Roughly one-third of young males and 1 in 10 females in rural communities have carried a handgun, reports a new University of Washington study. And, the study found, many of those rural kids started carrying as early as the sixth grade. “This is one of the first longitudinal studies of rural adolescent handgun carrying across […]
Early regional anesthesia effective for extremity injury pain
(HealthDay)—Regional anesthesia may aid pain management if used soon after traumatic injury of the extremities, according to a study published in the December issue of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Rollin M. Gallagher, M.D., M.P.H., from the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia, and colleagues examined the use of regional anesthesia […]
Introducing peanuts and eggs early can prevent food allergies in high risk infants
Research undertaken by King’s College London and St George’s, University of London has found that introducing certain foods early to infants can prevent them from developing an allergy despite low adherence to an introduction regime. In a series of papers published today in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, researchers found that despite low […]
Babies fed peanuts early have a lower risk of food allergies
Feeding peanuts and eggs to some babies from as early as three months ‘could protect them from developing allergies’ High-risk babies were fed small amounts of allergenic foods in a study Introduction at three months lowered the odds of them getting an allergy That’s compared to current guidelines of introduction at six months It could […]
Smartphone app to screen for early signs of dementia
Testing for dementia among elderly could one day be as simple as talking into a smartphone thanks to speech-analyzing technology being developed by engineers at UNSW Sydney. An app that uses machine learning technology will look at paralinguistic features of a person’s speech—such as prosody, pitch, volume and intonation—as well as testing memory recall. Dr. […]
Danielle Fishel's Son Is Getting 'Stronger' After Arriving 1 Month Early
Progress report! Danielle Fishel gave an update on her and Jensen Karp‘s infant son Adler’s health after the little one was born one month early. “We’re still in the hospital but Adler is getting better and stronger every day,” the Boy Meets World alum, 38, captioned a Saturday, July 13, Instagram post of her baby […]
PE, death not reduced with early vena cava filter placement
(HealthDay)—Early prophylactic placement of a vena cava filter compared with no placement of a filter after major trauma does not result in a reduced incidence of symptomatic pulmonary embolism or death at 90 days, according to a study published online July 7 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The research was published to coincide […]
Pushing early beta-cell proliferation can halt autoimmune attack in type 1 diabetes model
Many in-development cures for type 1 diabetes have understandably focused on tackling the autoimmune aspect of the disease before figuring out a way to replace the destroyed beta cells. But what if focusing on the beta cells first could prevent their destruction altogether? Researchers at Joslin have found that increasing the proliferation and turnover of […]
New website walks parents through early childhood development, alerts them to early signs of autism
Your baby delights you but he’s causing you concern. Why is it so hard to get him to look at you? Why doesn’t he gesture as much as other babies you know? Your relatives say you worry too much. They blame your parenting for the child’s frequent tantrums. Still, you wonder: “Could my baby have […]
Women who work nights are 9% more likely to have an early menopause
Women who work night shifts are nine per cent more likely to have an early menopause – even if it is only occasionally Disrupts the sleep-hormone melatonin, which may affect the ovaries Stress and tiredness might interfere with oestrogen, triggering early menopause Early menopause raises the risk of heart disease and osteoporosis e-mail 16 View comments Women […]