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Research reveals link between repeated anaesthesia and memory impairment

There is a link between repeated anaesthesia in children and memory impairment, though physical activity can help to form new cells that improve memory, reveals new research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

9 Mar 2010

Repeated anaesthesia in children linked to memory impairment

8 Mar 2010

Men employed in occupations with potential exposure to sunlight have reduced risk of kidney cancer

According to a new study, men employed in occupations with potential exposure to high levels of sunlight have a reduced risk of kidney cancer compared with men who were less likely to be exposed to sunlight at work.

8 Mar 2010

Community prevention and wellness initiatives: HHS announces availability of $10M ARRA funds

National organizations will have a key role in building a healthier nation as part of the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a funding opportunity for national public or private non-profit organizations to apply for $10 million in cooperative agreements to help communities decrease smoking and obesity, increase physical activity and improve nutrition.

6 Mar 2010

Free CRC screening programs for uninsured

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer death among men and women nationwide, yet only half of people who need CRC screening receive it. The American Gastroenterological Association Institute is working to educate patients about the importance of screening and to encourage everyone age 50 and older to get screened for CRC.

5 Mar 2010

KID HEALTHY campaign celebrates eighth anniversary

Leaders of the annual KID HEALTHY - Steps to Healthy Living Campaign, announced today that on March 9 they will celebrate eight years of working in schools and youth agencies to combat the rising trend of childhood obesity in Southern California

4 Mar 2010

Community support critical for reducing childhood obesity

Community support of school obesity prevention programs is critical to achieving a significant decrease in obesity among children, according to researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, which is part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

4 Mar 2010

HHS Secretary asks Olympic athletes to combat the challenge of childhood obesity

Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the first in a series of web videos and public service announcements to promote First Lady Michelle Obama’s national initiative, Let’s Move, to solve childhood obesity within a generation. Childhood obesity and excess weight threatens the healthy future of one third of American children.

3 Mar 2010

Nemours: New efforts to reduce prevalence of overweight and obesity among Delaware's children

The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Delaware children, ages 2-17, shows a flattening of the trajectory – no change- between 2006 and 2008. Because overweight and obesity rates had previously been climbing rapidly, the leveling-off is cause for optimism reports Nemours in the March 2010 edition of Health Affairs, a peer-reviewed publication and the country's most respected health policy journal.

3 Mar 2010

Researchers face variety of barriers to addressing obesity in children

The US is facing many challenges in controlling the childhood obesity epidemic. Despite recent efforts and some progress, one third of US children are still overweight or obese. Yet research has shown that the road to obesity begins early in life, and it is more common and difficult to address for low-income children.

2 Mar 2010

Majority of prediabetic patients are not adopting preventive measures to avoid diabetes

Although it is known that diabetes can be prevented or delayed among adults at high risk through modest weight loss and increased physical activity, a study published in the April 2010 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine revealed that only about half of U.S. adults with prediabetes reported that in the past year they tried to lose weight or exercise more.

2 Mar 2010

Resurrected ParticipACTION initiative in Canada still has potential to succeed

Despite a six-year hiatus, a resurrected national physical activity initiative in Canada, ParticipACTION, still has the potential to succeed thanks to a "sticky" brand fostered over thirty successful years, and support from organizations with health promotion and physical activity as their mandates, University of Alberta researchers have found.

1 Mar 2010

Inadequate sleep may lead to increase in belly fat

A study in the March 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that African-American and Hispanic young adults with short or long sleep durations had greater increases in belly fat over a five-year period compared with those who reported sleeping six to seven hours a night.

1 Mar 2010

Study associates frequent napping with elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes in older Chinese population

A study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that frequent napping is associated with an elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in an older Chinese population.

1 Mar 2010

Neurogenesis linked to drug addiction and relapse

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center hope they have begun paving a new pathway in the fight against drug dependence. Their hypothesis - that increasing the normally occurring process of making nerve cells might prevent addiction - is based on a rodent study demonstrating that blocking new growth of specific brain nerve cells increases vulnerability for cocaine addiction and relapse.

27 Feb 2010

Exergames improve mood and mental health-related quality of life in seniors with SSD

Research at the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests a novel route to improving the symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) in seniors through the regular use of "exergames" - entertaining video games that combine game play with exercise. In a pilot study, the researchers found that use of exergames significantly improved mood and mental health-related quality of life in older adults with SSD.

26 Feb 2010

Greater access to rehabilitation after TIA needed to prevent future strokes

Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA) are often called "mini strokes" for good reasons -- the short-term symptoms can mimic a stroke and up to 10 percent of first-time sufferers often experience full-blown strokes within as little as 90 days. Despite the well-known statistics, no post-TIA regimen exists to help prevent future strokes -- but this might be changing.

25 Feb 2010

Greater access to rehabilitation after TIA can prevent future strokes, says researcher

25 Feb 2010

Food-attributed illness poses a major problem for food manufacturers and suppliers

Over the past several years Americans have seen numerous food recalls related to our nation’s food supply. Spinach, peanut butter and even pet food are just some of the food items that have been subject to massive recalls.

25 Feb 2010

Prevalence of arthritis and AAL may be effect of obesity and physical inactivity, particularly in women

Researchers from the Toronto Western Research Institute noted a higher prevalence of arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitations (AAL) in the U.S. versus the Canadian population. The authors attribute the higher prevalence of arthritis and AAL to a greater level of obesity and physical inactivity in Americans, particularly women.

25 Feb 2010

Physical Activity News and Research

Research reveals link between repeated anaesthesia and memory impairment

Repeated anaesthesia in children linked to memory impairment

Men employed in occupations with potential exposure to sunlight have reduced risk of kidney cancer

Community prevention and wellness initiatives: HHS announces availability of $10M ARRA funds

Free CRC screening programs for uninsured

KID HEALTHY campaign celebrates eighth anniversary

Community support critical for reducing childhood obesity

HHS Secretary asks Olympic athletes to combat the challenge of childhood obesity

Nemours: New efforts to reduce prevalence of overweight and obesity among Delaware's children

Researchers face variety of barriers to addressing obesity in children

Majority of prediabetic patients are not adopting preventive measures to avoid diabetes

Resurrected ParticipACTION initiative in Canada still has potential to succeed

Inadequate sleep may lead to increase in belly fat

Study associates frequent napping with elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes in older Chinese population

Neurogenesis linked to drug addiction and relapse

Exergames improve mood and mental health-related quality of life in seniors with SSD

Greater access to rehabilitation after TIA needed to prevent future strokes

Greater access to rehabilitation after TIA can prevent future strokes, says researcher

Food-attributed illness poses a major problem for food manufacturers and suppliers

Prevalence of arthritis and AAL may be effect of obesity and physical inactivity, particularly in women

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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