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Best Friend Benefits Child's Mind, Body, Study Finds

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:07:39 MST

SUNDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- A best friend can help children deal with negative experiences, a new study suggests. "Having a best friend present during an unpleasant event has an immediate impact on a child's body and mind," said study co-author William Bukowski, a psychology professor and director of the Center for Research in Human Development at Concordia Universit...

Delaying ACL reconstruction in kids may lead to higher rates of associated knee injuries

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:28:27 MST

SAN FRANCISCO, CA Kids treated more than 150 days after an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury have higher rates of other knee injuries, including medial meniscal tears, say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. "In our research, children who had delayed treatment of an ACL injury more than 150 day...

PRP treatment aids healing of elbow injuries say researchers

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:28:15 MST

SAN FRANCISCO, CA As elbow injuries continue to rise, especially in pitchers, procedures to help treat and get players back in the game quickly have been difficult to come by. However, a newer treatment called platelet rich plasma (PRP) may pose hope, according to researchers presenting their findings at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day meeting in San Franc...

Amateur football players not always keen on returning to play after ACL injuries

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:28:03 MST

SAN FRANCISCO, CA Despite the known success rates of reconstructive Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery, the number of high school and collegiate football players returning to play may not be as high as anticipated, say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. "Previous research shows that reconstructive surg...

Treatment for hip conditions should not rest solely on MRI scans

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:27:41 MST

SAN FRANCISCO, CA When it comes to treating people with hip pain, physicians should not replace clinical observation with the use of magnetic resonance images (MRI), according to research being presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. "We performed MRI scans on a sample of volunteers without any hip pain, and dis...

Helmet fit critical to preventing concussion, say researchers

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:27:24 MST

SAN FRANCISCO, CA Concussions and the issues that can occur following one, continue to be a serious problem for football players. However, one simple game strategy: proper helmet fit, may be one of the easiest game winners for prevention, say researchers presenting their study at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco. "Athletes wearing prope...

New data provides direction for ACL injured knee treatments

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:25:38 MST

SAN FRANCISCO, CA Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction improves quality of life and sports functionality for athletes, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. "ACL knee injuries have long been a source of problems for athletes, and we are excited to have such a large body of d...

Elbow position not a predictor of injury

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:24:42 MST

SAN FRANCISCO, CA Elbow position alone appeared to not affect injury rates and performance in college-level, male pitchers say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. "The elbow's position in relation to an injury and enhanced performance in baseball pitchers is highly dependent upon the trunk's position," said l...

Steroid injections prove effective in treatment of lumbar disc herniations

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:24:24 MST

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The use of epidural steroid injections may be a more efficient treatment option for lumbar disc herniations, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco. "Our study showed an 89% success rate in athletes returning to play after suffering an injury during practice or a game," commented le...

SFU health scientist joins governor general's roundtable at AAAS

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:40:16 MST

The mere thought of participating in a roundtable discussion with Canada's Governor General David Johnston at the world's largest science fair gives one Simon Fraser University health scientist butterflies in her stomach. "Wow, this is another big step up for global health education," says Kate Tairyan, a physician and senior lecture in SFU's Faculty of Health Sciences. She is also the di...

HIV Severity, Treatment Unrelated to Kids' Mental Woes: Study

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:03:34 MST

FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- There's little evidence linking disease severity or antiretroviral treatment with the degree of psychiatric symptoms in HIV-positive children and teens infected around the time of birth, according to a new study. Some experts were concerned that more severe HIV illness -- the virus that causes AIDS -- or use of specific highly active ant...

When Mom Has Pregnancy Diabetes, Breast-Feeding Curbs Child Obesity

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:03:15 MST

FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding reduces the risk of obesity in children born to mothers with diabetes during their pregnancy, a new study indicates. Researchers followed 94 children of diabetic mothers and 399 children of non-diabetic mothers from birth until age 13. It's known that children of diabetic pregnancies are at increased risk for obesity. The C...

Repeat C-Section Best Scheduled at 39 Weeks, Study Says

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:02:55 MST

FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new childbirth study says 39 weeks' gestation is the best time for elective Cesarean delivery for women who have previously delivered via C-section. The research was slated for presentation Friday at a meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Dallas. "Prior studies have compared the perinatal risks of elective delivery at 3...

H1N1 'Swine' Flu Makes a Comeback in Mexico

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:02:21 MST

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- It was just about three years ago that a strange new strain of flu first appeared in Mexico, then spread across the border to the United States and eventually much of the globe. The H1N1 "swine" flu strain didn't behave like a "normal" flu, because it proved particularly dangerous to children and yo...

More Than 4 Million Americans Have New Knee

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:01:09 MST

By Madonna Behen HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- More than 4 million Americans now live with an artificial knee, and increasing numbers of younger patients are undergoing knee replacement surgery, new research reveals. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston estimate that more than half of adults who are diagnosed with knee osteoarthrit...

Molecular profiling reveals differences between primary and recurrent ovarian cancers

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:00:32 MST

La Jolla, Calif., February 10, 2012 There is a need to analyze tumor specimens at the time of ovarian cancer recurrence, according to a new study published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics . Researchers used a diagnostic technology called molecular profiling to examine the differences in the molecular characteristics of primary and recurrent ovarian tumors and found significant changes for...

New understanding of DNA repair could eventually lead to cancer therapy

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:58:08 MST

A research group in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta is hoping its latest discovery could one day be used to develop new therapies that target certain types of cancers. The discovery by Mark Glover, his graduate student Zahra Havali-Shahriari and post-doctoral fellow Nicolas Coquelle has shed light on what happens in cells when DNA is damaged. They solved th...

Phosphate additives pose a risk to health

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:46:52 MST

Excessive consumption of phosphate is damaging to health. Therefore, food that contains phosphate additives should be labeled, as recommended by Eberhard Ritz and coauthors in their article in the current issue of Deutsches rzteblatt International [Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; (109 (4): 49-55]. Ritz et al. selectively review the literature on the subject, which documents the fact that ex-cess...

Orthopaedic surgery report provides transparency on patient safety, quality initiatives

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:46:41 MST

At NYU Langone Medical Center the focus on quality, patient safety and patient experience are not just broad stroke initiatives but measureable, quantifiable and concrete. Patients and health care professionals can learn about this commitment to world-class care and operational transparency in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery's recently published "2012 Quality and Outcomes Report," which...

Development of social technology to improve the quality of life of intellectually disabled people

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:46:24 MST

This release is available in Spanish . The Uliazpi Foundation and the Tecnalia Centre for Applied Research have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of technologies for assisting intellectually disabled people. Specifically, the two organisations will be working together to develop tools that will improve the emotional communication, personal care, and well-being...