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Early Detection, Treatment Needed To Reduce Risk Of Death, Cardiovascular Disease In Cushing's Disease Patients

Date: Feb-14-2013
Even after successful treatment, patients with Cushing's disease who were older when diagnosed or had prolonged exposure to excess cortisol face a greater risk of dying or developing cardiovascular disease, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Cushing's disease is a rare condition where the body is exposed to excess cortisol - a stress hormone produced in the adrenal gland - for long periods of time...

Anti-Muellerian Hormone Predicts IVF Success

Date: Feb-14-2013
Women with a high concentration of anti-Mullerian hormone stand a better chance of giving birth after in vitro fertilization, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is produced by the ovaries. The study found women with high AMH levels were 2.5 times more likely to have a successful IVF cycle than women of a similar age with low levels of the hormone...

Alcohol Abuse And Depression Often Go Hand-In-Hand

Date: Feb-14-2013
For problem drinkers, bouts of depressive symptoms are often the direct result of their heavy alcohol intake, according to a study in the March issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Experts have long known that heavy drinking can spur temporary episodes of depression - what's known as "substance-induced depression." However, this information is not always apparent to busy clinicians, and the new findings strengthen the evidence that the phenomenon exists as well as how common and clinically important it is...

Whole Family Affected By Differential Parenting

Date: Feb-14-2013
Parents act differently with different children - for example, being more positive with one child and more negative with another. A new longitudinal study has found that this behavior negatively affects not only the child who receives more negative feedback, but all the children in the family. The study also found that the more risks experienced by parents, the more likely they will treat their children differentially. Carried out at the University of Toronto with researchers from McMaster University and the University of Rochester, the study appears in the journal Child Development...

Boys' Academic Achievement Hindered By Negative Stereotyping

Date: Feb-14-2013
Negative stereotypes about boys may hinder their achievement, while assuring them that girls and boys are equally academic may help them achieve. From a very young age, children think boys are academically inferior to girls, and they believe adults think so, too. Even at these very young ages, boys' performance on an academic task is affected by messages that suggest that girls will do better than they will. Those are the conclusions of new research published in the journal Child Development and conducted at the University of Kent...

Helicopter Parenting Can Violate Students' Basic Needs

Date: Feb-14-2013
When is it time for parents to back away? A new study shows that college students with overcontrolling parents are more likely to be depressed and less satisfied with their lives. This so-called helicopter parenting style negatively affects students' well-being by violating their need to feel both autonomous and competent. The work, by Holly Schiffrin and colleagues from the University of Mary Washington in the United States, is published online in Springer's Journal of Child and Family Studies...

Aggression Can Be Reduced In School By Teaching Teens That People Can Change

Date: Feb-14-2013
Teenagers from all walks of life who believe people can't change react more aggressively to a peer conflict than those who think people can change. And teaching them that people have the potential to change can reduce these aggressive reactions. Those are the findings of a new study published in the journal Child Development. The research was conducted at the University of Texas at Austin, Emory University, and Stanford University...

Time-Lapse Photography Reveals Genetic Clues That May Lead To Better Understanding Of Human Organ Development And Birth Defects

Date: Feb-14-2013
Using cutting-edge time-lapse photography, Keck School of Medicine researchers have discovered clues to the development of the head at the cellular level, which could point scientists to a better understanding of how organs and birth defects form in humans. A team of researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC has for the first time determined the role of two important molecular signaling pathways that help control the number and position of repeated units of cells that pattern the head and face...

2012 U.S. Shark Attacks Highest Since 2000

Date: Feb-14-2013
Shark attacks in the U.S. reached a decade high in 2012, while worldwide fatalities remained average, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File report. The U.S. saw an upturn in attacks with 53, the most since 2000. There were seven fatalities worldwide, which is lower than 2011 but higher than the yearly average of 4.4 from 2001 to 2010...

Hyper Parents Can Cause Depression In College Kids

Date: Feb-14-2013
High-energy parents who are still in charge of their college kids' schedules, vacations, and laundry may actually be negatively affecting their children instead of helping them. A new study published in Springer's Journal of Child and Family Studies identified that these college students are actually more depressed and dissatisfied with life than other students...