Archive for the ‘Family Health’ Category
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Teenage girls of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds still experience sexism and sexual harassment?- but cultural factors may control whether they perceive sexism as an environmental problem or as evidence of their own shortcomings. A study of 600 girls between the ages of 12 and 18, from California and Georgia, ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Your kids are doing it and you can't stop them! That's a fact that most parents still can't catch up with. However, now there is new help for both sides. The new video web site Time4Facts.com has combined expert classroom education with parental involvement at home to come up with ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Our homes, schools, playgrounds and neighborhoods are riddled with preventable asthma triggers that leave millions of children gasping for air. But a new report released today by PolicyLink and The California Endowment lays out a plan for what we all can do to make our children's air safer and healthier.The ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
When a loved one is having surgery, the hours of waiting for news can be agonizing for family members. A University of Virginia Medical Center nursing research group has found that during this anxious time, a simple one-minute phone call can make a difference in decreasing anxiety for family members ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Programs that promote household cleaning, home repairs and parental awareness of lead hazards are not effective at protecting children from exposure to this poison, according to a new review of studies.The review looked at interventions that attempted to reduce lead exposure for children and found that “none that have been ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Our homes, schools, playgrounds and neighborhoods are riddled with preventable asthma triggers that leave millions of children gasping for air. But a new report released today by PolicyLink and The California Endowment lays out a plan for what we all can do to make our children's air safer and healthier.The ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Children with multiple sclerosis (MS) also suffer from thinking skill problems, cognitive problems and have low IQ scores.A study by researchers from University of Florence examined 63 MS and 57 children under age of 18. The disease occurred before age of 10 in patients. Children were given IQ and neuropsychological ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
When a loved one is having surgery, the hours of waiting for news can be agonizing for family members. A University of Virginia Medical Center nursing research group has found that during this anxious time, a simple one-minute phone call can make a difference in decreasing anxiety for family members ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Programs that promote household cleaning, home repairs and parental awareness of lead hazards are not effective at protecting children from exposure to this poison, according to a new review of studies.The review looked at interventions that attempted to reduce lead exposure for children and found that “none that have been ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
The elderly are cared for by their adult children regardless of their marital status. In a unique study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, researchers found British adult children help their elderly parents according to current need (i.e. health) rather than past behaviour. This contrasts with other countries ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
State health and workforce development officials are encouraging parents and teens across Wisconsin to talk about making responsible and healthy decisions to build>teen pregnancy prevention.
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Studies show that parents who talk to their kids about the dangers of drug abuse have children who are half as likely to abuse drugs. Despite this effective way for parents to address substance abuse with their kids, a recent survey of parents shows that while 83 percent say they ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Cutting the umbilical cord doesn't necessarily sever the physical link between mother and child. Many cells pass back and forth between the mother and fetus during pregnancy and can be detected in the tissues and organs of both even decades later. This mixing of cells from two genetically distinct individuals ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
MedImmune presented results from a retrospective chart review that evaluated the use of Synagis (palivizumab) as a preventive measure against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in high-risk infants. RSV is a leading cause of viral respiratory infection among preterm infants.Approximately 4,000 medical records from premature infants born at 32-to-35 weeks ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
At a time when over half of US children (aged 3-6) are in child care centers, and growing concern over childhood obesity has led physicians to focus on whether children are getting enough physical activity, a new study of outdoor physical activity at child care centers, conducted by researchers at ...
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