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It Matters That This Pro Athlete Is Open About His Eating Disorder
Mike Marjama didn t think his behavior was alarming until he ended up on a stretcher in the emergency room. The Seattle Mariners catcher was a junior in high school when he was admitted to a week-long inpatient program for an eating disorder. For several years, he had been going through cycles of drastically cutting his food intake, overexercising, and binging and purging. He finally got help afte ...
Huffington Post - Thu. Mar 29
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Smoking every day can increase psychosis risk, study finds
Two new studies report an increased risk of psychosis among smokers of not only marijuana, but tobacco, too.
Medical News Today - Thu. Mar 29
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Global burden of low back pain -- a consequence of negligence and misinformation
A series of groundbreaking papers from Australian and international researchers in The Lancet , published today 22 3 warns that low back pain is a major health burden globally - across developed and developing nations - and that the current use of X-rays and scans, opioids, injections and surgery to investigate and treat the condition is useless, unnecessary and harmful. Low back pain is the leadi ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 21
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Mumps resurgence likely due to waning vaccine-derived immunity
Key takeaways Immunity against mumps virus wanes over time after individuals receive the mumps vaccine A change to the current recommendation for children to receive mumps vaccine doses at ages 12-15 months and 4-6 years may be helpful to contain or prevent mumps in the future Boston, MA - A resurgence of mumps in the U.S. among vaccinated young adults appears to be due to waning of vaccine-induce ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 21
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Neglect common in English care homes
The largest-ever survey of care home staff in England, led by UCL researchers, has found that neglectful behaviours are widespread. For the study, published today in PLOS ONE , care home staff were asked anonymously about positive and negative behaviours they had done or had witnessed colleagues doing. Dr Claudia Cooper UCL Psychiatry , the study s lead author, said We found low rates of verbal an ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 21
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Researchers link dietary supplement DHA to higher fat-free body mass in children
LAWRENCE -- University of Kansas researchers have reported that pregnant women who consumed a supplement of DHA docosahexaenoic acid , a nutrient added to U.S. infant formulas since 2002, tend to have children with higher fat-free body mass at 5 years old. The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease relates to effects of maternal and early life programming on later health. The findings of the ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 21
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Medical expansion has improved health -- with one exception
COLUMBUS, Ohio - While Americans debate the rising cost of health care, a new study of 30 countries over 27 years found that medical expansion has improved overall health - with one major exception. Researchers found that increased spending on health care and increases in specialized care were both associated with longer life expectancy and less mortality in the countries studied. But pharmaceutic ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 21
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Few young patients with severe obesity undergo weight loss surgery
CHICAGO--Among U.S. teenagers and young adults with severe obesity, a new study finds that only a small percentage undergo weight loss surgery, even though it is broadly considered the most effective long-term weight loss therapy. The study results, from high-volume surgical centers across five states, will be presented Monday at ENDO 2018, the Endocrine Society s 100th annual meeting in Chicago, ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 21
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Weight loss after stomach-narrowing surgery eases chronic knee pain
A new report finds that extremely obese people who have a band surgically strapped around their stomachs to restrict food intake not only lose weight but also suffer less from arthritic knee pain. The pain, say the study leaders at NYU School of Medicine, proceeds from the deterioration and related inflammation in knee joints caused in part by the extra weight they bear. And while the pain relief ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 21
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Good motor skills may enhance reading skills in obese children
Excess body weight has been linked to poor academic performance in children in several previous studies. A new Finnish study now shows that a high body fat percentage is associated with poor reading skills in 6-8-year-old boys. However, these associations are largely explained by poor motor skills. The results published in the Journal of Sports Science are part of the Physical Activity and Nutriti ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 21
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Parenting and personality work together to affect baby's weight gain
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Offering a snack may be a sure way to soothe a fussy child, but researchers say making it a habit can result in unnecessary weight gain in babies with certain temperaments. The researchers studied the babies temperament and how their mothers soothed them when the babies were six months old. When the researchers followed up a year later, they found that the more the mothers ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 21
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Freezing hunger-signaling nerve may help ignite weight loss
LOS ANGELES March 21, 2018 --Freezing the nerve that carries hunger signals to the brain may help patients with mild-to-moderate obesity lose weight, according to a study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology s 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting. The treatment was determined safe and feasible in the initial pilot phase. We developed this treatment for patients with mild-to-moderate obes ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 21
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