Activism prompts teen smokers to cut back on cigarettes, Stanford study finds
...obacco, Winkleby said. In 2001, 36 percent of high school students reported smoking cigarettes within the pa... are at risk of failing or dropping out of regular school or have been removed from their school for other reasons. Ten continuation high schools in the...Minors able to buy nicotine replacement therapy products
... to the article, an estimated 28.5 percent of high school students smoke cigarettes and more than half try to quit each year. Public health guidelines recommend that health care providers counsel adolescents to stop smoking, and to try nicotine replacement therapy (NRT, including gum, patches, etc.) to hel...Earlier diagnosis of schizophrenia improves results of treatment
.... Those that did have programs educated residents, school counselors, and health care workers about psychotic symptoms such as increasing isolation, responding to voices no one else hears, delusional thinking, irritability, difficulty sleeping, and overall marked reduction in the ability to cope with life'...New tool measures children's own health perceptions
... other experts. The research was done in dozens of school and healthcare settings in multiple states. The CH... to assess the health of children from their early school years through adolescence, using a consistent model of health and many of the same questions. The CH...OHSU programs for teen athletes are national models, reflect Bush's steroid-free sports initiative
...ush's plan. OHSU has created two programs for high school athletes -- ATLAS and ATHENA -- that provide healthy alternatives to steroids, sports supplements, alcohol and other drugs. ATLAS was found to be so effective it was designated as a national model. Both ATLAS and ATHENA were funded by the National In...Survey shows impact of psoriasis is more than skin deep
...ng sleeved shirts and pants Work/School Work and school can be particularly problematic for people with psoriasis. One-third (37%) of all people with psoriasis agree that the disease affects work/school. Those people with severe psoriasis, visible psoriasis (face and/or scalp), early childhood onset and...Sleep shortage takes toll on middle schoolers
...eem plague children as they advance through middle school because they get increasingly less sleep, accordin...hat is largely under individual, parental and even school control." The students were asked about the number of hours they slept each night and what grades th...Companies flout law on tobacco in tooth care products
...tal care products. Researchers surveyed samples of school students aged 13-15 in 14 Indian states. The use of tobacco products as dentifrice varied from 6% (Goa) to 68% (Bihar). Of the specific products, tobacco toothpaste and tooth powder were common in all states. Other dentifrice products containing tob...Utah researchers hope hunt for medicinal drugs helps save Papua New Guinea rainforests
...ows and Ireland, the UPNG vice chancellor, medical school dean, and a professor of pharmacology decided the U would make a good research partner and the grant was put together. The grant is divided into five associate programs that include assessing the diversity of plants; building a database of info...Few disabled kids with psychosocial problems receive mental healthcare
...d of mental health counseling in special education school settings. Witt and colleagues noted that, as medical advances allow more children to survive birth defects or chronic diseases, concern has shifted from their survival to their quality of life. Previous research found that children with special h...Intervention program helps reduce television viewing in preschool children
...e effects on children, including poor behavior and school performance, and higher rates of violence and chil...vention program. The study was conducted over two school years (fall 2000 through spring 2001), with the intervention program implemented in the second year ...Public awareness programs can reduce the duration of untreated psychosis
... at general practitioners, social workers and high school health personnel. The advertisements and campaigns also promoted a telephone hotline number. The study included 281 patients diagnosed with psychotic disorders coming to their first treatment in the two study areas between January 1, 1997 and Decem...Optic nerve disease may cause sleep disorders
...sight from the Thomas Jefferson School, a boarding school in suburban St. Louis. The visually impaired students were divided into two groups: Those whose visual problems were related to optic nerve disease and those whose vision loss did not involve the optic nerve. The optic nerve is made up of ganglion ce...Civil rights campaign issues at Harvard
...munity, and an award presentation to Boston public school children sponsored by the HMS Office for Diversity and Community Partnership. The awards will recognize creative works about the history of the Civil Rights Movement. For more information please go the Reflection In Action web site -- http://www.mfdp...'Ding' concussions require removal from the game
...ng a "ding" or "bell-ringer." However, in the high school athlete, a concussion is not a trivial event, acco...ding scales and return-to-play guidelines for high school athletes with mild concussions may be too liberal, because they allow athletes to return to play too...Using fMRI technology to understand hyperlexia
...hours. Now at age eleven, Ethan attends a public school with an aide, and was recently voted class president. He has an insatiable curiosity for books, magazines, and television, but still has difficulty in social situations. According to his mom Ilene, "the other kids think he is very smart but very un...Largest multistate study finds end-of-life care still 'woefully inadequate'
...in the field of palliative medicine. Every medical school should have faculty members who specialize in palliative medicine. Curricula should address pain management and care of the dying patient. Improved end-of-life care in nursing homes. "Blaming the nursing home industry is not the answer," notes Teno....Friendships play key role in suicidal thoughts of girls, but not boys
...y of Adolescent Health. They completed a survey in school and then were interviewed in their homes one year ...icide. "Whenever a young person commits suicide, a school will send out counselors to help other students," Moody said. "But there is just as much risk of sui...United States has highest prevalence of overweight teens in 15 country study
... the United States. The researchers used data from school based surveys in 1997-1998 to calculate BMIs for the adolescents. They used the ages 13.5 years and 15.5 years as standard cutoff points to determine what percentile children were in. BMIs and corresponding percentiles are as follows: BMIs of 24.8 a...Placebo-controlled clinical trials put children with asthma at risk
...sits to the doctor's office; and 10 million missed school days. Many patients deal with severe discomfort that may be associated with anxiety. The researchers examined the impact policy initiatives in the 1990s have had on the inclusion of children in clinical trials. In recent years, the NIH and the Fo...