Adolescent girls who frequently eat meals with their families appear less likely to use diet pills, laxatives or other extreme measures to control their weight five years later, a new report has found. According to the report, doctors studied 2,516 adolescents at 31 Minnesota schools. Participants completed two surveys- an in-class survey in 1999 and [...]
Mothers-to-be who eat a Mediterranean diet while pregnant could help stave off the risks of asthma and allergy in their children, according to new research. The findings are based on 468 mother and child pairs, who were tracked from pregnancy up to 6.5 years after the birth. What the mothers ate during pregnancy and what [...]
Short legs are linked to an increased risk of liver disease in women, a new UK study has found. The findings are based on almost 4300 women between the ages of 60 and 79 years. Standing and seated height were measured to include leg and trunk length, and blood samples were taken to measure levels [...]
Older patients treated for diabetes with thiazolidinedione drugs have a significantly increased risk of heart attack, congestive heart failure, and death, compared with the use of other hypoglycaemic drugs, according to a new study. Canadian-led researchers analysed the risks of heart failure, heart attack, and all-cause death associated with the use of two thiazolidinedione (TZD) [...]
Women who have miscarried or had an abortion run three times the normal risk of having a subsequent low birth weight baby, new research has suggested. Researchers used data from the United States Collaborative Perinatal Project, which looks at the associations between factors during pregnancy and birth and childhood development. Over 45,500 mother/child pairs were [...]
Italian researchers have reported that persistent platelet activation is linked to major cardiovascular risk factors, including diabetes mellitus and visceral obesity. The researchers, funded by the European Commission to study the role of eicosanoids and nitric oxide in cardiovascular disease, cancer and neurodegeneration, measured the in vivo biosynthesis of thromboxane– an important platelet eicosanoid discovered [...]
Over the past 15 years we have come to understand the importance of tight glycaemic control in the care of patients with Type 1 diabetes. Through the Diabetes Control and Complications trial (DCCT) and the subsequent Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study, we now know that both microvascular and macrovascular complications are reduced [...]
Young children whose mothers are depressed are more prone to behavioural problems and injury, new research from the US has found. The researchers looked at the impact of maternal depression on children’s behaviour and injury rates among 1,106 mother and child pairs between 1992 and 1994. The mothers and their children were all taking part [...]
Adults over age 60 who had higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness lived longer than unfit adults – independent of their levels of body fat – according to a new study. Previous studies have provided evidence that obesity and physical inactivity each can produce a higher risk of death in middle-aged adults. Whether this is also [...]
A comparison of common treatments for acute sinusitis that included an antibiotic and a topical steroid found neither more effective than placebo, according to a new UK study. In the study, doctors conducted a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of the antibiotic amoxicillin and topical steroid budesonide in acute maxillary sinusitis. The [...]
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