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Children :: Increase in Percentage of Children Living With At Least One Working Parent

Compared to national statistics for the previous year, there has been an increase in the percentage of children living with at least one working parent and the percentage of children living in households classified as food insecure has declined. High school students were more likely to have taken advanced academic courses and the percentage of young adults who completed high school has increased. The adolescent birth rate has dropped to a record low.

Healthcare :: ValleyCare and UCSF work to enhance health services in tri-valley region

ValleyCare Health System and UCSF have signed a letter of intent to enhance health care services for women and children in the Tri-Valley region of the East Bay.

Infant :: ACMG recognizes progress made in newborn screening

In support of the latest March of Dimes Newborn Screening Report Card, the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) strongly urges every state to require complete testing of all newborns for a ?core panel? of genetic and congenital conditions.

Diabetes :: Selenium supplements may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes

Selenium, an antioxidant included in multivitamin tablets thought to have a possible protective effect against the development of type 2 diabetes, may actually increase the risk of developing the disease, an analysis by researchers at the University at Buffalo has shown.

Sarcoma :: Co-operation between GSF and clinic improves outlook for sarcoma patients

Hyperthermia, combined with chemotherapy, improves the chances of healing and survival of patients with low-lying, soft tissue sarcomas. At the Annual General Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, the GSF scientist Professor Dr. Rolf D. Issels, presented the results of the first, randomized worldwide phase III study in which the effectiveness and superiority of the combined-therapy methods are proven, in comparison with results from chemotherapy alone.

Scleroderma :: Scleroderma outlook improves as survival increases

Individuals with scleroderma are living significantly longer today, compared with 30 years ago, and the physicians who treat this rare disease of connective tissue hope the newer drugs now on the market may extend lives even further.

Heart Attack :: Depression lingers for female heart attack victims

Women who have suffered heart attacks have higher rates of lingering depressive symptoms compared to their male counterparts, a University of Alberta and McGill University study shows.

Healthy :: Model Health Inquiry publishes interim report

Baroness Denise Kingsmill, Chairman of the Independent Model Health Inquiry, established by the British Fashion Council to look into the health of models on the catwalks at London Fashion Week, recently published the Inquiry’s Interim Report containing outline recommendations to ensure the industry behaves responsibly and in the best interests of those models who help make a success of London Fashion Week.

Healthcare :: BMA comment on the Health and Social Care Bill, UK

Commenting on the regulation aspects of the Health and Social Care Bill, as announced by the Prime Minister, BMA Chairman, Dr Hamish Meldrum, said:

Breast Cancer :: Breast cancer gene testing may be appropriate for more young breast cancer patients

Women who have breast cancer before age 50 and who have few female relatives on one side of their family tree should be considered candidates for genetic testing for cancer genes, say a team of researchers at City of Hope.