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For Youth Who Play Sports, Healthy Eating Is Challenging According To Parents
Date: Jun-21-2012The food and beverages available to youth when they participate in organized sports can often be unhealthy, according to a new study released in the July/August 2012 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. The findings were based on interviews with parents of players participating in youth basketball programs. Common food in youth sport settings were sweets (eg, candy, ice cream, doughnuts), pizza, hot dogs, ''taco-in-a-bag,'' salty snacks (eg, chips, cheese puffs, nachos), as well as soda pop and sports drinks...
IT Expert Says Electronic Medical Records Finally Catching On
Date: Jun-21-2012The U.S. Olympic Committee is converting to electronic medical records (EMRs) this month for hundreds of athletes who will be competing in London, as well as thousands of other athletes who have been seen by Olympic Committee doctors in recent years...
Medicinal Marijuana Use Found In 10% Of Fibromyalgia Patients
Date: Jun-21-2012Doctors Caution Self-medicating with Herbal Cannabis Sparks Poor Mental Health New research reveals that 10% of fibromyalgia (FM) patients use marijuana for medicinal relief from symptoms such as widespread pain, fatigue, and insomnia caused by this chronic illness. Findings published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), suggest that patients who self-medicate with herbal cannabis have poorer mental health...
In Acute Leukemia, Inhibitors Of Shuttle Molecule Show Promise
Date: Jun-21-2012A novel family of experimental agents that blocks a molecule from shuttling proteins out of the cell nucleus might offer a new treatment for people with acute leukemia, according to a study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. The agents, called KPT-SINEs (selective inhibitors of nuclear export), target a transport protein called CRM1...
Many Newly Admitted Nursing Home Residents Sustain A Fall During Their Stay
Date: Jun-21-2012One in five short-stay nursing home patients sustains a fall after their admission, and certified nursing assistant (CNA) staffing is associated with decreased fall risk, according to a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Researchers from the University of Southern California and Brown University analyzed the 2006 Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments of all Medicare/Medicaid patients admitted to a nursing home for the first time...
Natural Compound Found In Fruit, Nuts And Wine Led To Improved Strength And Endurance
Date: Jun-21-2012A natural compound found in some fruits, nuts and red wine may enhance exercise training and performance, demonstrates newly published medical research from the University of Alberta. Principal investigator Jason Dyck and his team found out in experiments that high doses of the natural compound resveratrol improved physical performance, heart function and muscle strength in lab models...
New Stroke Recovery Technology Incorporates Use Of Xbox Kinect
Date: Jun-21-2012The University of Southampton, in collaboration with Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke), a Chemring company, has pioneered the use of Xbox computer technology to develop the world's first process that measures hand joint movement to help stroke patients recover manual agility at home. The Xbox Kinect works by monitoring whole limb movements. However, the University team has taken it a step further to create an algorithm that tracks and measures hand joint angles and the fine dexterity of individual finger movements...
Mental Health Problems In Young Children Predicted By Child Welfare Investigation
Date: Jun-21-2012A study published in the June 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that young children who have been investigated for maltreatment by child welfare agencies have a higher prevalence of mental health problems and that very few receive treatment for those problems. Using data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being II (NSCAW II), a group of researchers led by Dr...
New Mothers Helped By Blogging
Date: Jun-21-2012New mothers who read and write blogs may feel less alone than mothers who do not participate in a blogging community, according to family studies researchers. "It looks like blogging might be helping these women as they transition into motherhood because they may begin to feel more connected to their extended family and friends, which leads them to feel more supported," said Brandon T. McDaniel, graduate student in human development and family studies, Penn State...
Mobile Data Predicts Population Displacement During Disasters
Date: Jun-21-2012Using data supplied by a mobile operator, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown that population movements after the 2010 Haiti earthquake followed regular patterns. This information can be used to predict beforehand the movements of people after a disaster, and thus improves chances for aid to be delivered to the right places at the right time. Every year, tens of millions of people are displaced by natural disasters, and to date knowledge of their movement patterns has been sparse...
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