AASM to school-bound: Sleep is the right ingredient for academic success
...ight before, says Dr. Kohler. A child or teen who regularly gets enough sleep will have improved academic performance, a positive attitude towards their education, and be able to better interact socially with their peers and teachers. Students can also remember better what they learned if they get a good nig...Anti-gay hate crimes widespread
...standard telephone sampling methods; in return for regularly completing online surveys, the panel members receive free Internet equipment and access. Previous studies of anti-gay hate crimes have relied on samples that were smaller or not representative of the U.S. population, Herek reported. In the new st...New study shows Rescue Remedy is an effective all-natural stress, anxiety reliever
...cian-diagnosed anxiety, said Ronald Stram, MD, who regularly prescribes Rescue Remedy to his anxious and stressed patients. Stress compromises your ability to fight off disease and infection. It can even rewire the brain, making you more vulnerable to everyday pressures and problems....Shoulder tapping -- Young males are most willing to purchase alcohol for underage youth
...h. Many high school students consume alcohol both regularly and heavily. Most of them obtain alcohol from social sources of alcohol, individuals who illegally provide alcohol to youth, as opposed to commercial sources. One of the first studies of social sources of alcohol has found that a high percentage of...VA tops private hospitals in infection-control study
...n-VA hospitals. Ninety-one percent of VA hospitals regularly used chlorhexidine gluconate as an antiseptic, com... However, 62 percent of VA hospitals reported regularly using a combined approach of MSB, chlorhexidine gluconate and the avoidance of routine central line ...Study tests oral insulin to prevent type 1 diabetes
... insulin pump. To prevent complications, they must regularly monitor their blood glucose, striving for a range that is as close to normal as possible. Other diabetes studies under way at UF include a trial aimed at preserving insulin production in people recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, who often sti...Research shows aerobic exercise helps maintain muscle in elderly
...t's one more reason why elderly people ought to be regularly walking, swimming or cycling." ...Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout
... 2 cups per day. This widely consumed beverage is regularly investigated and debated for its impact on health conditions from breast cancer to heart disease. Among its complex effects on the body, coffee or its components have been linked to lower insulin and uric acid levels on a short-term basis or cross-s...What exactly is repetitive strain injury?
...se of ergonomic keyboards at workstations are also regularly prescribed; however three separate studies into these non-proven techniques did not reduce sick leave in patients who tried them, and so none of these individual other treatments can be specifically recommended. The authors conclude: "Strong recomm...Moderate drinking lowers women's risk of heart attack
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Women who regularly enjoy an alcoholic drink or two have a significantly lower risk of having a non-fatal heart attack than women who are life-time abstainers, epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo have shown. Moderation is the key, however. Women in the study ...Ireland Cancer Center researcher lays out benefits of aspirin to prevent colon cancer
...yme, which is blocked by aspirin. Individuals who regularly used aspirin over a course of several years demonstrated a 36% decrease in the risk of developing one of these high COX-2 expressing colon cancers. These results again demonstrated that drugs that block COX-2 can decrease the risk of colon cancer, a...Start school later in the morning, say sleepy teens
...ficult to get up in the morning Only 16% said they regularly had enough sleep 70% thought their grades would improve if they had more sleep 90% thought their academic performance would improve if school were to start later The surveyed teens said they do not feel alert while taking tests during early morning...JCI table of contents -- May 17, 2007
...nduced insulin resistance. The study suggests that regularly performed endurance exercise may help improve insulin resistance in people with excess levels of available fatty acid, such as those with obesity. In a related study, Yi-Hao Yu and colleagues from Columbia University also observed an increase in DG...High-quality child care for poor children found to offset the risk of later depression
... developmental and demographic data were collected regularly during the early childhood years with follow-up assessments in adolescence and young adulthood. The study found that young adults who had participated in the child care program as young children had fewer symptoms of depression than those who had no...Conference to focus on transfer of knowledge from research to practice in emergency medicine
... from high quality clinical research and what gets regularly incorporated into clinical practice is a well recognized problem in all health care fields. Knowledge Translation describes a multidisciplinary endeavor that seeks to facilitate identifying and overcoming the obstacles to traversing this disconnect....'Lite' low tar cigarettes impair blood flow as much as regular cigarettes
...r general health and the number of cigarettes they regularly smoked. The test results showed that blood pressure and heart rate both climbed after smoking, irrespective of cigarette type. Similarly, CFVR, which was already lower in both groups of smokers than it was in the non-smokers, fell further still a...Drinking farm milk reduces childhood asthma and allergies but raw consumption remains unsafe
... the parents who told researchers that their child regularly drank farm milk said that they did not boil the milk before giving it to them. The protective results were the same, regardless of whether milk was boiled or not. However, as drinking raw milk is not recommended, especially for young children, this...Parents can sneak veggies into kids' diet
...mote the consumption of vegetables by serving them regularly and eating them with their children. You not only want to increase their vegetable intake but also want to ensure that your kids will acquire a taste for vegetables, she added. ...Rhode Island Hospital study identifies high-risk patient populations for MRSA carriage
...are. Among patients at facilities that did not regularly screen for MRSA, prevalence of MRSA was highest in patients admitted from long-term care (18 percent) and HIV-infected outpatients (17 percent), suggesting these patient populations are at especially high risk of MRSA carriage. In addition, this tria...RAND panel identifies key components of public health emergency preparedness
...build upon day-to-day public health systems and be regularly tested. "If you ask public health and government officials, 'What is a public health emergency?' no two people will give you the same answer," said Nicole Lurie, MD, co-director of the RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security. ...