Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...8 African-Americans in the St. Louis area who were born between 1936 and 1950. When that project began, diabetes already was very common in this population. More than 25 percent had the disease at the time initial interviews were conducted. The new study found that over the next three years another 10 pe...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...8 African-Americans in the St. Louis area who were born between 1936 and 1950. When that study began, diabetes already was very common in this population. More than 25 percent had the disease at the time initial interviews were conducted. The new study found that over the next three years another 10 pe...Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help, infants' language development
... families in Minnesota and Washington with a child born in the previous two years. Television, DVD and video viewing were divided into four categories: baby DVDs and videos; educational TV programs, DVDs and videos such as Sesame Street, Arthur and Blues Clues; childrens non-educational television shows...Maternal obesity prior to pregnancy associated with birth defects
Mothers of babies born with some structural birth defectsincluding missin... becoming pregnant than mothers whose children are born without such defects, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolesce...Early-childhood intervention may improve well-being through young adulthood
...tal of 1,539 low-income minority children who were born in 1979 or 1980 and attended programs at 25 sites between 1985 and 1986 were compared with 550 children who participated in alternative full-day kindergarten programs available to low-income families. The children were tracked through age 24 using va...Inhaled nitric oxide safe for tiny preemie lungs, UCSF study finds
... The benefit of inhaled nitric oxide for infants born close to term who suffer from the lung disease kno...15,000 babies each year. About half of the infants born between 24 and 30 weeks and weighing less than 2 pounds develop BPD. The condition is life-threateni...World's largest respiratory health study launches next phase
...HS started in 1968 by surveying all 8,500 children born in Tasmania in 1961 throughschools across the Stat...ipants. So if you have a brother or sister who was born in 1961 then keep your eye out forour questionnaire. We are hoping that everyone will get on board a...U of M report says early-childhood intervention improves well-being through young adulthood
...tal of 1,539 low-income minority children who were born in 1979 or 1980 and attended programs at 25 sites between 1985 and 1986 were compared with 550 children who participated in alternative full-day kindergarten programs available to low-income families. The children were tracked through age 24 using va...Born to lose: How birth weight affects adult health and success
...s 12 percent). The earnings penalty for being born low weight also increases with age, from 10.2 perc...much larger for infants who were predisposed to be born low weight because their mothers were themselves born low weight. The large racial differences ...Getting the word out: Babies are born to be breastfed
"Babies are born to be breastfed." That is the message that for three months, people living in Herkimer County in upstate New York saw on billboards, posters and public service announcements during breaks in such shows as "Deal or No Deal," the "Today" show, the "Dr....Mouse model points to possible new strategy for treating rare muscle disease, kidney disorders
... production improved in the fetuses, and they were born with markedly improved kidneys. We were surpris...in HIBM patients. To date, none of the offspring born to transgenic mice who received ManNAc supplementation have gone on to develop muscle weakness, but ...Scripps Research awarded $17 million for adult stem cell use to treat eye diseases
...suffer from diabetic retinopathy (DR), and infants born with a condition called retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). The problem of abnormal vasculature in the eye develops in response to "ischemia" (decreased blood flow and oxygen delivery due to abnormalities in small blood vessels as seen in diabetes an...Small infants have greater survival rate in high level intensive care facilities
...han a quarter of very low birth weight infants are born in hospitals with high-level, high-volume NICUs, a...rom more than 48,000 very low birth weight infants born in California hospitals from 1991 to 2000. They calculated newborn death rates by linking birth cer...Tiny newborns face higher risk of death at community hospitals, Stanford/VA study finds
...tween 1991 and 2000 might have lived had they been born in different hospitals, say researchers at the Sta... at Stanford's School of Medicine. "Although being born in a place with a mid-level neonatal intensive care unit is better than a place with no neonatal ICU...Epidemiology of TB: Updates from CDC studies to be presented at ATS 2007
...eliminating tuberculosis, but among people who are born in a foreign country, the incidence of TB is declining much more slowly, says Dolly Katz, Ph.D., M.P.H., who will present data from the CDCs study on the Epidemiology of TB in Foreign-Born Persons in the United States. The incidence of TB is nine tim...Eating apples and fish during pregnancy may protect against childhood asthma and allergies
...at spreads. The researchers studied 1212 children born to women who had filled out food questionnaires during their pregnancy. When the children were 5 years old, the mothers filled out a questionnaire about the childrens respiratory symptoms and allergies, as well as a questionnaire about their childs f...Commonly used drug offers promise for premature babies
...of the most common cause of brain damage in babies born prematurely. The work involves shoring up blood ...ilizing the blood vessels right before the baby is born is a tremendous opportunity to save the baby from potentially lifelong complications," said Maiken N...Mayor of New York proposes preventing 100 million deaths from tobacco
...er 50 million deaths would be prevented in infants born between now and 2030." The Viewpoint refers to the comprehensive tobacco control programme introduced in New York in 2002, which included raising cigarette tax by 32%to increase the price of retails cigarettes and making virtually all indoor workpl...High-quality child care for poor children found to offset the risk of later depression
...ive difference in the mental health of individuals born into poverty underscores the importance of investing in high quality early childhood experiences for poor children." ...Some children are born with 'temporary deafness' and do not require cochlear implant
...rsity of Haifa revealed that some children who are born deaf "recover" from their deafness and do not requ...urgical intervention. To date, most babies who are born deaf are referred for a cochlear implant. "Many parents will say to me: 'My child hears; if I call h...