Study finds indoor allergen levels vary, cockroach allergens cause more asthma symptoms
...were found to have more asthma symptoms, miss more school days and have more unscheduled asthma-related doctor visits than children who were sensitive to other indoor allergens. Exposure to dust mite allergens was not found to exacerbate asthma symptoms. Exposure to pet allergens resulted in an increase in ...English-speaking Hispanic youth more likely to have sex early
...ily structure, program location, religiosity, free school lunch, grades, rural residence, acculturation, and ethnicity. Specific attention was given to the influence of their integration into U.S. culture among Hispanic teens. The primary language spoken by the respondents (English, Spanish, or both) was u...School-based smoking prevention programs ineffective
...Smoking prevention programs in junior high or high school have little influence on whether teens choose to l...in smoking prevalence between students enrolled in school based smoking prevention programs and students not enrolled in this type of program. Only one progr...Parents who quit smoking may influence their offspring to quit as young adults
...arly 8,400 students and 600 teachers throughout 40 school districts in Washington. The National Cancer Institute funded the research. Information on parents' smoking behavior was collected when the children were in the third grade (8 or 9 years old) and again at 11th grade (16 or 17 years old). Information ...Influenza vaccination programmes for children in USA and Canada based on little evidence
...wo years. Vaccines were effective in reducing long school absences but had little effect on other outcomes such as hospital stays and lower respiratory tract disease, when compared with placebo or no intervention. However, the authors note that these conclusions are based on a small number of studies. Dr J...Adverse drug events in nursing homes are far more common than previously identified
...s differentiated by its affiliation with a medical school and its on-site research and training programs. The higher rates of adverse events at those facilities give researchers reason for concern. "We now believe that our previous studies drastically underestimated the rate of these adverse events in the l...A safer route to school makes children more likely to walk and bike, study shows
...tate program designed to make children's routes to school safer may actually be encouraging kids to walk or bike to school more often -- something that's good for their health. The UC Irvine study examining the effectivenes...Treatment guidelines for kids with bipolar disorder published
...ilizing their moods and allowing them to return to school as soon as possible is critical if they are to lead normal lives, said Dr. Kowatch. "Doctors are getting somewhat better at recognizing bipolar disorder in children, but there wasn't much to guide them in terms of treatment," added Dr. Kowatch. The...Regular cannabis may increase risk of stroke in young users
...implicated. The patient was a 36 year old primary school teacher, who had been a sporadic user of cannabis in the past. He had no known risk factors for stroke, did not use other drugs, and only drank occasionally. The first incident occurred after he had smoked a considerable amount of cannabis combined w...Researchers track program's success in curbing aggressive behavior
...n drawn to the Good Behavior Game would spur other school districts across the country to adopt the program. In the meantime, the USF team continues to develop advanced statistical methods to evaluate the long-term effects of other community-based prevention programs. Known as the Prevention Science and Met...Prestigious 2004 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize honors Maxine Singer
... institutes and continuing associations during the school year. Also in the education realm, Singer and Paul Berg wrote the textbook, Genes & Genomes , which is now in use by students of molecular genetics worldwide. A subsequent book, Dealing with Genes , was intended to acquaint a wider readership with ...Using the internet's power and anonymity to reduce problem drinking
...t of North American life, whether located at home, school or the workplace. At least 80 percent of internet "surfers" in the United States have reportedly used the internet to access health information. Symposium proceedings published in the February issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research ...Older doctors less likely to follow current standards of care
...so included the time since the physician's medical school graduation or the physician's age. The researchers found that 73 percent of these studies (45 of 62) showed that a doctor's performance declines with time. More than half of these studies (32 of 62, or 52 percent) showed that performance declines for...A new method for early detection of disease outbreaks
...ly related to place of residence but, for example, school or workplace. With their new "space time permutation scan statistic," they found four highly unusual clusters of diarrhea cases, three of which heralded citywide gastrointestinal outbreaks due to rotavirus and norovirus. This suggests that their meth...NHLBI study shows smoking cessation programs improve survival
...cent of adults (46 million) and 26 percent of high school seniors smoke. Smoking contributes to more than 440,000 deaths per year....Cardiology losing out as women 'turned off' by family unfriendly specialty
...ying, given that women now comprise 59% of medical school applicants and that the quality of female applicants to all specialist registrar posts appears to be better than that of their male peers. In cardiology, women make up only 9% of applicants for these posts. In 2002 they comprised less than 17% of tra...Gladstone Institutes rank high in the scientist survey of best places for postdocs
...kills that are not formally taught during graduate school or postdoctoral study. In late 2004, the training environment at Gladstone was greatly enhanced by the move to new laboratories adjacent to UCSF's Mission Bay campus. Information about the Gladstone Institutes is available at www.gladstone.ucsf.edu ...A Family's Guide to Living with HIV
... patients and their families, including nutrition, school activities, sports, travel and sexuality. "We wrote the book so that our patients and their families could have the information written in a way they could understand," Dr. Cox says. "This is a very complicated illness and makes for a complicated lif...Methamphtetamine's ruinous effects on children documented in Midwest study
...te's attorney, a police officer, and an elementary school principal. They also reviewed relevant local records and conducted about 90 hours of field work over six months, including 17 mornings or afternoons shadowing a child-welfare investigator on visits to rural homes. They also interviewed 12 children i...Vaccinating school children and high risk groups is best strategy for slowing flu transmission
... mortality would be to concentrate vaccinations in school children and high-risk groups, according to a new ...l models show that vaccinating about 70 percent of school children, ages 6 to 18, with influenza vaccine would reduce community-wide transmission to very low ...