You go, girl, but not too fast
Hyperactive girls are more likely to develop hints of heart problems later in life, according to a Finnish study that tracked 708 kids into young adulthood.
It's unclear if there's a direct cause-and-effect link as the study found kids who are hyperactive, are socially isolated and have other interpersonal problems are more likely to later develop heart-unhealthy habits such as smoking.
Stress seems to be a major player, not hyperactivity itself, researchers said. Society doesn't tolerate hyperactivity, so children become stressed by always hearing, "Don't do that, don't be that, don't be so restless, don't be so noisy."
Don't pop a pill, patch it instead
The sticky alternatives to pills continue to grow, according to the summer issue of Women's Health.
Patches are an attractive alternative to pills as the drug in a patch is absorbed directly into the bloodstream, whereas pills travel through the digestive system, increasing the risk of toxic side-effects such as bleeding.
Among the pill alternatives cited by the article include are patches for motion sickness, depression, knee and back pain, attention deficit disorder, weight loss, irregular heartbeat and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Test designed to peg prostate cancer return
A new test can help determine whether a prostate cancer patient will have the disease again, according to a study by University of Southern California researchers in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Current trials are also using the test to find hidden metastases in lymph nodes and bone marrow for breast and lung cancers.
Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer. One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, making men 35 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than women to be diagnosed with breast cancer.
Many lose track of asthma remedy
The middle of an asthma attack is a bad time to find out your inhaler is empty. But a new study suggests that many asthma sufferers have no idea how much medicine is in the devices.
The researchers, writing in the July issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, are urging manufacturers to add dose counters to inhalers.
The researchers reported that they had uncovered "a number of alarming statistics" in the study, which involved surveying 500 families affected by asthma.
Only about a third of patients surveyed recalled ever having been advised to keep track of how often they used their inhalers. A quarter said they had found their inhalers empty during an asthma attack, and seven said they had had to call 911.
There are some ways to estimate how much medicine is in an inhaler, but all of them -- including the popular method of shaking it and listening -- are unreliable, the study said.
© Times Colonist (Victoria) 2006 posted by Lose Weight at 10:21 AM Weight Loss Patch
It's unclear if there's a direct cause-and-effect link as the study found kids who are hyperactive, are socially isolated and have other interpersonal problems are more likely to later develop heart-unhealthy habits such as smoking.
Stress seems to be a major player, not hyperactivity itself, researchers said. Society doesn't tolerate hyperactivity, so children become stressed by always hearing, "Don't do that, don't be that, don't be so restless, don't be so noisy."
Don't pop a pill, patch it instead
The sticky alternatives to pills continue to grow, according to the summer issue of Women's Health.
Patches are an attractive alternative to pills as the drug in a patch is absorbed directly into the bloodstream, whereas pills travel through the digestive system, increasing the risk of toxic side-effects such as bleeding.
Among the pill alternatives cited by the article include are patches for motion sickness, depression, knee and back pain, attention deficit disorder, weight loss, irregular heartbeat and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Test designed to peg prostate cancer return
A new test can help determine whether a prostate cancer patient will have the disease again, according to a study by University of Southern California researchers in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Current trials are also using the test to find hidden metastases in lymph nodes and bone marrow for breast and lung cancers.
Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer. One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, making men 35 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than women to be diagnosed with breast cancer.
Many lose track of asthma remedy
The middle of an asthma attack is a bad time to find out your inhaler is empty. But a new study suggests that many asthma sufferers have no idea how much medicine is in the devices.
The researchers, writing in the July issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, are urging manufacturers to add dose counters to inhalers.
The researchers reported that they had uncovered "a number of alarming statistics" in the study, which involved surveying 500 families affected by asthma.
Only about a third of patients surveyed recalled ever having been advised to keep track of how often they used their inhalers. A quarter said they had found their inhalers empty during an asthma attack, and seven said they had had to call 911.
There are some ways to estimate how much medicine is in an inhaler, but all of them -- including the popular method of shaking it and listening -- are unreliable, the study said.
© Times Colonist (Victoria) 2006 posted by Lose Weight at 10:21 AM Weight Loss Patch
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