One in five girls in upper secondary school suffers from school burnout
The transition from basic education to upper secondary school is a challenge for many young people. According to a study of school burnout at different stages of school and higher education, upper secondary school is a particularly challenging stage for many young people. Success-oriented female u...Gulf War research panel finds 1 in 4 veterans suffers from illness caused by toxic exposure
Washington, DC (Nov. 17, 2008) At least one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1991 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness, a condition caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, including pesticides and a drug administered to protect troops against nerve gas, and no effective treatments hav...1 out of 4 obese school-aged children suffers metabolic syndrome
This release is available in Spanish . One out of every four obese school-aged children (6 to 12 years old) develops an illness typically associated with adults that are nearly 40 years old, metabolic syndrome, due to one clear reason: child obesity. It has been revealed in a study carrie...Allied Healthcare's Net Suffers on Flat Sales, Performance Issues
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: AHPI ) reported today that its net income in the second quarter ending December 31 fell almost 98 percent from $293,000 last year, or 4 cents per share, to about $6,500 in the current quarter, or zero cents ...Henry Ford Hospital to study effectiveness of a new procedure that may help emphysema suffers
DETROIT MI Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital today announced the start of the EASE (Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema) Trial, an international, multi-center clinical trial to explore an investigational treatment that may offer a significant new option for those suffering with advanced emphysema....Women With Heart Disease Suffers from Depression
University of Alberta and McGill University study shows Women who have suffered heart attacks have higher rates of lingering depressive symptoms compared to their male counterparts . In surveying 486 patients, 102 of them female, the joint study found that 14.3 per cent of the women had worsen...Japan's All-star Speed Eater Suffers Professional Injury
A Japanese man who set a world record by wolfing down dozens of hot dogs within minutes has suffered a severe jaw injury due to his rigorous training, making his next title uncertain. Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi said he can only open his mouth to make a gap the size of a fingertip after bein...Health Care Suffers at Los Angeles Jails: Report
LA County Jail Lacks to Meet Inmates' Basic Health Needs – a Report. A newspaper on Sunday reported// on the deaths of at least 14 inmates since 1999 in the nation's largest county jail system came after treatment errors and other breakdowns in their medical care. The volume of inmates, coupled wit...Former Malaysian Prime Minister Suffers Heart Attack
Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad suffered a heart attack Thursday and was admitted to hospital where he has been placed under observation. // Mahathir, 81, had complained of mild chest pains on Thursday morning and was then admitted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the Natio...Video: FDA Approves INVEGA(R) SUSTENNA(TM) for the Acute and Maintenance Treatment of Schizophrenia
... To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/janssen/39116/ An estimated one percent of the world's population suffers from schizophrenia - a brain disorder that impairs a person's ability to think clearly, relate to others, and distinguish between reality and imaginat...School of Dentistry Studies Link Between Oral Health and Memory
...ly people in more than a dozen West Virginia counties. Funded by a $419,000 two-year grant, they've discovered that about 23 percent of the group suffers from mild to moderate memory loss. A blood draw is also part of the study for research subjects who agree. "If you have a gum infection, you...Unemployment, Health Care Spending Affect Mortality
...heir job loss. Now, we are seeing them die as early as the same year." When a worker becomes unemployed, he or she often loses health insurance, suffers stress and adopts unhealthy behavior as a result. They may delay preventive health care because of the cost or loss of health insurance coverage. Th...Fast-Acting, Long-Lasting Topical Relief From Arthritis Pain
...with the length of relief provided by products that were currently on the market," said RZN Nutraceuticals President Robert Hunt. He should know. Hunt suffers from psoriatic arthritis, a debilitating form of arthritis. "I've tried them all...the Tiger Balms, the BenGays, the IcyHots...nothing lasts as long a...Report on 300 New Medicines in Development for Heart Disease and Stroke Released in Indianapolis
...sure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. Today's news briefing featured Olympic gold medalist swimmer and Indiana University alum Mark Spitz, who suffers from high cholesterol. Considered one of the most dominant Olympic athletes ever, Spitz earned a total of 11 medals, including a record-breaking seven...American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2009 Annual Meeting 'Highlights and Hot Topics'
...t=379 ) Relations as Distant as Third-Cousin Appear to Increase Likelihood There is evidence that a patient who suffers a shoulder injury is likely to have a family history of such injuries. Family members, even distant relatives who have suffered tears to the rotator ...IntraLase FS Femtosecond Laser
Description:... low vacuum, delivering the laser energy directly to the stromal layer of the cornea through a disposable glass lens. The outer surface of the cornea suffers no trauma, and the procedure is completely painless. In testing, grater flap stability as well as a high degree of accuracy in both the depth and siz...Children seriously affected when a parent suffers from depression
Life is hard for the children of a parent suffering from depression. Children take on an enormous amount of responsibility for the ill parent and for other family members. It is therefore important for the health services to be aware of this and have support functions in place for the whole family...Timetable for Puget Sound restoration suffers setback
SEQUIM, WA The slow natural restoration of hazardous sediments mired beneath the Puget Sound is progressing, thanks to Mother Nature and a stiff dose of federal environmental regulations. But, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory warn that this reco...Reducing risk of hospitalization in the elderly
...bility but it would also reduce the huge economic burden associated with hospitalization of the elderly." One in five Americans over the age of 65 suffers from sarcopenia. In 2000 the direct health care cost of treating it were estimated to be more than $18.5 billion. With the number of Americans older t...New drug may reduce heart attack damage
.... "It's a targeted therapy that can be used to complement other procedures and improve chances of a normal recovery," he said. The heart muscle suffers damage at two distinct times during a heart attack, Professor Khachigian said: "first when the initial blockage occurs causing the chest pain, and sec...Promising new treatment for Alzheimer's suggested based on Hebrew University research
...brew University of Jerusalem has resulted in a promising approach to help treat Alzheimer's disease in a significant proportion of the population that suffers from a particularly rapid development of this disease. In the research at the Silberman Institute of Life Sciences of the Hebrew University, scien...MCG researcher among first to receive NIH stimulus funding
...ent plan," Dr. NeSmith says. Some drugs used to treat cocaine addiction have adverse effects on the kidneys, so it's important to know if a patient suffers from asymptomatic renal disease. If that's the case, alternative drug doses or treatments could be used. The study also will examine the relationsh...UNC study: Scientists identify chemical compound that may stop deadly brain tumors
...lastoma multiforme (GBM). GBMs are part of a larger group of brain tumors called malignant gliomas, which is the type of cancer Senator Edward Kennedy suffers from. A report of the research will appear in the April 10, 2009 issue of the journal Science . In experiments with tumor cells, the researchers r...April 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights
...ersity of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA. Pages 315-318. Growing evidence suggests that the crust adjacent to active faults suffers an incredible amount of damage and cracking during earthquakes. Using seismic and geodetic data, Cochran et al. have found a wide, sustained damage zo...Why 'lazy Susan' has a weak heart
...nt and research of cardiac insufficiency. For many years, the researchers in Heidelberg have been studying the zebrafish. The genetic variant that suffers from cardiomyopathy is called "Lazy Susan" and got its nickname because of its slow blood flow. Dr. Benjamin Meder and Christina Laufer from Dr. Wolfg...TDS Suffers 29-State System Outage
CHICAGO Sometimes, computer hard drives just go bad. Not so often, components that supply power to a server just crap out, too. Such was the case beginning at 11:57 p.m. Monday night with TDS Internet Services, which suffered a crippling power failure that ricocheted systemwide and downed dial-up ...Merge Healthcare suffers $258M loss in `06
West Allis, Wis. - Acknowledging that a return to profitability won't happen until later this year, Merge Healthcare reported an annual net loss of $258.5 million, or $7.67 per diluted share, in a difficult 2006 that saw several executives resigned in the wake of financial reporting errors. ...The MedZilla Report: June 2009 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health
...ient care", though it is questionable just how many administrative employees can be let go from a hospital or hospital system before patient care suffers not from a lack of doctors and nurses but the inability to keep track of what's going on. "Companies continue to downsize even after significant ...Bay Area Youth to Represent ALS Patients at Giants' and Angels' Baseball Games on July 4th
...ill attend both baseball games to raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral scleroses (ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease) a neurodegenerative disease of which he suffers and for which there is no known cause or cure. "My hope is that my presence at both games will help to put a new face on this disease by providi...Allied Minds Establishes New Company to Commercialize Novel UC Irvine Tinnitus Therapy
...ebilitating disease characterized by a ringing in the ear in the absence of any external sound. It is believed that over 17% of the general population suffers from tinnitus and based on a recent report from the Department of Veterans Affairs, tinnitus is now the #1 disability affecting returning troops. Whi...NeurogesX Presents Two Posters at 61st Annual American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting
...n cases of PHN and painful HIV-distal sensory polyneuropathy (HIV-DSP), or diseases, such as diabetes. An estimated 8% of the world's population suffers from neuropathic pain. Treatments to address the estimated 6.0 million U.S. neuropathic pain sufferers generated over $3.5 billion in 2007 U.S. sales,...NeurogesX' Qutenza(TM) (NGX-4010) Receives Positive Committee Recommendation in European Union
...diseases, such as diabetes. An estimated 8% of the world's population suffers from neuropathic pain. Treatments to address the estimated 6.0 million U.S. neuropathic pain suffers generated over $3.5 billion in 2007 U.S. sales, while an estimated 3.0 mill...Repair Stem Cell Institute Weighs in on Reversal of Embryonic Stem Cell Policy
...an make money from the disaster known as embryonics. Just ask those who tried to cash in on the Geron hype a few weeks ago." If a loved one suffers from something "incurable," check out our list of highly-honored doctors and the 100+ diseases they are treating in 2009, NOT 2025." ...