When should a young girl’s period start | Questions about A Girls First Period | First Period | Menstrual Cycle | Teen Girl | Puberty in Girls | Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
When should a young girl’s period start | Questions about A Girls First Period | First Period | Menstrual Cycle | Teen Girl | Puberty in Girls | Causes, Symptoms, Treatment What is puberty? Between the ages of 10 and 14 most boys and girls begin to notice changes taking place in their bodies. These [...]
Child’s Food Allergies Take Toll on Family PlansChild’s Food Allergies Take Toll on Family Plans
Work schedules, finances and getaway destinations are affected, studies find Two new reports show that food allergies can be a burden on a family’s finances and even its vacation plans. The studies, expected to be presented in Washington, D.C., at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, demonstrate how these [...]
Exposure to Peanuts May Build Tolerance to Allergy
The therapy is still experimental, and more research is needed, study says Exposing children with peanut allergies to a carefully administered daily oral dose of peanuts helped them build tolerance to the point where some of them appear to have lost their allergies, a new study found. However, the researchers, from Duke University Medical Center [...]
Food Allergy Labeling Not Always Accurate
A small number of products contain allergens no matter what ingredients are listed, study finds A small number of food products with a “may contain” label actually do contain an allergen, while about 2 percent of foods products without such a claim also contain allergens, new research shows. But the offending products more often came [...]
Mental Exhaustion Impedes Physical Performance
Researchers say finding could serve as model for diagnosing chronic fatigue Mental exhaustion may lead people to believe they are physical fatigued sooner than normal, a new study suggests. A United Kingdom study found that performing mentally fatiguing tasks before a physical exercise caused people to hit the wall faster than if they performed the [...]
Preemie Delivery Tied to Later Heart Woes for Women
And ovary removal is another reproductive factor linked to cardiovascular trouble, research shows The things that affect a woman’s reproductive health can also have an effect on her heart, new research shows. Giving birth prematurely or delivering a small-for-gestational-age baby are both associated with a later risk of cardiovascular disease in the mother, according to [...]
Brain Scans Shed Light on Dyslexia
Mismatch occurs between seeing letter and the sound it represents, study suggests New brain scans reveal more about how the minds of people with dyslexia work. The key problem seems to be a mismatch between seeing the letter and connecting it to the sound it represents or vice-versa, said researchers from the University of Maastricht [...]
Injected Medication Errors a Major Problem
Study found significant amount occurred in ICUs Mistakes involving injected medications are a major safety problem in intensive care units, a new study reveals. Researchers monitored errors in 1,328 patients in 113 ICUs in 27 countries over a 24-hour period in January 2007. Two U.S. sites with 50 patients were included in the study. Dr. [...]
Printer Friendly Format Drugs Before Stents for Stable Heart Disease, Study Says
Most important, expert says, is to aggressively try to reduce risk factors Treating people with non-acute heart problems should start with drug therapy, not invasive techniques such as angioplasty or implanting stents, because there is no difference between the two approaches in outcomes, a new study finds. There has been an ongoing debate over whether [...]
