Global guidelines for iron and folic acid supplementation in children should be revised
...f The Lancet. Anaemia caused by iron deficiency is widespread in the developing world and is especially common in children younger than 5 years. International guidelines recommend supplementation with iron and folic acid in children younger than age 2 years in areas with a high prevalence of anaemia. However, t...Caring for cancer carers: Are women's needs different from men's?
...team has indicated that depression and anxiety are widespread among carers, at a more severe level than experienced by cancer patients themselves. "In addition to the impact this has on the quality of life of carers, this can also affect the quality of care that loved ones are able to provide to cancer patients...Congo conflict 'The world's deadliest humanitarian crisis'
...es to intensify efforts to prevent a resumption of widespread hostilities, currently a realistic scenario. We can no longer claim ignorance about this and other wars' profound and protracted effect on human health. In this sense, mortality studies could play a pre-emptive role to provide further justification f...National statistics for 18 major birth defects released
...an important step toward helping us understand the widespread impact that birth defects have on families across the United States," said study co-author Joann Petrini, Ph.D., director of the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center. Parents of children with these conditions know how important this research is to th...Mysterious condition still more prevalent among Persian Gulf vets
...algia syndrome afflicts sufferers with persistent, widespread pain. Chronic fatigue syndrome leaves sufferers with a disabling loss of energy. While acknowledging that these conditions have serious effects on veterans' health and quality of life, Blanchard notes that they are both based on subjective symptom re...International research reveals proven ways to reduce drug costs
...berg said. "Adapting policies and tools already in widespread use around the world could produce major savings for U.S. consumers without compromising the quality of medical care." Furberg said the proven methods being used in other countries are: 1. Government establishment of drug reimbursement rates. The U.S...Hebrew University scientists develop prototype drug to prevent osteoporosis
... which appears in humans. Osteoporosis is the most widespread degenerative disease in developed countries and can lead to multiple fractures, disability and complications, and even death. The scientists' findings have thus assigned, for the first time, a physiological function to CB2 in preserving bone densit...Psychotropic drug prescriptions for teens surge 250 percent over 7 year period
...gs for teenagers, fell dramatically in response to widespread public educational campaigns about the dangers of antibiotic resistance due to overuse of these drugs. "The dramatic increase in prescribing of psychotropic medications is of considerable concern, particularly because these medications are not witho...Cultural differences may explain variations in home remedy use
...e larger rather than smaller." "Home remedy use is widespread among elder adults regardless of ethnicity, suggesting that older adults find some benefit in these practices and they play an important role in elders' overall strategy for health management," Grzywacz said "The persistence of ethnic differences in ...Dramatic increase in annual rate of laparoscopic bariatric surgeries
...growth in bariatric operations correlated with the widespread use of laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Between 1998 and 2002, the number of bariatric operations performed in the U.S. increased by 450 percent, from 12,775 to 70,256 cases. Most of the bariatric operations consisted of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, whic...Whooping cough persistence traced to key toxin
...teristic whooping sound while inhaling. Though the widespread use of vaccines has helped reduce disease drastically, recent surveys reveal that the disease is increasingly being diagnosed in a large number of vaccinated adults, posing a serious health risk to unvaccinated children and infants. "One of the grea...Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in patients with kidney dysfunction
...predict patient deaths. A major concern about the widespread use of the marker had been previous assertions that kidney disease very common in patients with heart failure might confound the results of NT-proBNP testing, since levels of the marker were higher among those with reduced renal function. Some re...Mayo clinic reports some chronic leukemia patients may improve by taking an extract of green tea
...determine these things before they would recommend widespread use by patients. Dr. Shanafelt is also the lead investigator in an ongoing clinical trial sponsored by the National Cancer Institute studying pharmacologic doses of EGCG in pill form for patients with CLL. CLL is a blood and bone marrow cancer th...Prostate cancer test affected by demographic and lifestyle factors
...esearchers attribute a portion of that fall to the widespread adoption of the PSA test. But some experts say that PSA concentration alone causes too many false positives and leads to many unnecessary tests, such as biopsies and transrectal ultrasounds. Investigators continue to refine the test, including develo...Research suggests doctor-assisted suicide wouldn't undermine patient trust
...s said euthanasia would lower trust. "Despite the widespread concern that legalizing physician-assisted death would seriously threaten or undermine trust in physicians, the weight of the evidence in the United Sates is to the contrary, although views vary significantly," said Hall. The debate over physician-a...Chemical used in food containers disrupts brain development
..."These are important considerations in view of the widespread presence of low concentrations of BPA in the environment," said Dr. Belcher In earlier research, which showed estrogens could control the survival of maturing neurons in the brain region involved in movement and coordination, Dr. Belcher and his co-w...Link between exposure to pollutants and type 2 diabetes
...s of industrial and agricultural processes and are widespread in the environment. Lars Rylander and colleagues from the University of Lund, Sweden, studied the incidence of type 2 diabetes in196 fishermen and 184 fishermen's wives, and analysed levels in their blood of the POP residue CB-153, and DDE, the main...Widespread media coverage contributes to rapid decline in HRT prescribing
...herapy (HRT) fell rapidly in the Netherlands after widespread media coverage of the UK's Million Women Study, ac...The authors also note that countries that did give widespread media coverage to the earlier Women's Health Initiative study, notably the USA and New Zealand, did ...Study shows people unaware of harmful effects of painkillers
...norant to the potential side effects. Despite the widespread use of store-bought and prescription painkillers, also known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), this is the first study to look at the characteristics of the population who frequently uses painkillers and their attitudes and behaviors...Governments need to act transparently to stem public anxiety about a human influenza pandemic
If governments are to avert widespread panic about a human influenza pandemic they must a...ion is incomplete. But if governments are to avert widespread panic they must admit to uncertainty, act transparently, issue guidance on disease protection, and m...