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Wilderness Adventure Experiences To Improve Mental Health: How Safe Are They?
Date: Apr-02-2013Adolescents participating in wilderness and adventure therapy programs are at significantly less risk of injury than those playing football and are three times less likely to visit the emergency room for an injury than if they were at home, a new study by University of New Hampshire researchers finds. These findings, based on an analysis of risk management data from 12 programs providing outdoor behavioral healthcare in 2011, were reported in the latest issue of the Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs...
GERD Label May Cause Parents To Over-Medicate Their Baby
Date: Apr-01-2013Doctors often label common symptoms in babies, such as spitting up and crying, as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), however, frequent use of this diagnosis can result in overuse of medication. When parents are told that their child has GERD, they are more likely to want medicine, even if their doctor says it won't help. The finding came from new research conducted by experts from the University of Michigan and the University of Missouri and was published in the journal Pediatrics...
Novartis Loses In Patent Court Ruling, India
Date: Apr-01-2013India's Supreme Court turned down Novartis' patent bid for an updated version of Glivec (imatinib mesylate), its blockbusting leukemia medication, saying that the updated compound "did not satisfy the test of novelty or inventiveness" required by the country's legislation. The ruling means that generic drugmakers can continue manufacturing and selling copies of Glivec at low prices. For the last seven years, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has been fighting a legal battle to gain patent protection for what the company calls an updated version of its top-selling leukemia drug...
Many Teenagers In U.S. At Risk Of Developing Heart Disease As Adults
Date: Apr-01-2013According to new research, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, teenagers with poor health behaviors and cardiovascular risk factors are at an increased risk of developing heart disease in later life. The researchers calculated the cardiovascular health of American teenagers by using seven different health components, including: blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), healthy diet, cholesterol, physical activity and smoking. A total of 4,673 teenagers between 12 to 19 years of age were involved in the study...
Sleep Apnea In Kids Linked To Behavioral Problems
Date: Apr-01-2013Obstructive sleep apnea, a common type of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), has been linked to elevated rates of ADHD-like behavioral issues in kids, in addition to learning and adaptive problems. The findings were published in the journal Sleep and came about after a five-year study which analyzed data from a longitudinal cohort called the Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study (TuCASA). The study assessed Caucasian and Hispanic kids ranging in age from 6 to 11 years to measure the incidence and prevalence of SDB and its consequences on neurobehavioral functioning...
Expanding Medicaid In Pennsylvania Would Increase Federal Revenue To The State, Study Finds
Date: Apr-01-2013Expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania under the Affordable Care Act would boost federal revenue to the state by more than $2 billion annually and provide 340,000 residents with health insurance, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The increased federal spending on health care in Pennsylvania would provide a $3 billion boost in economic activity and sustain more than 35,000 jobs, according to the analysis. But the expansion of Medicaid would not be without cost...
Potential Loophole Discovered In Pancreatic Cancer Defenses
Date: Apr-01-2013Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists and colleagues have discovered that pancreatic cancer cells' growth and spread are fueled by an unusual metabolic pathway that someday might be blocked with targeted drugs to control the deadly cancer. Cancer cells are known to "rewire" their metabolic circuits differently from normal cells to provide energy for cancerous growth. A study published in Nature reveals that pancreatic tumor cells are dependent on an amino acid, glutamine, which they utilize via a molecular pathway that has no apparent backup system...
Does Surgical Menopause Prime The Brain For Stroke, Alzheimer's?
Date: Apr-01-2013Women who abruptly and prematurely lose estrogen from surgical menopause have a two-fold increase in cognitive decline and dementia. "This is what the clinical studies indicate and our animal studies looking at the underlying mechanisms back this up," said Brann, corresponding author of the study in the journal Brain. "We wanted to find out why that is occurring. We suspect it's due to the premature loss of estrogen...
Study Suggests New Target For Treatment And The Eventual Cure Of HIV/AIDS
Date: Apr-01-2013Human cells have an intrinsic capacity to destroy HIV. However, the virus has evolved to contain a gene that blocks this ability. When this gene is removed from the virus, the innate human immune system destroys HIV by mutating it to the point where it can no longer survive...
What Attracts People To Violent Movies?
Date: Apr-01-2013Why are audiences attracted to bloodshed, gore and violence? A recent study from researchers at the University of Augsburg, Germany and the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that people are more likely to watch movies with gory scenes of violence if they felt there was meaning in confronting violent aspects of real life. Anne Bartsch, University of Augsburg, Germany and Louise Mares, University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present their findings at the 63rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association...
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