Bocavirus infection may be associated with pneumonia in Thailand, especially in children
The newly identified human bocavirus was found in nearly 5 percent of pneumonia patients in rural Thailand, mostly in very young children. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report their findings today at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases "Our preliminary data suggests that human bocavirus may be associated with pneumonia in Thailand...20-year study shows significant rise in childhood obesity, especially among girls
Four-year-old girls are six times more likely to have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 30 than they were 20 years ago and ten-year-olds are five times more likely, according to research published in the April issue of Acta Paediactrica. Swedish researchers who studied BMI figures for more than a thousand children over two decades discovered that obesity levels had risen significantly a...Hospitals to Equip Themselves with ER Especially For Psychiatric Patients
Hospitals are setting aside part of their Emergency department to also handle mentally ill patients. There is a great increase in the psychiatric patients turning towards emergency care. //But the emergency departments are not well equipped to tackle the psychiatric patients. These patients end up facing serious consequences because of lack of proper medical care available to...Muscles May Need Estrogen to Regain Strength, Especially as Women Age
It is believed that menopause plays a role in the loss of muscle mass as women age. Inactivity also can result in an accelerated loss of muscle //mass and strength in aging women. Now, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher studied the effect of inactivity combined with the loss of estrogen and was surprised by the results. "It was not a lifestyle link; it was an estrogen link,"...20-year Study Shows Significant Rise in Childhood Obesity, Especially Among Girls
Four-year-old girls are six times more likely to have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 30 than they were 20 years ago and //ten-year-olds are five times more likely, according to research published in the April issue of Acta Paediactrica. Swedish researchers who studied BMI figures for more than a thousand children over two decades discovered that obesity levels had risen signific...Heart Rhythms Swing Precariously to Emotion, especially Anger
Heart rhythms can swing perilously when we are angry, even igniting life and death situations, to reveal scientists after studying nearly 1000 cardiac patients//. With the help of special instruments, called implantable cardioverter defibrillators, inserted near the heart, doctors studied the connection between emotions and heart rhythms in a group suffering heart disease. ICD’s are e...Rapid Flu Tests May Prove Especially Helpful This Season
On October 5, Chiron Corporation notified the CDC that none of its influenza vaccine (Fluvirin) would be available for distribution in the United States for the current influenza season. In the wake of this sudden removal of nearly half of the anticipated American vaccine supply, medical officials and the general public have grown increasingly alarmed about the scarcity of vaccine and the ris...