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Nevada professor devises new childhood obesity screening tools

Nevada professor devises new childhood obesity screening tools

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A University of Nevada, Reno professor who thinks the present weight management charts and screening tools for children are too difficult to understand and use has devised new, simpler charts that pediatricians ...


Overweight children may develop back pain and spinal abnormalities

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Being overweight as a child could lead to early degeneration in the spine, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).


Playing favorites: Parents still involved after children are grown

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Middle-aged parents are more involved in their grown children's lives than ever, according to new research from Purdue University.


H1N1 more risky than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Infection with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, causes more life-threatening complications than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center. The findings, to ...


Urine test for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea possible

Medicine & Health / Research

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Researchers at the University of Chicago have discovered a technique that is able to determine whether a child has obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or habitual snoring by screening their urine.


Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome becoming more prevalent in the U.S.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study, aimed at estimating the prevalence of Down Syndrome in newborns, children and teenagers in 10 areas of the U.S., has found an increase in prevalence of more than 30 percent over ...


Chicken pox vaccine reduces shingles risk in kids -- study of 172,000 kids used EHRs

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against chicken pox, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the December issue of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal.


FTC: Children still marketed violent content

Technology / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game industry is doing a better job at keeping young kids away from violent and other inappropriate content than the music and movie businesses, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission.


Military children face more emotional challenges as parental deployments grow longer, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

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Children in military families may suffer from more emotional and behavioral difficulties when compared to other American youths, with older children and girls struggling the most when a parent is deployed overseas, according ...


Why a short run is better than a long walk

Why a short run is better than a long walk

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the latest technology, researchers are uncovering evidence of exactly how major a role activity plays in the battle to keep obesity at bay. In new report published in the British Me ...



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