Research Australia unveils top 12 issues threatening our children's health
...ia, resulting in five-year relative survival rates above 70%. Despite this dramatic improvement, survival rates for other types of cancer are still low. 12. Sun Awareness with a skin cancer epidemic hitting older Australians, experts believe sun exposure during childhood is an important risk factor. Two i...Alzheimer's & Dementia marks first issue
... for older adults with a total folate intake at or above the U.S. RDA of 400 micrograms per day. Other studies address potentially new approaches to early identification and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, including the possible protective effect of treatment for high blood pressure. Alzhe...March of Dimes receives federal grant to help meet needs of pregnant women and infants in Louisiana
...erm birth rates in Louisiana were about 25 percent above the national average. The hurricane has exacerbated the risks, and the number of babies born too soon is expected to increase substantially over the next six months. "Many of these displaced women were already at risk to have their babies born too s...Physician pay-for-performance programs may produce little gain in quality
..., physician groups with baseline performance at or above the performance threshold for receipt of a bonus i...erformance. Physician groups whose performance was above the bonus threshold at baseline captured 75 percent of bonus payments on average across the 3 qualit...Sexes differ in their immune reactions to burnout on the job and depression
...future cardiovascular disease and stroke, over and above the conventional risk factors like blood lipids and glucose. In the first large-scale study showing a physiological difference in how men and women react to emotional states, researcher Sharon Toker, Ph.D., candidate of Tel Aviv University and co-au...Even very low levels of environmental toxins can damage health
...r risk in men exposed to trihalomethanes at levels above one microgram per liter compared to less exposed men (the excess lifetime risk was about seven per 1000). This excess risk, say Wigle and Lanphear, is "much higher than those usually designated as negligible." The researchers say that both radon an...Exercise improves cardiopulmonary fitness in asthma
... studies, which together involved 455 participants above age 8 who had asthma. All were randomized controlled trials involving 20- to 30-minute aerobic exercise sessions done two to three times weekly for at least four weeks. A significant effect occurred with physical training on four measures: maximum ve...Autism problems explained in new research
...th Asperger's disorder are typically of average or above average intelligence and may have relatively good communication skills but specific learning difficulties. The Florey scientists collaborated with scientists from Monash University, the Brain Research Institute and Texas Tech University in the USA. ...Simple tests may help predict patients' pain after surgery
...eating pain so that patients don't experience pain above a "3" on a 10-point scale. Determining the best dose for each patient can be difficult because of individual differences in pain tolerance, according to Pan. "Requirements for pain medication and the severity of pain experienced by patients can be in...UVa researchers show that a natural carbohydrate can help lower blood sugar
... into diabetic rats, with blood sugar levels at or above 500 milligrams per deciliter. The rats were then injected with insulin. Diabetes researchers at UVa were pleased that the more compound they injected, the more blood sugar decreased in the animals. "This compound is dose dependent and active. It pote...Satellite survey of Elbe flood helps Swiss Re insure for disaster
...during the event, led to interest in the view from above provided by Earth Observation satellites to document flood events and better assess future flood danger. As part of an ESA Earth Observation Market Development project commencing in 2002, this catastrophic event was used as the basis of an sample e...Growth patterns into childhood reveal risk of coronary heart disease later in life
...se BMIs were below 16 at age 2 and whose BMIs were above 17.5 at age 11. These people had three times the r... disease compared with people whose BMIs fell from above 17 at age 2 to below 16 at age 11. "These findings are further evidence that prevention of coron...Deprived people less likely to get treatment to prevent heart disease
...isk score to identify high-risk patients. Patients above an agreed threshold are prescribed preventive treatments. However, the relevance of the Framingham score to the British population is uncertain, partly because the US data, on which it is based, are over 20 years old, and partly because the original...Out of sight, out of mind? Not necessarily
...onal orientation and color tasks was significantly above chance," said Tony Ro, associate professor of psychology and principal investigator for the study. "Even though the human primary visual cortex activity was temporarily shut down, it's clear that detailed visual information was still being processed...Characteristic cardiac scar pattern predicts risk of fatal arrhythmias
... patient has an ejection fraction that is slightly above 30 percent, then an electrophysiology test is used to determine if a patient requires a defibrillator. In this test, a thin catheter is inserted into the heart to try to induce an arrhythmia, something that will fail if the heart is healthy and not ...Fatty liver a possible risk for hypertension, cardiovascular disease
...k is strongly affected by variation in weight and, above all, body fat distribution," said lead author Saverio Stranges, Ph.D., assistant professor of social and preventive medicine in the UB School of Public Health and Health Professions. "Specifically, we found that GGT was a significant predictor of hy...New book on bipolar disorder targets 12 million affected Americans, families
...he has a persistent irritable, angry mood over and above typical teenage behavior. Your child experiences uncontrollable rages or tantrums over minor day-to-day demands. He or she destroys property, shows aggression, or threatens to hurt others. (If you check this warning sign, seek help immediately.) ...ERS altimeter survey shows growth of Greenland Ice Sheet interior
...e of 6.4 centimetres per year in the interior area above 1500 metres elevation. Below that altitude, the elevation-change rate is minus 2.0 cm per year, broadly matching reported thinning in the ice-sheet margins. The trend below 1500 metres however does not include the steeply-sloping marginal areas where...Risks of taking sedatives for insomnia in older people may be greater than the benefits
...h only included cases where people who were 60 and above had been taking them for five consecutive nights, compared to people taking placebos. Effects such as dizziness or loss of balance psychomotor-type side-effects were reported in 13 studies (1,016 participants). Seven of the 59 psychomotor effects t...Results of exercise test may predict death in patients with coronary artery disease
...nt) had died. Of the 227 patients who had a VO2max above or equal to 18 ml/kg/min, only 11.6 percent had died at the 10-year mark. Even after adjusting for age, sex and ventricular function, VO2max was a strong predictor of mortality. The results confirm that poor functional capacity -- specifically a VO2m...