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High school concession stands should offer healthy foods

Date: Mar-18-2014
Pep-rallies, the marching band, cheers and chants, and savory, indulgent foods sold at the concession stand are all beloved features of the American high school sports tradition.In contrast to the nutrition requirements on breakfast and lunches sold in school cafeterias, foods sold at concession stands do not follow the standard nutrition guidelines because they are typically sold for fundraising purposes. Is there something that can be done to improve the healthful features of concession stand food, and preserve the profits they generate?

The risk of blood clots increased by blood poisoning

Date: Mar-18-2014
Every year, almost 10,000 Danes are admitted to hospital with blood poisoning, while more than 3,000 patients become infected while they are hospitalised. New research shows that Danes suffering from blood poisoning risk an extra challenge in the form of an increased risk of suffering a blood clot:"We have followed more than 4,000 people who have been admitted with blood poisoning.

The risk of blood clots increased by blood poisoning

Date: Mar-18-2014
Every year, almost 10,000 Danes are admitted to hospital with blood poisoning, while more than 3,000 patients become infected while they are hospitalised. New research shows that Danes suffering from blood poisoning risk an extra challenge in the form of an increased risk of suffering a blood clot:"We have followed more than 4,000 people who have been admitted with blood poisoning.

Onset of type 1 diabetes at an older age associated with lower brain connectivity

Date: Mar-18-2014
Children and adolescents older than age 8 at the onset of type 1 diabetes had weaker brain connectivity when tested later in life relative to those who had earlier ages of diagnosis, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences researchers discovered.The findings, presented at the American Psychosomatic Society's annual meeting, were made by analyzing the brain scans of 44 middle-age adults diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as children."Adolescence is a time when the brain matures and makes connections in networks responsible for different functions," said John Ryan, Ph.D.

Onset of type 1 diabetes at an older age associated with lower brain connectivity

Date: Mar-18-2014
Children and adolescents older than age 8 at the onset of type 1 diabetes had weaker brain connectivity when tested later in life relative to those who had earlier ages of diagnosis, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences researchers discovered.The findings, presented at the American Psychosomatic Society's annual meeting, were made by analyzing the brain scans of 44 middle-age adults diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as children."Adolescence is a time when the brain matures and makes connections in networks responsible for different functions," said John Ryan, Ph.D.

Safe drinking water could reduce school sick days in developing countries

Date: Mar-18-2014
Research published today shows that schools providing clean water report fewer children off sick. It is the first study to investigate whether providing drinking water in schools can reduce absenteeism.Researchers looked at absentee rates in eight schools in Cambodia - half of which received treated drinking water, and half of which did not. The 26-week study period spanned two terms - one in the country's dry season and one in the wet season. The absentee records of 3520 children were taken into account.

Safe drinking water could reduce school sick days in developing countries

Date: Mar-18-2014
Research published today shows that schools providing clean water report fewer children off sick. It is the first study to investigate whether providing drinking water in schools can reduce absenteeism.Researchers looked at absentee rates in eight schools in Cambodia - half of which received treated drinking water, and half of which did not. The 26-week study period spanned two terms - one in the country's dry season and one in the wet season. The absentee records of 3520 children were taken into account.

Patients with cleft palate benefit from bone lengthening technique

Date: Mar-18-2014
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery also reports on an unusual soccer injury and patients who are 'too frail for surgery'A technique called distraction osteogenesis can create increased length of the upper jaw in patients with cleft lip and palate deformities, reports a study in the March issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, edited by Mutaz B. Habal, MD, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.Distraction Technique Used to Lengthen the PalateDr.

Guidelines on the management of pulmonary hypertension of sickle cell disease

Date: Mar-18-2014
The American Thoracic Society has developed clinical practice guidelines to help clinicians identify and manage patients with sickle cell disease who are at increased risk for mortality from pulmonary hypertension."With the development of new treatments, many patients with sickle cell disease are now surviving long enough to develop pulmonary hypertension, with an estimated prevalence of 6 to 11 percent," said Elizabeth S. Klings, MD, associate professor of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine and chair of the committee that produced the guidelines.

Delay in pediatric ACL reconstructions may depend on socioeconomic factors and private vs. public insurance plans

Date: Mar-18-2014
Research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in New Orleans highlights evidence that insurance type, household income and age at injury are significant, independent predictors of the rate which Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgeries occurred in kids. Researchers also noted that a delay in pediatric ACL surgery of more than five months correlated with increased severity of other knee injuries in the future.