Study links body image to athletes' fertility
...es has linkedpsychological stress resulting from a poor body image, along with inadequatediet and excessiv...psychological stress may exacerbate the effects of poor or inadequate diet andexcessive exercise." The Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program of Penn...Summer swimsuit research flash: thigh-reducing creams don't work
...h Carolina at Chapel Hill."They feed on unfounded, poor self-images many women have of their bodies." Others involved in the research were Drs. Jerome Haky of FloridaAtlantic University and Laurence Katz, assistant professor of emergency medicineat the UNC-CH School of Medicine. Because of......ibit symptoms of ADHD such as short attentionspan, poor concentration, impulsivity and hyperactivity, according to Dr. Juncos. Among other studies, Dr. Juncos also is leading the Emory arm of thefederally funded "Treatment of ADHD in Children with Tourette Syndrome (TACT)"study. The ......sclerosis. Many people now lose their legs due to poor circulation causedby atherosclerosis. In heart disease, the goal is to grow new blood vessels to the heart as a way toroute blood around arteries choked by fatty deposits that prevent the heart fromgetting enough oxygen-rich blood. Heart attacks occ...Follow-up care can reduce hospital readmission rate, cost
Elderly patients at high risk for poor outcomes after hospital discharge who received com... days prior their involvement in thestudy; fair or poor self-rating of their health; or a history of non-adherence to their medical therapy. Within 48 hours......s, and open structures like gazebos or porchesmake poor lightning shelters. If there is a tall object nearby, move as far awayas possible - at least 2 meters (7 ft). Standing next to tall isolated objectslike poles or towers makes you vulnerable to secondary discharges coming offthose objects. According t...Scientists use bacterial toxin to kill brain tumors
...type of malignant brain tumor and the prognosis is poor for patients with thisdiagnosis," explains HSC neurosurgeon James Rutka, a collaborator in theresearch and head of the Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain tumor Research Centre.Approximately 20,000 people are diagnosed with brain tumors each year in Canada...MGH study shows mitral valve prolapse not a stroke risk factor
...other signs ofdiseased valves, they theorized that poor understanding of the shape of thevalve may have led to significant overdiagnosis of prolapse. Using 3-dimensional ultrasound techniques pioneered at the MGH, they firstpublished in 1987 evidence that, instead of being shaped like a saucer, themitra...... that suggests boys areparticularly susceptible to poor outcomes when inadequately monitored. The researchers plan to continue studying the same families over thenext few years, providing rare information about the effect of middle childhoodfamily situations and experiences as the children tra...Federal agencies report on nation's children
... Most children andadolescents have a diet that is poor or needs improvement. In addition, 12percent of A...o 5, 24 percent had a good diet and 8 percent hada poor diet. The remainder had a diet that needed improvement. For those ages13 to 18, only 6 percent had...Hospital study shows more patients could qualify for free care coverage
Most bad-debt writeoffs involve patients poor enough to qualify for statereimbursement BOSTON ...ted the number of bad-debt patients who were truly poor tobe so high," says London. "The study shows how important it is for hospitals towork in partnershi...Heart valve disease increases risk of death, research shows
...alve's opening (aortic stenosis), the prognosis is poor without surgicaltreatment. Earlier studies had also suggested that minor valve disease graduallyprogresses to aortic stenosis in many patients. This is the first study,however, to link early aortic valve disease with increased risk of death andheart ...SFU author examines mothers and illicit drug use
...ces andmedia reports single out women of color and poor women for the harshesttreatment. Her analysis and conclusions are based on interviews with 28 mothers from B.C.Alberta and Saskatchewan. The SFU criminology graduate also interviewed at least15 medical experts and drug and social service workers in ...Financial stress doubles periodontal disease risk
CHICAGO -- High levels of financial stress and poor coping abilities increasetwofold the likelihood of...se who reported high levels of financial strainand poor coping behaviors had higher levels of attachment loss and alveolar boneloss (signs of periodontal di...Stress may increase susceptibility to infectious disease
... adults," they wrote. "Our inference is that a poor immunological response to vaccination has medical consequences." Other research showed a relationship between a person's level of psychological stress andtheir ...Researchers learn how stress slows wound healing
...ave all been associatedwith poor surgical recovery." The pr...ably at muchhigher risks of poor healing. The next step, the researchers say, is to do comparative ...One in seven adolescents still doesn't have health insurance
...n it previously had been available only tothe very poor in most states. In the same period, however, priva... out of every five uninsured adolescents come from poor and "nearpoor" families -- those with incomes below 200 percent of the poverty level.Such families a...Senior volunteering indicates well-being
...ation ofadvantage" effect. However, volunteers in poor health and with low incomes alsohad higher levels of well-being than their counterparts who did notvolunteer. The research also was supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Related World Wide Web sites: The following sites provide addit...Are the signs of dyslexia in a newborn baby?
...ts every two years until the ageof 8, when normal, poor and dyslexic readers were identified. Comparing the newborn brain wave patterns of the three groups, theresearchers spotted several telltale differences between the dyslexics and thebetter readers. Such differences may arise from selective d...A leading cause of preventable blindness may be controlled by simple course of oral antibiotic
...ing countriesbecause of lack of medical attention, poor personal hygiene, and environmentalconditions. On a global scale, 600 million people live in trachoma endemic areas, and anestimated 150 million--mostly children--have the disease. The eye infection istransmitted easily from person to person by hand...