Teen daughters of parents with HIV have higher childbearing rate
... with HIV were better adjusted and had better home environments when counseling was given. The researchers studied 181 adolescent daughters of people with HIV. Participants, with an average age of 15, received either family-based counseling aimed to reduce mental health symptoms, substance abuse, sexual risk and...Poor cardiovascular fitness raises heart disease risk in teens, adults
...ess, in combination with changes in policy to make environments more conducive to physical activity, could begin to reverse this serious health problem," Carnethon said. Carnethon's collaborators on this study were Martha Gulati, M.D., assistant professor of preventive medicine and of medicine (cardiology); and ...Poor fitness common in teens and adults, with associated rise in cardiovascular disease risk factors
...ination with changes in health care policy to make environments more conducive to physical activity, could begin to reverse this serious public health problem," the authors conclude....Researchers looking at how neighborhoods contribute to healthy lifestyles
...llies Cave Park region because it has a variety of environments built into the area. There are different types of housing from apartments to condominiums to residences with large lots. There are trails, parks, and housing areas that have sidewalks and others that do not have sidewalks. There are families with sma...Biomedical engineer shows how people learn motor skills
...ection of movement, therefore exposing subjects to environments of increasing complexity across movement space. Subjects learned all three environments and learned the low and medium complexity environments equally well. They learned the high complexi...MGH named by NHLBI as Specialized Center for Cell-Based Therapy for Heart, Lung and Blood Diseases
... says. The MGH team will focus on the biological environments in which adult stem cells are normally found for ... cells. Scadden explains that components of these environments can determine whether or not stem cells remain quiescent or become activated to produce mature cells...'POZ parties' signal potential to spread HIV 'superinfection'
...high rates of unprotected sex and the use of other environments for sex may help to spread treatment resistant strains of HIV infection...Orlando meeting highlights work about making systems, tools, and products safe and easy to use
...natives to field trips. Recent advances in virtual environments and technology-enhanced classroom environments offer the possibility of interactive learning for Florida's students. Improving Usability and Eff...Scientists studying ways to help community college employees lose weight and keep it off
...year study also will investigate how altering work environments might make them more conducive to good health and ... effects such programs have on social and physical environments at all participating campuses. Dr. Laura Linnan, associate professor of health behavior and health e...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 3
...mes. "We believe that programmes aimed at creating environments that enable and support long-term behaviour change are likely to make more of a positive impact than the interventions that people have studied so far," Waters adds. "This review made a central contribution to the WHO Expert Consultation on childhood...Injuries higher among obese people, study finds
...cted either among adults in highly structured work environments or high school students, Xiang said. The current study is one of the first to look at the risk of injury in the general population. The results appear in the current issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The researchers categorized st...Aging eye more susceptible to serious damage, scientists report
...rbonate lenses," he said. "Those in sports or work environments requiring protective lenses should wear them." Stitzel and his colleagues have been working on the computer simulation model for several years and already have reported that the model tracks the actual results of a series of experiments in which foam...'Binge drinkers': Folk devils of the binge economy
...uge numbers of young alcohol consumers has created environments where aggressive hedonism and disorder is the norm. But rather than reject a major facet of their own economic policies, and recognise the night-time economy as a criminogenic zone that was having a negative impact on their own crime and social order...Design of neonatal intensive care units critical to infant health
...are design in 1988, the notion of creating healing environments has evolved from a tangential, subjective design c...pley explains. Modifications to NICU environments can reduce stress among staff members by allowing them to better care for infants and their families...NIEHS brings researchers and leaders together to find environmental solutions to childhood obesity
... healthy choices. "The ultimate goal is to create environments that help stem the obesity epidemic," said Schwartz. "This means shaping communities that promote healthy food choices and safe places to run and play." In the last three decades, obesity has doubled among preschoolers and adolescents and tripled amo...Teenage depression can be enduring, but is more often short-lived
...into stressful environments, or contribute to such environments through difficult relationships with romantic partners or families, that may result in chronic or recurring depression for themselves, Hammen said. Hammen has studied depression in adolescents and adults, and has studied children of depressed mothers...New haptics systems challenge stroke patients to grasp, pinch, squeeze their way to recovery
...es that add the sense of touch to virtual computer environments -- in development at the University of Southern California's Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC). The new systems, being designed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Annenberg School for Commu...Injury rates decrease at Toronto school playgrounds due to safer equipment: Study
...s the TDSB's commitment to safe, clean and healthy environments for students, staff and the community," says Sheila Penny, executive superintendent, Facility Services, TDSB. "It is important for us to see the tangible, positive results our facility upgrades have had on safety and injury prevention in our schoolya...Innovative study finds way to 'bio-synthesize' an anti-cancer compound
...hemical biosynthesis. "Coral reefs and other ocean environments are like rainforests full of natural chemicals to potentially treat human disease," says Eric W. Schmidt, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Utah's College of Pharmacy. "Unfortunately, it's difficult to supply pha...Nation's leading researchers, scientists reveal findings at occupational therapy conference
...f and barriers to occupational aliveness in living environments for persons with Alzheimer's Disease can help occupational therapists improve institutional and family caregiving practices to the benefit of persons with Alzheimer's and those who directly provide their care each day. Low Vision Rehabilitation in ...