10 years before malaria vaccine is ready for widespread use
...to bites by infected mosquitoes and in semi-immune adults in The Gambia exposed to natural infection. (See Lancet 2001; 358: 1927-34) In a subsequent trial in Mozambican children, the RTS, S/AS02 vaccine gave 30% protection against the first clinical episode of malaria and 58% protection against severe mala...Adolescents not receiving health counseling, Stanford study shows
...d 8.5 visits per capita; children, 2.4 visits, and adults age 65 and over, 6.1 visits. The researchers said the low teen visit rates translate into few opportunities for counseling. So while checkup visits are usually the best for giving advice, doctors may need to look for "teachable moments" during illnes...Child sex abuse policy recommendations published in Science magazine
...ility of abuse reports, despite evidence that when adults recall abuse, the truth of their memories is not correlated with when they regained awareness of a past incident cognitive and neurological mechanisms that may underlie the forgetting of abuse have been scientifically identified Freyd's co-authors...Risk scores may identify young individuals with atherosclerosis
...dentify and advise high-risk adolescents and young adults concerning their risk factors (hyperlipidemia, hypertension, smoking, obesity, and hyperglycemia) and their long-term risk of CHD."...Relatively few US adults report having a healthy lifestyle
...te clear evidence of the health benefits, few U.S. adults conform to four common healthy behaviors that toge...lowing all four. Using data from more than 153,000 adults from all 50 states, the researchers found that only three percent of U.S. adults maintain a healthy ...How can we use a human rights approach to help improve the lives of those with mental disabilities?
...other human rights abuses. Routinely, children and adults with mental disabilities are arbitrarily detained in psychiatric facilities, social care homes, orphanages and other closed institutions. Out of public view, they are subject to the most extreme forms of inhuman and degrading treatment experienced b...No wisdom in routinely pulling wisdom teeth, study says
... over the requisite 10 to 20 years and the lack of adults with impacted wisdom teeth, due to the prevalence of routine removal in recent decades. "The third molar controversy is still ongoing," concludes Mettes. "As with all surgical procedures, the surgeon wants to do surgery, it is his or her profession. ...Fiber supplements may lower cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetics
...lps lower blood cholesterol levels. However, most adults in the United States do not consume enough dietary fiber. Average daily intake for adults is 15 grams (g); 25g to 30g of fiber is recommended. "The product (a fiber supplement) was designed...Vascular structure and function improve with diet and exercise
...s are followed for one year. One in three American adults has high blood pressure and two-thirds to three-fourths of people with diabetes mellitus die of some form of heart or blood vessel disease, according to the American Heart Association. "For both of these groups, their lifetime risk of developing hype...Nation's leading researchers, scientists reveal findings at occupational therapy conference
...Modifications With a growing population of older adults and those living with chronic health-related condi... When compared to those without vision loss, older adults with vision loss report more difficulty walking, getting outside, getting into and out of a bed or a...Giving children access to drug clinical trials is crucial, clofarabine approval shows
... new anti-leukemic drugs were developed for use in adults and only later adapted for the treatment of children, they noted in an article on clofarabine published in the May issue of Nature Reviews/Drug Discovery . "The addition of clofarabine to the list of drugs approved for treating pediatric ALL is es...Treating children with chronic hepatitis C
...men is considered the best available treatment for adults with chronic hepatitis C, but until now, no published studies have examined its value of for children. To address this lack of information, researchers, led by Stefan Wirth of HELIOS Children's Hospital Wuppertal, Germany sought to evaluate the effic...Study reveals new data on how lyme disease is spread
...ase." The study followed 213 initially untreated adults with erythema migrans, the tell-tale bull's eye rash that is the most common clinical feature of Lyme disease, to determine when does blood stream invasion occur, how many patients experienced blood stream invasion and who is most vulnerable. Blood s...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for May 3, 2005
... a small beneficial effect on pain and function in adults with chronic low back pain but no effect on pain that lasts less than six weeks (Review, p. 765). A systematic review finds that the two features of the most successful exercise therapy for chronic low back pain are close supervision and an individua...Attention full-time workers: Get off the computer and out to exercise in your free time!
...ontrol and Prevention. The survey asked the 4,498 adults if they participated in 48 different leisure-time physical activities, including walking, basketball, swimming and cycling, in the past 30 days. The 2,353 participants who indicated they participated in at least one of these activities were also ask...Study examines influence of celebrity endorsements of cancer screening
More than one-half of adults surveyed nationwide had seen or heard celebrity en... affect the public. To examine the extent to which adults of screening age had seen, heard, or were influenced by celebrity endorsements of various types of c...Internet program launched to prevent blindness in diabetic patients
...s III of the Lower Cape Fear. About 2,000 Medicaid adults with diabetes will be asked to participate. The other networks of Community Care will get the usual treatment, and Velez and his colleagues will determine whether the screening indeed reduces blindness among patients with diabetic retinopathy becaus...Therapy to overcome fears helps children with obsessive-compulsive disorder
...lescents, and 2 to 3 percent of adults. Just like adults with OCD, children with OCD are plagued with persistent, distressing and illogical fears. These obsessions, such as fear of dirt or germs, compel the child to perform repetitive behaviors, such as excessive hand washing. The obsession and compulsive ...Girl juvenile offenders exhibit more problems, risks than boys
...ple, GRAD asks how often they get into fights with adults in their homes, if they have friends who have been in trouble with the law, and how much trouble they have in controlling their anger. The researchers were not surprised that boys showed higher risk levels than girls in the area of prior offenses, G...... problem, is striking African-American middle-aged adults with negative consequences to their health, new Sa...rsity research finds. African-American middle-aged adults some as young as 50 say they are so afraid of falling that they become less active, which creates ...