All Entries in the "Daily News" Category
Infertility – from Women’s Angle
Most American women know that age is an important factor in the success of fertility treatments, finds a new survey of 763 women, aged 18 and older, including 125 women who’ve had fertility treatment.
The HealthyWomen poll found that 88 percent of respondents were under age 35 when they first sought medical [...]
Twitter for Toddlers
Many parents of toddlers wish they could communicate more effectively with their children. Researchers from Hasselt University in Belgium have come up with a new idea on how that may become possible.
They took a common baby toy, changed some graphics on it and added some sensors and software.
The new idea sparked great interest at the [...]
Higher Safety for Moms-To-Be in Auto Accidents
Better safety coming to a car near you! Unfortunately, it will not be very soon. New research shows the needs of pregnant women in vehicles differ slightly compared to the rest of the population. From how the seat belt fits to the location of the steering wheel, driving while pregnant poses an assortment of risks.
In [...]
FDA Urges Pharmaceutical Companies to Reevaluate Psych Drugs in Kids
When reviewing insurance claims from health insurance companies, the staff at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found many children taking certain medications are afflicted with negative metabolic affects more than adults do. The review uncovered it was more apt depending on how old the youngster was.
Metabolic affects can include irregularities with blood sugar as [...]
Combat Puts Strain on Marriages
The Pentagon recently released information that the rate of failed marriages are rising in a time when bonds should be strengthening. Fighting the two current wars is putting much stress on couples and family units.
New figures for divorce among soldiers during this time of war are slowing escalating, In the last year the rate among [...]
Big Hormones for Small Babies
A new study funded by the World Cancer Research Fund has released recent results of a study finding that small birth weight babies are apt to suffer from early puberty.
Infants with a birth weight between five and one-half pounds and six and one-half pounds were found to have a growth spurt that usually arrives at [...]
Dating Abuse: Are Your Teens Involved
A recent study by the National Teen Dating Violence Hotline shows an alarming 600 % raise in contact from our nation’s teenagers. Tweens have been identified as twenty-five percent of all calls.
While information abounds about the symptoms of abuse exhibited by the abuser, such as becoming distant and secretive, researchers note a new symptom to [...]
Then and Now: Childbirth and Pelvis Size
Most people understand the physical changes our species have accomplished throughout evolution. Many of these changes have not been precisely pinpointed on the timeline of our development.
The pelvic outlet in modern humans is thirty percent smaller than in our ancient ancestors, making for the belief childbirth is more painful today.
The big news today is that [...]
New Recommendations for the Health of Mothers, Daughters and All Women
Just released is new recommendations for cervical cancer screening for women.
Instead of the previous recommendation of 18 years or when sexually active, ACOG just decided it would be better to have screenings less often for women with low risk factors.
The new recommendations suggest women receive their first Pap smear at age 21. It also suggests [...]
Mother Births in Ambulance: Is Hospital Policy to Blame?
Recently in New South Wales, a new baby arrived in the world in the rear of an Emergency Medical Vehicle.
Most of the times you hear of such incidents, the woman is on the way to the hospital but does not make it. In the case of Donna Bodley, she was leaving the Murwillumbah Hospital while [...]
Early Pregnancy with Male Fetus Compromised During Mosquito Season
A recent study shows that women in their first three months with a pregnancy ups the risk for boy babies to have a condition where the urethra develops too short when they use insect sprays. This condition is called hypospadias.
Hypospadias affects approximately one out of 250 boys.
Scientists in Barcelona and London judged 471 infants in [...]
Toxic Substances Found in Baby’s Umbilical Blood
Ten babies of three ethnic backgrounds were tested recently by Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s Children’s Environmental Health Center for substances in their umbilical cord blood.
Scientists were amazed to discover an excess of 200 dangerous substances in each baby. They did not concern themselves with the identification of the substances, though did note the concern [...]
Breastfeeding is Heart Healthy
It is well known among most breastfeeding mothers and many medical caregivers that breastfeeding is optimal for baby. Many also know it greatly improves health of the mothers who chose to do it.
New research shows that among the health benefits, breastfeeding may also reduce risks for the mother to develop metabolism diseases such as diabetes [...]
Sweet Soda Ups Blood Sugar during Pregnancy
Gestational diabetes is a condition of high blood sugar during pregnancy. The mothers afflicted with this condition do not have diabetes otherwise, though scientists believe it is predictive of diabetes developing later in their lives.
Scientists wanted to find out what could predispose mothers to this condition known to cause complications due to overgrowth of the [...]
10 Percent of Kids in Your Child’s Class Could Live With an Addicted Parent
What amounts to a whopping 8 million children have at least one parent addicted to drugs or alcohol. In approximately 5 million, it is a father, with the other 3 million having a dependent mother.
The huge concern for these children lies in different areas. Risks are rampant on these children, from abuse and neglect to [...]
All-Boy Schools don’t Help Boys
Even though boys attending private one-gender institutions show signs of self-reliance, they fail to learn to socialize with members of the opposite sex, studies from the Institute of Education at London University show.
A cohort of 17,000 grown men and women attending a wide range of school types showed the boys brought up in single-gender facilities [...]
Train Your Brain: Multitasking
Many people have difficulties doing more than one thing at a time. Now we know there is a physiologic response that may prevent our ability to do so.
A new study by Vanderbilt University proposes that our prefrontal cortex, the brain’s main computer, restricts our ability to manage a small number of undemanding jobs. Previously recognized [...]
New Method of Identifying Deadly Prenatal Condition
A life-threatening problem called placenta accreta, when the placeta grows extremely deep into the uterine wall, is difficult to diagnose by the usual method of ultrasound.
In a recent news release recently, radiologist Dr. Reena Malhotra said, “Due to the increase in cesarean sections and other surgeries that leave scarring on the uterine wall, coupled with [...]
Does Early Puberty Increase Your Daughter’s Risk for Breast Cancer
Raises in the hormone estrogen are common occurrences in the development of puberty and breast cancer, so researchers at the Children’s Environmental Health Center of Mount Sinai School of Medicine decided to investigate for a relationship between the two conditions.
The onset of puberty in the United States has been dropping for quite some time. Recent [...]
Exhaust Fumes and Dust May Be Culprits in Child Asthma Development
Common allergens of traffic fumes and endotoxin bacteria in dust have been shown to cause immune responses in children, especially when they coexist.
When exposed to these as infants, scientists discovered, thirty-six percent of these children have a higher incidence of wheezing at age 3. Wheezing is a precursor to asthma.
“Traffic-related particles and endotoxin both seem [...]