High family stress can lead to the child's immune system being affected, as a research group at the School of Health Sciences at Jönköping University and the Faculty of Health Sciences at Linköping University in Sweden shows ...
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The spread of obesity and type-2 diabetes could become epidemic in low-income countries, as more individuals are able to own higher priced items such as TVs, computers and cars. The findings of an international study, led by Simon Fraser ...
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Advances in neonatal care for very preterm infants have greatly increased the chances of survival for these fragile infants. However, preterm infants have an increased risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a serious lung ...
Tags: Stem Cell, Preterm Infant, BPD, adverse effect
Women living in rural communities are less likely than urban-dwelling women to receive sufficient mental health care, in large part due to limited access to services and societal stigma, according to medicine and public health researchers. ...
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With state legislatures kicking off their 2014 sessions, the Medicaid expansion is back in play. Twenty-six states had signed onto the Medicaid expansion at the start of this year -- and that leaves nearly half the country deciding whether ...
New American Diabetes Association (ADA) screening guidelines may lead to the missed diagnoses of type 2 diabetes in children, according to a new study by University of Michigan. The research, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, ...
Teenagers in Canada have lower smoking rates than virtually all other adults, University of Waterloo researchers say. Lead author Jessica Reid, a project manager at the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact at the University of ...
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Public health researchers from The University of Manchester have found single dietary interventions are not effective at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among overweight children and will not halt the global epidemic in childhood ...
The Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth and its partner universities have received an $8 million grant to expand their research into arsenic toxicity in children and pregnant women. The ...
Tags: Arsenic Toxicity, Arsenic Toxicity in Children, Pregnant Women
Like "Turn out the lights" and "Don't slam the door," being told to "Wash your hands" is one of those universal instructions children hear every day. But it's more than that. Hand washing has been shown to be one of the most effective ...
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A single question may help doctors determine whether a patient has a drug or alcohol problem and the level of abuse, a new study suggests. Keep it simple is the message from the study of nearly 300 people recruited from the Boston Medical ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Muscle-Building Exercises Reduce Women's Diabetes Risk: Study Lifting weights and other muscle-building workouts reduce women's risk ...
Virtual reality, dance and fun are not the first things that come to mind when we think of treating urinary incontinence in senior women. However, these concepts were the foundations of a promising study by Dr. Chantal Dumoulin, PhD, Canada ...
Simmons is introducing its new ComforPedic iQ mattress, a self-adjusting mattress that provides personalized support, at a launch party here on the eve of this month's Las Vegas Market. Speaking at that event will be Dr. Andrew Weil, a ...
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Interview conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, BA Hons (Cantab) What is gastric bypass surgery and how many people undergo it? Gastric bypass surgery is a type of bariatric operation that results in weight loss and stimulates metabolic ...
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