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On-screen smoking by movie stars leads young teens to smoke

Teenage girls who have never smoked, never even puffed on a cigarette, are far more likely to start smoking if their favorite movie star smokes in movies, according to a 3-year study

29 Jun 2004

Treatment with Strattera makes children with ADHD fall asleep faster

Twice daily treatment with Strattera® (atomoxetine HCl), approved for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), showed children with ADHD fell asleep faster compared to three-times daily treatment with methylphenidate

29 Jun 2004

AIDS is the fifth leading killer of women aged 25-44

National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is June 27 and the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) encourages women to visit their health care providers for HIV counseling, testing, and appropriate medical care should they test positive

28 Jun 2004

World is currently facing a twin epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes in young people

The global rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents has led to an urgent call for action by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).

25 Jun 2004

Doctors failing to identify smoking in adolescents

Doctors are failing to identify smoking status in about half of the adolescent patients seen, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison study.

24 Jun 2004

New resources to better understand sleep

To help parents and their children understand and fully appreciate the importance of sleep, the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Office of Science Education and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) have developed a new supplemental curriculum for use in high school biology classes.

21 Jun 2004

100,000 child deaths ever year caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries

100 000 deaths and 6 million years of healthy life lost (or DALYs) ever year, in children and adolescents from birth to 19 years of age, are caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries.

20 Jun 2004

Urgent action needed across Europe to tackle childhood disease related to environmental conditions

Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET are calling for urgent governmental action across Europe to tackle childhood disease and deaths associated with poor environmental conditions in Europe.

17 Jun 2004

Novel findings on treatments for childhood obesity and early polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in young girls

New research findings presented this week in New Orleans during ENDO 2004, the 86th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, could help keep kids healthier.

16 Jun 2004

Adolescents overeat fast food, but lean adolescents compensate for over-consumption by eating less later

Adolescents are more likely to overeat when served fast food, but lean adolescents tend to compensate for the over-consumption by eating less at other meals, which is not something their overweight counterparts are likely to do, according to a study in the June 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

15 Jun 2004

Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes, or high blood sugar, that only pregnant women get

Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes, or high blood sugar, that only pregnant women get. If a woman is found to have high blood sugar when she's pregnant, but she never had high blood sugar before, she has gestational diabetes.

15 Jun 2004

Technique using ordinary light detects scoliosis in children

Lateral curvature of the spine can now be detected without the use of X-rays. Tom Huysmans of K.U.Leuven’s Department of Biomechanics and Graphic Design has developed a technique using ordinary light which approaches the precision of radiology.

15 Jun 2004

School-based health clinics are an important treatment setting for adolescents with mental health, and general medical problems

Adolescents who received interpersonal psychotherapy for depression at school-based health clinics had fewer symptoms of depression after 12 to 16 weeks than their peers who received other kinds of psychotherapy at school, according to an article in the June issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

14 Jun 2004

Kids as young as 6 who get frequent headaches may be using over-the-counter pain relievers too much

Kids as young as 6 who get frequent headaches may be using over-the-counter pain relievers far more than they should, and often without their parents' knowledge, suggests a study being presented at the 46th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society (AHS).

11 Jun 2004

New York State accuses GlaxoSmithKline of fraudulent behaviour

This week's editorial calls on GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to make all its research on paroxetine (Seroxat/Paxil) publicly available. This follows the filing of last week's law suit by the state of New York against GSK: the state accuses the company of fraud

11 Jun 2004

The once youngest person in the world to survive a heart by-pass operation is expecting her 2nd child

Lorraine Stone was born with heart disease. When just three days old she was the youngest person in the world at that time to survive a heart by-pass operation. Since then she has had five major heart operations. Miraculously, at the age 29, she is expecting to give birth to her second child in July.

10 Jun 2004

Exercise is more influential than calcium intake in determining bone strength in young women

Studies have shown that most of a female's bone mass is built between the ages of 13 and 15 and then slowly lost in the last four decades of her life. Therefore, attaining optimal bone mass and bone strength in adolescence may offer the best protection possible against osteoporosis - bone loss in post-menopausal women and the elderly.

10 Jun 2004

Adolescents News and Research

On-screen smoking by movie stars leads young teens to smoke

Treatment with Strattera makes children with ADHD fall asleep faster

AIDS is the fifth leading killer of women aged 25-44

World is currently facing a twin epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes in young people

Doctors failing to identify smoking in adolescents

New resources to better understand sleep

100,000 child deaths ever year caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries

Urgent action needed across Europe to tackle childhood disease related to environmental conditions

Novel findings on treatments for childhood obesity and early polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in young girls

Adolescents overeat fast food, but lean adolescents compensate for over-consumption by eating less later

Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes, or high blood sugar, that only pregnant women get

Technique using ordinary light detects scoliosis in children

School-based health clinics are an important treatment setting for adolescents with mental health, and general medical problems

Kids as young as 6 who get frequent headaches may be using over-the-counter pain relievers too much

New York State accuses GlaxoSmithKline of fraudulent behaviour

The once youngest person in the world to survive a heart by-pass operation is expecting her 2nd child

Exercise is more influential than calcium intake in determining bone strength in young women

Some African American adolescents who live in cities have low levels of vitamin D

U.S. adolescents more likely to engage in violent behavior than youth in other countries

5 percent of young people consider themselves lesbian, gay or bisexual

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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