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Obese girls are half as likely to attend college as non-obese girls

Obese girls are half as likely to attend college as non-obese girls, according The study also shows obese girls are even less likely to enter college if they attend a high school where obesity is relatively uncommon. The findings appear in the July issue of the journal Sociology of Education.

24 Jul 2007

Sperm freezing for young male cancer patients

A recent study at Hamilton Health Sciences proves that sperm freezing and banking is an effective way to preserve fertility in adolescents and young adult (AYA) males with cancer.

23 Jul 2007

IDM Pharma plans to amend NDA for Mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE) for the treatment of osteosarcoma

IDM Pharma, Inc. has announced that it has recently met with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and informed the FDA that the Company intends to take immediate action to supplement the data in its current New Drug Application (NDA) for mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE), formerly known as Junovan, which is being reviewed for the treatment of children and adolescents with non-metastatic osteosarcoma.

23 Jul 2007

U.S. in 2015 - a nation of fatties!

According to researchers in the U.S. the way things are going by the year 2015 seventy five percent of the population will be overweight and 41 percent will be obese.

22 Jul 2007

What makes anti-smoking ads successful or not

Some anti-smoking ads are simply ineffective, while others actually make youth more likely to light up.

20 Jul 2007

Non-suicidal self-injury common in high-school students

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury the deliberate, direct destruction of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent is a relatively common occurrence for adolescents in high school, a new study suggests.

20 Jul 2007

Study challenges NICE guidelines that recommend SSRIs be prescribed only in conjunction with psychological therapies

Should adolescents with depression be prescribed antidepressants, and if so, should they be given only with a psychological therapy, as advocated by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)"

20 Jul 2007

High school theater program helped strengthen adolescents' emotional development

A unique study found that adolescents emotional skills were strengthened through a high school theater program.

20 Jul 2007

Early behavior problems appear to lead to peer rejection and friendlessness

Behavior problems in the early grades appear to lead to peer rejection and a lack of friends in elementary school.

20 Jul 2007

Discovery of gene variant that increases risk for Crohn's disease

Pediatrics researchers have identified a gene variant that raises a child's risk of Crohn's disease, a chronic and painful condition attributed to inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract.

19 Jul 2007

Study to evaluate lithium for the treatment of bipolar disorder

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are participating in a national study to evaluate lithium for the treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.

18 Jul 2007

Rapid-acting insulin analogues in diabetes mellitus type 1

There is currently no evidence available of a superiority of rapid-acting insulin analogues over human insulin in the treatment of adult patients with diabetes mellitus type 1.

18 Jul 2007

New strategies for intervening with high risk youth in violent neighborhoods

A study of young, violent criminals in New York City found that they used fear and intimidation to keep adults from interfering with their criminal activities.

18 Jul 2007

Growth hormone for idiopathic short stature in children and adolescents

Growth hormone injections appear to boost height in extremely short, healthy children, according to a recent systematic review, but height gain appears to peak at about three inches - and those inches are expensive.

18 Jul 2007

Governments tackle interpersonal violence

Governments around the world are taking new and stronger measures to quell interpersonal violence and its life-long health consequences, a new WHO report shows.

18 Jul 2007

Barr confirms Xopenex patent challenge

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has confirmed that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., has initiated a challenge of the patents listed by Sepracor Inc. in connection with its Xopenex (Levalbuterol Hydrochloride) 0.31mg/3mL, 0.63mg/3mL and 1.25mg/3mL.

17 Jul 2007

Girl talk can create more problems than it solves

According to a new study by researchers at the University of Missouri, when young girls share their problems with their friends they increase their risk of developing anxiety and depression.

16 Jul 2007

Respiratory ailments are leading reasons for hospitalized children and teens

About 3 of every 10 children and teens who are admitted to the hospital from the emergency room have asthma, pneumonia, acute bronchitis or another respiratory disorder, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

16 Jul 2007

Prospective associations of co-rumination with friendship and emotional adjustment

A researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia has found that girls who talk very extensively about their problems with friends are likely to become more anxious and depressed.

16 Jul 2007

New gene found for type 1 diabetes in children

Pediatrics researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and McGill University in Montreal have identified a gene variant that raises a child's risk for type 1 diabetes, formerly called juvenile diabetes.

16 Jul 2007