News tagged with age
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Routine care for Crohn's disease in children should include measurement of bone age
(Medical Xpress) -- Measuring bone age should be a standard practice of care for pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease, in order to properly interpret growth status and improve treatment, according to a new study from ...
Inflammatory disorders
May 25, 2012 |
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Scotland sets minimum price for booze
Scotland on Thursday became the first part of Britain to introduce a minimum price for alcohol in an attempt to change its unhealthy relationship with booze.
Health
May 24, 2012 |
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Dramatic increase in fragility fractures expected in Latin America
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), in cooperation with medical and patient societies from throughout Latin America, has today published a landmark report which compiles osteoporosis-related data on 14 countries ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 24, 2012 |
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Caesarean section delivery may double risk of childhood obesity
Caesarean section delivery may double the risk of subsequent childhood obesity, finds research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Pediatrics
May 23, 2012 |
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Well-connected brains make you smarter in older age
Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us sharp in later life, new research funded by the charity Age UK has found.
Neuroscience
May 23, 2012 |
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Weight loss improves SBD and metabolic dysregulation in obese children
Weight loss improved both metabolic parameters and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in obese children in a new study from researchers in Belgium, confirming links between metabolic dysregulation, SDB and obesity.
Sleep apnea
May 23, 2012 |
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Viral infections in infancy are not associated with wheezing symptoms in later childhood
The number of viral infections during infancy is not associated with wheezing later in childhood, according to a new study from researchers in the Netherlands. While viral illnesses with wheezing in infancy predicted wheezing ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 23, 2012 |
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Kids suffer long-term from parents' smoking: study
Children exposed to their parents' cigarette smoke are at greater risk of suffering serious cardiovascular health problems later in life, a study showed Wednesday.
Health
May 23, 2012 |
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Early-life risk factors for non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Factors influencing early life non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) incidence include family characteristics, high fetal growth, older maternal age, low birth order, and male gender, according to a study published May 22 in the Journal of ...
Cancer
May 22, 2012 |
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Alcohol intake in the elderly affects risk of cognitive decline and dementia
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other types of dementia are most common in the very elderly, and are associated with huge health costs. With a rapidly ageing population throughout the world, factors that affect the risk of cognitive ...
Health
May 22, 2012 |
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Flu shot during pregnancy shows unexpected benefits in large study
Getting a flu shot during pregnancy provides unanticipated benefits to the baby, according to the authors of a large population-based study examining the issue. Specifically, the study showed that H1N1 vaccination during ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 22, 2012 |
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Older mums putting health at risk
Delayed childbearing for an increasing number of women is putting them at higher risk of serious illness and complications, a new study has found.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
May 17, 2012 |
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Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer's
(AP) -- The clock is ticking: The first National Alzheimer's Plan sets a deadline of 2025 to finally find effective ways to treat, or at least stall, the mind-destroying disease.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
May 15, 2012 |
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Scotland sets minimum alcohol price
The Scottish government set out a minimum price for alcohol Monday, saying too many Scots were "drinking themselves to death" and it was time to tackle the country's relationship with booze.
Health
May 14, 2012 |
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Cancer in the elderly: Research fails to keep up with demographic change
Barcelona, Spain: New research showing that almost half of 13,000 patients with head and neck cancers had other health-related problems at the same time is one of the presentations in a special session at the 31st conference ...
Cancer
May 11, 2012 |
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