : Fear of HFMD Disease Leads To Closure Of 500 Kindergarten Schools

Kuala Lumpur - Nearly 500 kindergarten schools on the island of Borneo have been ordered to close ,after four children , from the eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak// succumbed to the hand, foot and mouth viral disease, according to the reports from the official news agency today. Health Minister Chua Soi Lek told reporters that Health officials have ordered immediate closure of 488 s...

Soft Drinks May Be Banned In Rajasthan Schools

Rajasthan is considering of imposing a ban on the sale of the soft drinks stating that it affects the health of the children badly. With hot days round the corner, there is// every possibility of children opting for the chilled drinks. "The consumption of soft drinks has bad affects on the health of schoolchildren, specially those in primary sections. So we are planning to ban the sale...

Brunei Closes Primary Schools In A Bid To Contain Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Following in the steps of Malaysia, Brunei has quickly moved to prevent the spread of hand, foot and mouth viral disease and has ordered the closure of// all primary and nursery schools after the first death due to the disease was reported on Friday. The education ministry said that it was taking this precautionary measure after officials reported 32 cases and on...

Nurses Help Sought To Check Teenage Pregnancies In English Schools

Nurses will now work for birth control in all the schools of England in a move to slash the rising incidence of teenage pregnancies//. There are currently 2,409 nurses who work in primary and secondary schools across the country but the latest announcement signals a massive extension, reported the online edition of Daily Mail. By 2010, every primary care trust will be funde...

Schools set to offer Japanese language course

With an eye on the job market, India's premier school board is set to introduce from the new academic year Japanese as an optional language course from Class VI to VIII.// According to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the move will help students in more than one way. "In this age of globalization, learning foreign languages has become a necessary tool to broaden the h...

785 HFMD Cases In Singapore: Schools May Be Closed

There has been an alarming increase in the number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases in Singapore, with the figures reaching 785, last week //. This is twice greater than the number of cases infected the preceding week, said the Health ministry. An average of 113 and 174 cases of the disease were documented in the months of January and February respectively. A total of 2,6...

Substituting soymilk for lactose intolerant students n schools: a great option

According to a study in the April edition Journal of the American Dietetic Association, introducing soymilk in elementary school menus would boost the number of children// who select a calcium-rich beverage in the lunch line. This would also reduce the amount of saturated fat consumed from calcium-rich beverages. A four week study was conducted at three ethnically diverse elementary sch...

School Principal Suspended For Food Adulteration In Hostel

The principal and hostel superintendent of a Madhya Pradesh girls' school have been suspended along with an assistant teacher for the death of a student// due to food poisoning. "District officials across the state have been instructed to inspect the ashrams and hostels located in remote areas," Tribal Welfare Minister Vijay Shah said after the incident last week at the girl's resident...

Advertisements in High School Newspapers Encourage Students to Sport a Tan

According to a recent article in the April issue of Archives of Dermatology, almost 50% of high schools in the Denver area are printing tanning advertisements in their newspapers. // Tanning advertisements have been found in newspapers of almost 11 of the 23 schools. In all, there were about 40 tanning advertisements, 15 of whom did speak of unlimited tanning offers for periods of up to f...

Students Light Up Despite School Anti-Smoking Programs

It may take more than anti-smoking lessons in the classroom to keep school-age children and teens from lighting up, according to a recent review of studies.// There is little strong evidence that school-based programs are effective in the long term in preventing kids from taking up smoking, said Dr. Roger Thomas, lead reviewer and a professor in the family medicine department at the Un...

Yale School of Medicine Launches Telemonitoring Of Heart Failure Symptoms

Yale School of Medicine is launching an initiative to assess if monitoring the symptoms and weight over telephone can reduce the number of hospitalizations in heart failure patients.// Tele-HF is a four-year randomized controlled trial, which is being funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The trial will enroll 1,600 heart failure patients across the country. Patients f...

Haryana To Introduce Ramdev's Yoga For School Students

Students in Haryana will get a chance to learn yoga, as Haryana is planning to introduce Ramdev’s yoga in the government schools across// the state. State Education Minister Phool Chand Mullana said he was keen to introduce the yoga classes from this session itself. Mullana, who attended Ramdev's yoga training camp at the industrial city of Faridabad on Sunday, said that consu...

MP Plans Education Campaign To Attract School Dropouts

Madhya Pradesh is to conduct a weeklong education campaign, starting from Monday, to encourage the dropouts back to school, in the form of rallies, art exhibitions// and plays. 'The Rajya Shiksha Kendra (state education centre) will start an `Education For All Week' campaign with the intention to bring all in the five to 14 years' age group to school,' an official of the state's school...

Time to Launch Suicide Awareness in Schools

According to the president of the American Association of Suicidology the time was long overdue for Americans to address the problem of the rising number of suicides// in the nation. Suicide awareness and prevention programs must be initiated in the nation's schools. James Mazza will challenge the more than 600 people attending the association's 39th annual meeting in Seattle tomorrow...