Several probiotic products are marketed as effective treatments for acute diarrhoea in children, but a study published on bmj.com today finds that not all of these preparations are effective.
University of Alberta researchers stress that all children adopted from outside North America should be screened for tuberculosis. The study shows that in the Canadian province of Alberta, from 2004-2006, 40 percent of foreign-born children under 5 years of age who were found to have tuberculosis were international adoptees.
Children living in the custody of single fathers are less likely to have access to affordable health care and visit the doctor less often compared to children living in families with a single mother or both parents.
Nine percent of young people in a New York City study of lesbian and gay youth meet the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research found that for nearly one in ten of the young participants, experiences growing up lesbian or gay are linked to the same condition that affects many adults who are the victims of violent crime or are in an accident or natural disaster.
College students who want to be rich with lifelong friends need to invest time and seek out opportunities to develop their interests now, says a Purdue University communication expert.
According to a new landmark study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, infusions of clotting factor VIII used preventively can significantly reduce the risk of developing joint damage associated with joint bleeding in young children with hemophilia A.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a group of liver enzymes called proprotein convertases (PCs) may be the key to raising levels of good cholesterol (HDL-C). The pathway by which these proteins are able to achieve an increase in HDL cholesterol involves another enzyme that normally degrades HDL-C, and was also discovered at Penn.
New molecular pathway shown in bone healing that could be enhanced by lithium treatment. Researchers have described a novel molecular pathway that may have a critical role in bone healing and have suggested that lithium, which affects this pathway, has the potential to improve fracture healing.
Young children are swayed easily by brand preferences, revealed by researchers. It is likely to intensify the pressure on food and beverage companies to cut back on marketing to children as obesity rates among that age group continue to climb.
Low calorie diet foods and drinks for children may inadvertently lead to overeating and make them overweight and obese through a “taste conditioning process”, says obesity experts in a new report from the University of Alberta.