AACR: Genetic study identifies a risk factor for stroke among cancer survivors
Research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has identified a genomic risk factor associated with stroke in childhood cancer survivors. Higher doses of radiation have been previously correlated...
View ArticleGenetic variant linked to increased stroke risk in childhood cancer survivors...
A common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was associated with increased risk for developing stroke in childhood survivors who received cranial radiation therapy (CRT) for their primary cancer,...
View ArticleIs adenosine the missing link in restless leg syndrome?
Researchers have identified a common mechanism implicating adenosine in the cause of restless leg syndrome (RLS) symptoms -- the periodic limb movements characteristic of RLS and the state of enhanced...
View ArticleStress in childhood and adulthood have combined impact on hormones and health
Adults who report high levels of stress and who also had stressful childhoods are most likely to show hormone patterns associated with negative health outcomes, according to findings published in , a...
View ArticleHealth claims on packaging for many foods marketed to UK kids are 'confusing'
The health claims made on the product packaging for a large proportion of foods marketed to children in the UK are 'confusing,' and could be contributing to rising rates of childhood obesity, suggests...
View ArticleDefining the emotional bond forced onto teen victims of sex trafficking
Rutgers researchers have defined the relationship that forms between children who are sold for sex and the criminals who traffic them. The discovery should make it easier for law enforcement and...
View ArticleOne in every 12 Canadian with migraines has attempted suicide
A new study by the University of Toronto, published online this week in the journal Archives of Suicide Research, found that adults with migraine who had been sexually abused during childhood were...
View ArticleTTI heat map shows relationship between traffic-related air pollution and...
TTI has created a heat map showing the relationship between traffic-related air pollution and childhood asthma. Around 6 million children in the United States are affected by asthma, making the...
View ArticleExperimental drug shows promise for opioid withdrawal symptoms
While medicines are available to relieve withdrawal symptoms in people recovering from opioid addiction, they cause side effects and can maintain the brain changes that led to addiction in the first...
View ArticleChildhood trauma has lasting effect on brain connectivity in patients with...
A study lead by Penn Medicine researchers found that childhood trauma is linked to abnormal connectivity in the brain in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD). The paper, published this week in...
View ArticleDecline in physical activity often starts as early as age 7
Overall physical activity starts to decline already around the age of school entry. While the proportion of physically inactive individuals rises with age there still are groups of people who manage to...
View ArticlePsychiatry: Multigene test predicts depression risk
An international team led by Munich-based researchers has found a genetic score that reliably predicts the risk, severity and age of onset of depression in young people. The study also confirms a...
View ArticleTo lower childhood obesity, don't sugarcoat the facts about sweet drinks
A new study at Columbia University suggests that giving pregnant women and new mothers the facts about the health risks of drinking sugary beverages may help reduce childhood obesity.
View ArticleTeens face health and safety risks exploring sex online
Teens spend hours every day on internet-connected devices, where limitless opportunities to explore sexuality online. These opportunities don't come without big risks, though. A researcher from...
View ArticleJUUL electronic cigarette products linked to cellular damage
Little is known about the potential health effects of JUUL e-cigarette products that have recently risen in popularity, especially among adolescents. The FDA has a growing concern about this uptick in...
View ArticleToo hungry to learn -- new research provides food for thought
Food insecurity -- that is, limited access to sufficient safe and nutritious food at home -- negatively impacts on the learning ability of adolescents in India, new research shows.
View ArticleMany nurse practitioners cannot provide medications to treat opioid addiction
At least six states with high opioid abuse rates also have strong work restrictions that hinder nurse practitioners (NPs) in prescribing medication that can help treat the problem, according to a study...
View ArticleThe Lancet Planetary Health: Traffic-related air pollution associated with 4...
The first global estimates of their kind suggest that more than one in ten childhood asthma cases could be linked to traffic-related air pollution every year, according to a health impact assessment of...
View ArticleIs maternal vaccination safe during breastfeeding?
In light of the continuing anti-vaccination movement, a provocative new article provides a comprehensive overview of the potential risks of vaccinating breastfeeding women.
View ArticleBreast milk analyses show new opportunities for reducing risk of childhood...
The composition of breast milk in normal weight mothers differs from that of overweight mothers, and variations in small molecule metabolites found in breast milk are possible risk factors for...
View ArticleAdenosine kinase deficiency makes liver more susceptible to carcinogen
A new study has shown that reduced adenosine kinase expression in the liver can make it more susceptible to carcinogenic damage and the development of liver cancer.
View ArticleGender gap in spatial reasoning starts in elementary school, meta-analysis finds
Males gain a slight advantage in mental-rotation performance during the first years of formal schooling, and this advantage slowly grows with age, tripling in size by the end of adolescence.
View ArticleOpioid epidemic may have cost US governments $37.8 billion in tax revenue
The opioid epidemic may have cost U.S. state and federal governments up to $37.8 billion in lost tax revenue due to opioid-related employment loss, according to Penn State researchers.
View ArticleDementia more preventable in Asia and Latin America
Close to one in two cases of dementia could be preventable in low- to middle-income countries, finds a new UCL study. The findings, published in The Lancet Global Health, found how improving childhood...
View ArticleClimate change could undermine children's education and development in the...
A new study by a University of Maryland researcher published in the April 15, 2019, issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes that exposure to extreme heat and...
View ArticleMaternal gestational diabetes linked to diabetes in children
Children and youth of mothers who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy are at increased risk of diabetes themselves, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association...
View ArticleOxytocin could help treat alcohol use disorder
The neuropeptide oxytocin blocks enhanced drinking in alcohol-dependent rats, according to a study published April 16 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology led by Drs. Tunstall, Koob and Vendruscolo...
View ArticleStudy suggests college students end up in vicious cycle of substance abuse,...
One negative behavior such as substance abuse or heavy alcohol drinking can lead college students toward a vicious cycle of poor lifestyle choices, lack of sleep, mental distress and low grades,...
View ArticleAir pollution poses risks for childhood cancer survivors
Study by Huntsman Cancer Institute researchers finds air pollution significantly increases the risk of hospitalizations for young cancer survivors.
View ArticleSome women could be more susceptible to PTSD than others, according to new study
Childhood trauma is known to increase the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder in adulthood, especially for women, but the biological reasons for this correlation remain largely unknown. In a new...
View ArticleTOS president-elect co-authors study on genetic test for obesity
President-elect of The Obesity Society (TOS) Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, FTOS, has co-authored a new study that describes a newly developed genetic test that can identify newborns at the highest risk of...
View ArticleTrigger region found for absence epileptic seizures
Scientists have discovered a neurological origin for absence seizures--a type of seizure characterized by very short periods of lost consciousness in which people appear to stare blankly at nothing....
View ArticleParticulate matter takes away 125,000 years of healthy life from Europe's...
A study analyzes the burden of disease of seven environmental hazards to children in the 28 countries of the European Union.
View ArticleGrowing up in poverty increases diagnoses of psychosis-spectrum mental illnesses
Growing up in impoverished urban neighborhoods more than doubles your chances over the average person of developing a psychosis-spectrum disorder by the time you reach middle adulthood, according to a...
View ArticleReducing care needs of teens with substance-abuse disorders
Screenings, interventions, and referrals can help adolescent teens overcome substance abuse in the short-term. Less is known about the long-term effects of those efforts. A new study from Kaiser...
View ArticleFirst major study of proteins in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of...
View ArticleCommon oral infections in childhood may increase the risk of atherosclerosis...
A Finnish 27-year follow-up study suggests that common oral infections in childhood, caries and periodontal diseases, are associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis in adulthood.
View ArticleLarge genome-wide association study is first to focus on both child and adult...
Asthma, a common respiratory disease that causes wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath, is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease worldwide. A new study, published April 30, 2019 in Lancet...
View ArticleNationwide study suggests obesity as an independent risk factor for anxiety...
Obesity is linked with an increased risk of developing anxiety and depression in children and adolescents, independent of traditional risk factors such as parental psychiatric illness and socioeconomic...
View ArticleObesity and emotional problems appear to develop together from age 7
Obesity and emotional problems, such as feelings of low mood and anxiety, tend to develop hand-in-hand from as young as age seven years, according to new research being presented at this year's...
View ArticlePregnant women who were overweight children are at increased risk of...
A study of nearly 50,000 women in Denmark, presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in in Glasgow, Scotland (April 28-May 1), reveals that those with overweight or obesity in childhood...
View ArticleHeavier and taller children are more likely to develop kidney cancer as...
A study of more than 300,000 individuals in Denmark, presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow, Scotland (April 28-May 1), reveals that heavier and taller children are at greater...
View ArticleStudy suggests no direct link between drinking sugar sweetened drinks and...
A nationally representative UK survey of children (aged 4-10 years old) has found no strong/direct link between drinking sugar sweetened beverages and greater energy consumption or higher BMI.
View ArticleWHO study confirms breastfeeding protects against child obesity, however...
New research from WHO published at this month's European Congress on Obesity shows that babies who are never or only partially breast fed have an increased risk of becoming obese as children compared...
View ArticleNew WHO research reveals wide gradient of severe child obesity across Europe,...
New research from WHO Europe presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow, UK (April 28-May 1) shows there is a wide gradient of severe child obesity across Europe, with countries...
View ArticleCan stress in the womb lead to mental resilience later in life?
Maternal stress during or after pregnancy has been repeatedly associated with subsequent psychiatric problems and non-coding 'epigenetic' DNA changes during childhood. Published in Frontiers in...
View ArticleChildren with high BMI who don't become obese adults do not appear to be at...
New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, UK (April 28-May 1) suggests that having a high BMI in childhood coupled with obesity in adulthood may...
View ArticleObese children over a third more likely to require a hospital emergency...
New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, Scotland (April 28-May 1) reveals that obese children are over a third more likely to require a hospital emergency...
View ArticleAdverse events during first years of life may have greatest effect on future...
A Massachusetts General Hospital study has found evidence that children under 3 years old are most the vulnerable to the effects of adversity -- experiences including poverty, family and financial...
View ArticlePremature birth linked to increased risk of chronic kidney disease into later...
Preterm and early term birth are strong risk factors for the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) from childhood into mid-adulthood, suggests a study from Sweden published by The BMJ today.
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