Recent su icide attempters treated with cognitive therapy were 50 percent less likely to try to k ill themselves again within 18 months than those who did not receive the therapy, report researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health?s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Specially trained nurses and lay people performed effectively when using certain vision screening tests to identify preschoolers with vision disorders, according to a National Institutes of Health-funded research study of more than 1,400 children.
A 10-item smell identification test seems to be useful for finding out if people with mild mental impairment are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to investigators.
Sufferers of lactose intolerance – something which affects around 5 per cent of the UK, Irish, North European and American population – lack lactase (the enzyme which breaks down the milk sugar lactose), and can experience bloating, abdominal pains and diarrhoea, as a result of excessive lactose consumption.
Waist circumference is associated with insulin resistance in children and may offer a simple way to identify children with risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the August issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Home videos of first and second year birthday parties provide support for parents’ reports of children whose behavior seemed normal when they were one-year-olds but then display symptoms of autism at the age of two years, according to a study in the August issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. said it received approval from European health regulators to sell a heart device that keeps arteries open.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an approvable letter to Mentor Corporation for their application for silicone gel-filled breast implants.
Leading Japanese toiletries and cosmetics manufacturer Lion announced the results of its latest survey on male baldness.
Ten years ago hair transplants looked fake and required extensive recovery periods. Now technology has allowed the procedure a much easier recovery with a more natural look.