Topic: Children's Health
According to childhood obesity statistics, childhood obesity has more than tripled over the course of the past thirty years. Over 30% of children ages 6-19 years old are either already overweight, or at a high risk of becoming overweight. These childhood obesity statistics have shocked not only scientists, but parents as well. In a world full of technology and video ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged adults who were born at a relatively low weight may have more breathing difficulties than those who were bigger newborns, a new study suggests. In a study of 627 Chinese men and women in their 40s, researchers found that participants' scores on standard lung-function tests generally lined up with their birth weights. The lowest average ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Childhood cancer survivors are at a four-fold increased risk of developing new cancers of the bladder later in life, new research shows. But their risk is still very small; based on the findings, fewer than one-half of a percent of all childhood cancer survivors will be diagnosed with bladder cancer by age 55. About three-quarters of ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A test that looks for specific patterns of genes that are switched on may lead to a better way of diagnosing dangerous yeast infections in the blood, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They said mice infected with the Candida albicans fungus have a telltale signature of genes that are active, or expressed, that is not found in ...
