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Many Parents of Kids With Autism Don’t Put Faith in Pediatricians
By Jenifer Goodwin HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Many parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder don't feel they can turn to their pediatricians for advice on treatments, a new study finds. Likewise, many pediatricians don't think they ...
Many Primary Care Docs Don’t Know Long-Term Effects of Chemo: Survey
By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Many primary care doctors don't know the long-term side effects of the chemotherapy treatments that cancer survivors under their care may have been given, a new survey found. On the other ...
Blood pressure drugs don’t protect against colorectal cancer
(Wiley-Blackwell) A new study has found that, contrary to current thinking, taking beta blockers that treat high blood pressure does not decrease a person's risk of developing colorectal cancer. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study also revealed that even long-term use ...
Blood pressure drugs don’t protect against colorectal cancer
A new study has found that, contrary to current thinking, taking beta blockers that treat high blood pressure does not decrease a person's risk of developing colorectal cancer. Published early online in CANCER , a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study also revealed that even long-term ...
Smell Tests Don’t Predict Alzheimer’s, Study Finds
THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- Smell tests should not be used to predict Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, according to a new study. Although there is a link between the two, researchers found other medical problems may cause people to lose their sense ...
Pacifiers Don’t Discourage Breast-Feeding, Study Says
By Maureen Salamon HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Widely held wisdom that pacifier use among newborns interferes with breast-feeding is wrong, a new small study suggests. Analyzing feeding data on nearly 2,250 infants born between June 2010 and August ...
Some Schools Don’t Let Kids Carry Asthma Inhalers
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) -- Although all 50 states have laws that allow children with asthma to carry inhalers at school and 48 states have laws that let youngsters carry epinephrine pens for serious allergies, experts say ...
Big girls don’t cry
A study to be published in the June 2012 issue of Journal of Adolescent Health looking at the relationships between body satisfaction and healthy psychological functioning in overweight adolescents has found that young women who are happy with the size and shape of their bodies report higher levels ...
Big girls don’t cry
(University of California - San Diego) A study to be published in the June 2012 issue of Journal of Adolescent Health looking at the relationships between body satisfaction and healthy psychological functioning in overweight adolescents has found that young women who are happy with the size and shape of their ...
Omega-3 Fatty Acids Don’t Improve Heart’s Ability To Relax And Efficiently Refill With Blood
Over the past three decades, researchers have firmly established that the omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil, including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), have healthy effects on the heart. Omega-3 fatty acids seem to help both in preventing cardiovascular disease as well as in preventing future heart attacks, ...
Sports physicals don’t dive deep enough into real issues that impact teen’s health
Parenting a teenage athlete is a juggling act—monitoring homework, keeping up with practice and training schedules, weeks packed with competitions or games. It may seem like a never-ending "to do" list and that yearly sports physical can seems like just one more thing in a busy parent's life. But the ...