Study looks at indoor tanning among teens
...percent to 40 percent of 16- to 18- year-old white females using tanning booths repeatedly." Demko added, "Repeated exposure to UV rays, such as those absorbed during indoor tanning, can cause skin cancer and premature aging of the skin. The majority of teens do not have an appreciation of the risk of skin ......es Pinto, DMD, lead report author, who states more females in their 20's and 30's are also experiencing this syndrome, oftentimes due to stress. Other overall health conditions linked to BMS include anemia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, undiagnosed diabetes, nutritional deficiencies, hormonal imbalance an...New fitness system turns couch potatoes into armchair troopers
...iceable inch loss. Those who are unfit, especially females over 40, feel uncomfortable or are unfamiliar with using exercise equipment, and may be reluctant to utilise traditional exercise machines. Also, often those who are deconditioned, overweight, or aging are not exercisers by nature and the thought of ...Childhood leukemia survivors not receiving radiation have same life expectancy as general population
...nt rates than the general population. In addition, females had lower marital rates, according to Ching-Hon Pu... for ALL, and lower marital rates among irradiated females occurred despite the relatively low radiation doses used. The effect on women may reflect hormonal p...Vitamins C and E improve cardiovascular health in children with high cholesterol, study says
... 15 subjects with inherited lipid disorders: seven females and eight males between the ages of nine and 20. All received nutritional counseling and were put on the National Cholesterol Education Program Step II diet, a diet low in saturated fats and cholesterol, for the duration of the six-month study. After...Physicians' emotional responses to patients' deaths increase with care length, says Pitt
...terns and residents required the most support, and females reported needing more than males. However, most residents and interns found the support they needed from one another or their families instead of from attending physicians, and attending physicians in need of support reported finding no one to help t...Gender preferences in 'comfort' foods stem from childhood
...comfort for men is work for women. "Because adult females are not generally accustomed to having hot food prepared for them and as children saw the female as the primary food preparer, they tend to gain psychological comfort from less labor-intensive foods such as chocolate, candy and ice cream," Wansink sa...Northwestern on trail of gene mutations that trigger sex reversal
... physical attributes of the other, resulting in XY females or XX males. Heading the gene study at the Feinb...n presumably cause not only overt sex reversal XY females and XX males but also much milder manifestations of sex reversal disorder," Weiss said. Thus far, ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for January (second issue)
...l stress, including exercise. After evaluating 22 females with the condition (ages 11 to 46), along with 23 matched female controls, using a variety of cardio- respiratory tests, the investigators said that their ventilatory, cardiovascular, and cerebro-vascular responses to inadequate amounts of available ...Years to your health! Children of centenarians have less heart disease
...ren had lower body mass indexes (25.5 vs. 28.6 for females and 27.3 vs. 29 for males). "Interestingly, however, there were no significant differences (between c-children and controls) in the prevalence of a number of other age-related diseases, including cancer, stroke, dementia, osteoporosis, cataracts, gl...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for November (second issue)
...me. Based on an in-depth study of 19 males and 20 females to determine the anatomic and physiologic variables that are mechanistically important in pharyngeal behavior, the researchers constructed a model of a human upper airway. Then they used this model to assess the impact of specific anatomic features ...Researchers link teen sex to early friendships, steady dating
...: Males were more likely than females (59 percent vs. 42 percent) and non-blacks were mo...sexual behavior in adolescent females who participate in athletics." Preteens with a disproportionately high number ...Comparing screening instruments for alcohol dependence and abuse
...t sensitive for alcohol abuse among both males and females reporting emergency-room (ER) use. Both Cherpitel and Robert Woolard, chair of Brown Medical School's section of emergency medicine, noted the importance of distinguishing between "alcohol dependence" and "alcohol abuse." "Patients with mild alcoho...People who give, live longer: U-M study shows
... people give less and are more likely to die, that females give more and are less likely to die, and that people who are depressed or in poor health are both less likely to be able to help others and more likely to die," said Brown. She found that people who reported providing no help to others were more tha...Early sexual development, childhood obesity link is opposite for boys and girls, UIC study says
... expectations toward body weight are different for females and males, Wang notes. Thinness is considered desirable and attractive for females; bigness and full musculature are considered attractive for males. According to Wang, these factors may contribute to differences in adolescents' eating behaviors, bod...Rutgers study shows learning ability under stress still strong in Prozac-treated females
...a devastating illness that is often accompanied in females by an inability to concentrate and learn," said Tr...ive drug for treating depression, it also protects females from the adverse effects of stress on learning." Shors will present her findings in a paper, "Seron...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for October (first issue)
...gents showed that cough sensitivity was greater in females than males at a clinic for chronic cough. Investi...ators tested a total of 118 patients, including 68 females and 50 males, with inhalation cough challenges. The inhalation cough challenge materials were inhal...Ethnic, gender differences in blood pressure also seen in youth
...ended to exhibit higher blood pressure levels than females even during relaxation. These differences persisted during both the video game and ice pack experiences. The study results are published in the September/October issue of the journal Psychosomatic Medicine. The researchers also examined blood levels ...Study results show higher mortality rates in female children who undergo cardiac surgery
...ute (REI) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center shows that females had a 51% higher mortality than males when other m...all mortality rate of 5.23%. The study showed that females have a higher incidence of other medical conditions, such as Down syndrome, pulmonary hypertension a...Study shows oral contraceptive use by young women does not contribute to weight gain
...le adolescents who are representative of Caucasian females attending public schools in Pennsylvania. The Penn State researchers continue to follow the natural progression of cardiovascular, reproductive and bone health in these women. The oral contraceptive study involved 66 females, 39 of which used oral ...