More hugs, fewer bugs: Vaccine for kids curbs holiday bacterial infections in older adultsDecember 23rd, 2009 more images
more imagesStudy: Vaccine means more holiday hugs, fewer bugsLOS ANGELES — More hugs, fewer bugs. Holiday visits have become safer for grandparents thanks to a childhood vaccine that has dramatically curbed infections spread by kids, a new study finds.
Colorado food bank offering to take some sting out of pricey gluten-free dietsDecember 17th, 2009 Colo. food bank pioneers gluten-free donationsLOVELAND, Colo. — As a mother of seven, Anne Miller already had a whopping grocery bill.
Indian-American unravels how TB bugs incite immune cellsDecember 12th, 2009 LONDON - An Indian-American immunologist has unravelled how a signalling pathway helps TB bugs incite immune cells into working for them. "If we could keep this pathway from inciting the host immune system, we may be well on the way to finding innovative new therapies against TB, as well as other serious disorders," said senior study author Lalita Ramakrishnan.
Pregnant mums' exposure to microbes may protect kids from allergiesDecember 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that pregnant mothers' exposure to environmental bacteria may protect her offspring from developing allergies later in life. The research team from Marburg, Germany showed that exposure to microbes triggers a mild inflammatory response in pregnant mice that renders their offspring resistant to allergies.
Maternal depression can worsen asthma in kidsNovember 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Maternal depression can worsen asthma symptoms in children, says a new study. Analysing data from interviews with 262 mothers, Johns Hopkins investigators found that children whose mums had more depressive symptoms had more frequent asthma symptoms during the six-month study.
Working mums 'don't harm kids' mental development'October 18th, 2009 LONDON - A new study has found that mothers who work during infancy do not necessarily harm their children's mental development. In the survey published last month by the Institute of Child Health, 17,000 Britons and their children, born mainly in the 1990s, were observed.
Physicians urge expectant women to get H1N1 vaccine as soon as possibleOctober 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has advised pregnant women to get immunized as soon as the H1N1 vaccine becomes available, as it has been observed that expectant mothers inflicted with the virus have been dying at a rate six times higher than the general population. Dr. Gerson Weiss, professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School insists: "All pregnant women should be vaccinated.
No link between pets and childhood asthma: StudyOctober 14th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The traditional belief that childhood asthma is linked to pets or the modern obsession with hygiene has been established as untrue by a new study. The study 'Asthma in Australian Children', published by the Institute of Health and Welfare, revealed that kids with allergies to any kind of food, grass or bees were twice as prone to be an asthma patient as children with no allergies.
Pregnant women who ignore asthma pass it on to kidsOctober 6th, 2009 TORONTO - Women who avoid treating asthma during pregnancy are likely to transmit the condition to their offspring, say results from a study that examined more than 8,000 families in Canada. A team from the University of Montral (U-M), Hpital du Sacr-Cur de Montral (HdSE) and Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Centre found that 32.6 percent of children born to mothers who ignored their asthma during pregnancy developed the respiratory illness themselves.
Smoking during pregnancy is risky for kidsOctober 1st, 2009 LONDON - Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their kids at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teens. Researchers observed a 'dose-response effect', meaning that the risk of psychotic symptoms was highest in children whose mothers smoked the most heavily during pregnancy.
Smoking during pregnancy 'puts kids at risk of psychotic symptoms'October 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pregnant women who smoke put their children at increased risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years, says a new study. The research published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry has shown a link between maternal tobacco use and psychotic symptoms.
Children of working mums have unhealthier lifestylesSeptember 30th, 2009 LONDON - Children whose mothers work are likely to lead unhealthier lifestyles than those whose mums don't, says new research. Children of working mum are more sedentary and are more likely to be driven to school.
Working mums' children 'less likely to lead healthy lives'September 29th, 2009 LONDON - Kids of working mothers are less healthy than those who stay at home, according to a new study. The study, which was conducted by Institute of Child Health on more than 12,500 five-year-olds, has been published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Child Health.
Pregnant mothers, quit smoking for kid's futureSeptember 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Women who quit smoking during the initial months of pregnancy are likely to ensure long-term benefits for their unborn children, says a new study, underscoring the benefits of giving up nicotine. "Even if a woman was smoking in initial months of pregnancy, it was not too late to quit to improve the outcomes for her child.
Gov't says single swine flu shot enough to protect kids 10 and older, but younger may need twoSeptember 21st, 2009 Gov't: Single swine flu shot enough for older kidsWASHINGTON — Studies of the new swine flu vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection against swine flu — but younger kids will need two. The National Institutes of Health says that protection kicks in for older children within eight to 10 days, just like it does for adults.
