Patients with head and neck cancer may have impairment of some driving skills
Head and Neck Cancer :: Patients with head and neck cancer may have impairment of some driving skills A preliminary study suggests that patients with cancer in the head and neck region may have inferior performance in some driving skills compared with individuals without the disease, according to a report in the September issue of [...]
Many Americans at high risk of vision loss do not have access to eye care
Eye :: Many Americans at high risk of vision loss do not have access to eye care Data from a national survey suggest that an estimated 60 million American adults are at high risk of vision loss, according to a report published in the March issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. [...]
Fewer children and teens received antidepressants following FDA warnings
Depression :: Fewer children and teens received antidepressants following FDA warnings The number of children and teenagers prescribed antidepressant medications appears to have decreased following public warnings about suicidal behavior potentially associated with the drugs, according to a report published in the April issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In [...]
Breastfed kids enjoy greater social mobility than bottle-fed children
Breastfeeding :: Breastfed kids enjoy greater social mobility than bottle-fed children Breastfed kids climb higher up the social ladder than bottle-fed children, reveals a large, long term study, published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Over 3000 children from 16 rural and urban areas across England and Scotland were monitored from [...]
Cocoa, but not tea, may lower blood pressure
Blood Pressure :: Cocoa, but not tea, may lower blood pressure Foods rich in cocoa appear to reduce blood pressure but drinking tea may not, according to an analysis of previously published research in the April 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Current guidelines advise individuals with hypertension (high [...]
Rapid increase in youth bipolar disorder diagnoses
Bipolar Disorder :: Rapid increase in youth bipolar disorder diagnoses The estimated number of youth with office visits with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder substantially increased between 1994 and 2003, while adult visits with a bipolar disorder diagnoses appeared to almost double, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, [...]
New study shows half of children with autism can be accurately diagnosed at close to 1 year of age
Autism :: New study shows half of children with autism can be accurately diagnosed at close to 1 year of age In a study published today in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland found that autism can be diagnosed at close to one year of age, which [...]
Autism may not be the only childhood psychiatric disorder on the rise
Autism :: Autism may not be the only childhood psychiatric disorder on the rise The incidence of three childhood neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism, increased among Danish children between 1990 and 2004, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The findings suggest that [...]
Loneliness increases risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s Disease :: Loneliness increases risk of Alzheimer’s disease Lonely individuals may be twice as likely to develop the type of dementia linked to Alzheimer’s disease in late life as those who are not lonely, according to an article in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Social isolation?characterized [...]
