Glaucoma :: Study probes eye disease and falls
Volunteers for a study on the degenerative eye disease, glaucoma, and its link with falls in older people are being sought by a Queensland University of Technology optometry researcher.
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Cervical Cancer :: A reason to hope – prevention and early detection of cervical cancer
This year alone, nearly 10,000 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. Fortunately, researchers have recently made many medical breakthroughs regarding the disease, specifically with preventing the disease as well as detecting it early. To protect themselves against cervical cancer, all women should know about these recent breakthroughs.
Child Care :: School bus safety – injuries well exceed previous reports
Each year in the United States, 23.5 million children travel 4.3 billion miles on 450,000 school buses — and a new study shows that kids may not be as safe as previously thought. Researchers at the Columbus Children’s Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio, found that an estimated 17,000 injuries occur annually — three times more than previously reported.
Head Lice :: The LouseBuster kills
University of Utah biologists invented a chemical-free, hairdryer-like device — the LouseBuster — and conducted a study showing it eradicates head lice infestations on children by exterminating the eggs or “nits” and killing enough lice to prevent them from reproducing.
Renal Failure :: Mutant gene causes severe kidney disease in infants
Scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School have discovered a previously unknown cause for a severe, early-onset form of kidney disease and renal failure in children: recessive mutations in a gene called phospholipase C epsilon or PLCE1.
Health :: Get emergency information quickly and effectively
Public health communications professionals from around the country honored a joint effort by the University of Washington and Public Health – Seattle & King County to prepare public health workers and people in related fields to get emergency information out to the general public quickly and effectively.
Diet :: Dietary Effects of Free School Breakfast for All Children
Offering free school breakfasts to all elementary school students regardless of income increases the likelihood that the children will consume a nutritionally sound breakfast, according to researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Abt Associates, Inc.
Health :: Arkansas and Pfizer – New Partnership to Embrace Healthier Eating and Fitness
Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Pfizer Inc today announced the formation of Balance It Out: Arkansas, a new school-based community program to reduce the number of children who are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight, effectively diminishing their risk of developing chronic illness. In December 2006, the program will begin in Little Rock, AR, with a health fair for state employees designed to increase awareness of health risk factors and steps to prevent disease. Beginning in early 2007, the program will reach children and their families in the Dollarway (Pine Bluff), Harrison and Paragould school districts.
Brain Cancer :: Researchers study effects of Aricept in pediatric brain cancer survivors
A pediatric oncologist at Brenner Children’s Hospital is evaluating whether a drug typically used to treat Alzheimer’s patients will help brain cancer survivors avoid the learning and memory problems that are common after radiation therapy.
DNA :: Penn researcher shows that DNA gets kinky easily at the nanoscale
Physicists from the University of Pennsylvania tackle the fundamental question of how DNA can seemingly violate physics. That is, if DNA is such a rigid molecule, how can it bend and coil without requiring large amounts of force? They used a technique called atomic force microscopy to determine that DNA is much more flexible than previously believed when examined over nano-sized lengths