Pushy parents can be bad for their children's health
...formal complaint to the hospital or their MP about some aspect of care. Despite the fact that psychological factors are known to have a role in this condition, only 13 families accepted referral to psychological services. In 12, a significant degree of family conflict/dysfunction and a lack of insight int...Cavity prevention tips for pre-school age children
.... Soxman. "Essentially all children are at risk to some extent or another," says Dr. Howley. "So the same basic principles apply-control of exposure of cavity-inducing food and through cleaning of the teeth. Even if decay is a low risk for an individual child they can still develop gingivitis or other pro...New generation contact lenses cut risk of severe eye infection
...tis rose when lenses were slept in, and there were some differences between lens types. Rates were 96 per 10,000 wearers a year for hydrogel lenses, compared with almost 20 per 10,000 wearers a year for silicone hydrogel lenses - a fivefold difference. Almost 3 million people wear contact lenses in the U...Hospitals may now be more willing to partner up with former adversaries
...Their findings suggest that QIOs have overcome, to some degree, the previously adversarial and punitive roles of their predecessors, the Peer Review Organizations. The feedback they received points to the need for contact with doctors and upper-level management. "While hospitals no longer view QIOs as a...TB Alliance announces new drug discovery program with GlaxoSmithKline
...t is complicated by drug-drug interactions between some anti-HIV and existing TB drugs. The TB Alliance has united leading researchers, industry actors, and public health advocates to realize the first, most comprehensive TB drug pipeline since the 1960s. Contact: Brenda Timm - +1 (212) 704...Energy and sports drinks attack enamel
...to teeth than soft drinks. A study of the effects some of these beverages had on enamel, appearing in the January/February 2005 issue of General Dentistry , the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) clinical, peer-reviewed journal, found that over time, exposing dental enamel to bottled lemonades, energy...Strengths and failings of U.S. health care 'system' are driven by embedded vested interests
...ions. At the same time, the United States delivers some of the finest health care in the world, and yet wi...articles shed historical and contemporary light on some of the reasons behind this inequality and explore the function of the health care system by examinin...NJIT taps into solar energy to power new campus center
...ague, Long Valley, a non-profit group comprised of some 300 electrical companies. The League offers co-ops and scholarships to NJIT students who study electrical engineering or telecommunications. Baptiste, of Roxbury, mounted 144 of the framed panels onto the roof. He added 16 upright solar trackers, ...Storage time and temperature effects nutrients in spinach
...LaBorde said. "So people will stick the spinach in some ice water to fluff it up to look nice." The Penn State researcher noted this action is not effective because the nutrient loss is irreversible. With such a high demand for fresh foods, many people do not give a second thought to alternatives, thinki...Protein that helps skin cancer spread identified by Stanford researchers
.... With that in mind, he and his group transplanted some human skin cancer cells onto mice. As expected, those cells formed skin cancers that would kill the mouse if left unchecked. But when the group treated the mice with the collagen VII-blocking antibody, the skin cancer failed to spread, though the can...Public policy should address the social factors behind ill health
...with a gross national product of over $30,000, and some social groups within the same country have a life-expectancy that is 20 years lower then the national average although their infant mortality rates are low. When the specific causes of such anomalies are known, there is a strong basis for corrective ...Costs of antidepressants could have funded effective alternatives
...th depression or mixed anxiety depression. Despite some limitations, this analysis highlights the scale of resources expended in this area. The results indicate that development of psychological therapies is a feasible alternative to antidepressants, say the authors. There is a clear need for further rese...New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
....9 and 76.5 years. The paper also illustrates how some governments are rising to the challenge: In Sweden, the new strategy for public health is "to create social conditions that will ensure good health for the entire population." Of 11 policy domains, five relate to social determinants: participation...Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users
...users in Vancouver. 90 reported that all, most, or some of their injections were at the safer injection facility. 49 reported syringe sharing during this same period. Binge drug taking and frequent heroin or cocaine injection were associated with syringe sharing, whereas younger age and use of safer injec...NHS stop-smoking services are insufficient to deliver national smoking targets
...opulations dominated by manual workers and contain some of the worst health and deprivation in the country. Research showed that smoking cessation services in the region for 2003-4 reduced smoking rates by 0.1%-0.3%. If the trend continues, the study predicts that Stop-Smoking Services may deliver less t...Genes for alcohol consumption identified
...behaviour is important if we are to understand why some people are more likely to become addicted than oth...ailed as an important advance in understanding why some of us drink more than others, and why some people might be more vulnerable to alcohol dependence.......ect. Studies comparing spirits, beer and wine show some benefit from spirits and beer, but an overwhelming benefit from drinking red wine. His laboratory found polyphenols, minus the alcohol, are powerful anti-oxidants. Polyphenols also are found in fruit, particularly berries, as well as green tea and ...Yale authors raise concerns regarding regionalized heart attack care
...y be, without adequately considering how realistic some of these benefits are or the potential negative implications of such a policy, " notes Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., professor of internal medicine (cardiology) and Epidemiology and Public Health (Health Policy and Administration). Calls for the regional...Virginity pledges do not reduce STD risk: May encourage high risk sexual behavior
...nfection go away," said Brckner. Pledging may lead some young adults to engage in alternative sexual behaviors in order to preserve their virginity. Among virgins--those who have not had vaginal intercourse--male pledgers are four times more likely to have anal sex; male and female pledgers are six times ......c heart disease. The findings are contrary to what some scientists predict about human life expectancy, which assumes that past increases will continue indefinitely. Most forecasts of life expectancy are based on historical trends, but the authors conclude that such estimates fail to consider the obesity ...