Poor sleep hygiene in children associated with behavioral problems
... parental reports indicate poorer sleep hygiene is associated with both internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, specifically those associated with ADHD symptoms," said Witcher. "While no causation can be inferred, an overlap between daytime ...College students who pull 'all-nighters' and get no sleep more likely to have a lower GPA
...ingle night of total sleep deprivation, a practice associated with lower grade-point averages compared to those who make time for sleep, according to a research abstract that will be presented Wednesday at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). "Sleep in co...Children's brain responses predict impact of sleep loss on attention
...m information (a component of the human brain wave associated with attention control) from children between the ages of four and eight who experienced a minor sleep reduction from their baseline amount of sleep for seven consecutive nights. Behavioral attention information was collected using the NEPSY Visual ...Night shift nurses more likely to have poor sleep habits
...dian cycle. Poor psychomotor performance has been associated with an increase in error, which can be translated into an unsafe work environment. The identification of sleep deprivation in nurses is essential for maintaining safe working conditions." The amount of sleep a person gets affects his or her physi...Oxygen trick could see organic costs tumble
...revent scald formation - a type of chilling injury associated with prolonged cold storage. Pesis said that 90% of the treated apples were saved from the scald problem in addition to other physiological diseases, after eight months of cold storage. (Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture DOI: 10.1002/jsf...Aging stem cells in mice may hold answers to diseases of the aged, Stanford study finds
...ls with a chemical that clings to a protein that's associated with DNA damage. This protein can act as a flag to highlight nearby DNA damage. What he found is that young stem cells from normal mice contained no stain and therefore little or no DNA damage. Older stem cells, on the other hand, showed extensive ...Metabolic syndrome points to heart health
...lating blood sugar, metabolic syndrome may also be associated with compromised heart structure and function, according to a paper published in the online open access journal BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. Ana Azevedo and colleagues, from the University of Porto Medical School, Portugal, investigated the possib...Low libido in menopause linked to trouble sleeping
...time that sleep disturbance has been independently associated with diminished sexual desire during or after menopause. The paper is based on data from Group Health's Herbal Alternatives for Treatment of Menopause Symptoms (HALT) study. Other results from this study, showing that the herbal supplement black c...UGA study finds that violence costs nation $70 billion annually
...dy include: Most of the $70 billion in costs associated with violence were from lost productivity ($64.4 billion), with the remaining $5.6 billion spent on medical care. Americans suffer 2.2 million medically treated injuries due to interpersonal violence annually, at a cost of $37 billion ($33 billion ...UK scientists set their sights on cure for AMD
...nd all those with an interest worldwide. AMD is associated with defects of the retinal support cells the retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE). The rods and cones (the photoreceptors) in the retina, which are the light sensitive cells, depend for their survival on the normal functioning of these cells, and...Performance-related financial incentives for hospitals not linked with improved quality of care
A pay-for-performance program at hospitals was not associated with significant improvement in processes of care or outcomes for heart attack patients, according to a study in the June 6 issue of JAMA. "The concept of providing financial incentives to health care givers to improve quality of care, known as pay...QBI scientist looks at why stroke causes vision problems
...ns for understanding "spatial neglect", a disorder associated with damage to the brain's parietal lobe an area ...rological condition of spatial neglect tends to be associated with poor recovery for individuals who have suffered a stroke. After a stroke, many people with d...Low-carb diets' effects linked to rise in newly identified 'starvation hormone'
...hydrate ("ketogenic") diet induces lipid oxidation associated with weight loss, according to Maratos-Flier. Yet the underlying mechanism responsible for the profound physiological changes that the diets induced wasnt fully understood. In the new study, Maratos-Fliers team examined changes in gene activity occ...Extra pay does not improve hospital performance
...y found no evidence that financial incentives were associated with improved outcomes, nor that hospitals had shi...found that the pay-for-performance program was not associated with a significant incremental improvement in the quality of care or outcomes for patients with hear...Benefits of trastuzumab are lasting, reducing both HER2 + breast cancer deaths and recurrence
...b to chemotherapy and that trastuzumab therapy was associated with a 35 percent reduction in the risk of death, according to Edith Perez, M.D., director of Mayo Clinics Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., and primary investigator of one of the trials. She is presenting results of the joint an...Researchers call for investigation into links between khat use and psychiatric disorders
... functions, it is also increasingly reported to be associated with social and medical problems including anti-social behaviour, unemployment, psychoses, depression, and self-neglect. Crucially, there is also a link between poverty and widespread misuse of khat. In east Africa, 60 per cent of the population ...Benefits of school-based fitness programs fade after summer
... future than in the long run, there are also risks associated with rushing to implement unproven interventions. These risks include the misallocation of resources, unintended consequences and a loss of credibility among policymakers. (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161:611-614. Available pre-embargo to the med...Dating violence and sexual assault associated with suicide attempts among urban teens
...ry of sexual assault among urban teen males may be associated with suicide attempts, according to a report in th...attempt. Dating violence has also been shown to be associated with depressive symptoms and multiple health-compromising behaviors, the authors write. Elyse Olsh...Study examines characteristics of female high school students who report steroid use
... to those involved in competitive athletics and is associated with a cluster of other health-harming behaviors, including smoking and taking diet pills, according to results of a national survey published in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In ...Low doses of ecstasy associated with decline in verbal memory
Even low doses of Ecstasy may be associated with a decline in language-related memory, accordi...n, our data indicate that low doses of Ecstasy are associated with decreased verbal memory function, which is suggestive for Ecstasy-induced neurotoxicity, the au...