Injuries uncommon in youth football, Mayo Clinic study reports
...inic Proceedings, found that the data for athletes grades four through eight indicated that the risk of inju...rcent), increased for the fifth, sixth and seventh grades (.16 percent, .16 percent, .15 percent respectively) and was highest in the eighth grade (.33 percen...Many junior doctors experience bullying
...s questionnaire was sent to 1,000 doctors with job grades from house officer to senior registrar. Participants were presented with a definition of bullying and asked to indicate whether they had been subjected to it in the past 12 months and whether they had witnessed others being bullied. Of 594 completed ...... group, sleep deprivation may play a role in lower grades and with behavioral problems. Changing school start times to later has been shown to improve attendance in this age group. The later wake times of the older teenagers in the current study further suggests that there may be benefits to starting scho...Early intercourse and self-esteem linked in adolescent behavior
...ers followed 188 adolescents from seventh to ninth grades at two Indianapolis-area schools for the data. Students completed a questionnaire and were administered a standardized test measuring self-esteem at the beginning of seventh grade. A second questionnaire was completed by the students at the beginning...Heartburn surgery helps lung transplant patients
...ements in their BOS scores, with two improving two grades (from BOS-2 to BOS-0)," Davis said. "It appears that we now have a potential treatment for an untreatable condition that seems to work. What we still need to determine is the timing of the surgery." Davis said that it is seems logical the patients w...New test identifies aggressive and less aggressive prostate cancers
...oscopic appearance of tumors. Patients with higher grades of tumor are in more advanced stages of the disease, but the grade does not tell how aggressively the tumors have been growing or metastasizing. The new test was developed by cancer researcher Akhouri Sinha, a professor of genetics, cell biology, and...School program reduces risk of obesity, disease in border community
...ions of physical education classes for children in grades three through five revealed substantial increases in time spent engaged in moderate to vigorous physical activity at most schools. Many schools eventually met the program target of 50 percent of class time. Large-percentage increases in vigorous phys...When moms smoke, certain kids are more vulnerable
...dy with 2,950 school children in 4th, 7th and 10th grades in Southern California. They asked parents about maternal smoking while pregnant and about respiratory health problems currently or previously experienced by children. The children were participants in the expansive Children's Health Study, led by US...Peer pressure matters in young adults smoking decisions
...s." Both male and female students who earned lower grades in high school were less likely to have quit. Females were less likely to have quit if they'd believed in high school that they couldn't resist the temptation to smoke. The researchers also found that females were more likely to have quit if their p...Study: Closeness to mother can delay first instance of sexual intercourse among younger teens
...ey are to their daughters. When mothers of kids in grades 8 through 11 reported having recommended a specific form of birth control, their adolescent children were slightly less likely to perceive that they disapproved of sex. Although other research has shown a slight relationship between the discussion o...Fogarty International Center announces first awards for international tobacco and health program
...the prevalence of tobacco use among adolescents in grades 6 to 9. They will use an intervention system call... in a multiethnic sample of South African youth in grades 5 to 7. One of the interventions will be based on a social skills/peer resistance model, the other ...Researchers link teen sex to early friendships, steady dating
...eteens with friends in higher grades were more likely to have sex ...for, such as a child having more friends in higher grades or dating someone on a steady basis," Cooksey said. The r...School condom availability does not increase sexual activity
...he adds. Approximately half of all adolescents in grades nine through 12 report that they have had sex, with nearly 60 percent using condoms during their most recent sexual encounter, according to research cited in the study. Blake and colleagues analyzed sexual risk behavior data from the 1995 Massachuset...College students get better grades when they take psychological principals courses
...who take the class get better grades and are more likely to stay in school," Tuckman sa...o he also did an analysis in which he examined the grades of students who took the study skills class for the quarter before they ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for August 2003 (second issue)
..."frequently" was significantly associated with low grades on mathematics and spelling. The investigators assessed snoring and intermittent hypoxia (inadequate amounts of available oxygen in the blood) using a parental questionnaire and nocturnal home oximetry. (In its most fundamental form, oximetry is a ...Dating, delinquent friends key reasons why early puberty linked to delinquency in girls
...nationally representative sample of adolescents in grades 7 through 12 in 1995 and 1996. Data from a total of 5,477 young girls were included in this study. The girls were asked a variety of questions about their physical development, their participation in delinquency, and their relationships with friends ...OHSU researcher co-authors National State-By-State Report Card on women and smoking; Oregon flunks
... yet 38 states, including Oregon, received failing grades for not meeting national goals to reduce and prev...ve proved effective in reducing smoking. The study grades and ranks each state based on 11 health status indicators, and evaluates the strength of state tobac...News tips for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003
...ects on 3,585 people who never smoked. Individual grades were based on three levels of self-reported smoke exposure, plus blood levels of cotinine, a nicotine metabolite. During a 14-year follow-up, 239 never-smokers died, 93 from circulatory disease. Relative risk of circulatory death for those who got ...Friendships play key role in suicidal thoughts of girls, but not boys
...The researchers used data on 13,465 adolescents in grades 7 through 12 from across the United States. The students participated in the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health. They completed a survey in school and then were interviewed in their homes one year later. They were asked, among many oth...