AHRQ.gov - Obese school-age kids and teens can lose weight or prevent further weight gain if they participate in medium- to high-intensity behavioral management programs, according to a new report.
Children in the medium- to high-intensity behavioral management programs studied met for more than 25 hours, usually once or twice a week, for 6 months to [...]

NationwideChildrens.org - As the school year starts up again, parents, school nurses and pediatricians often have to respond to increased complaints of stomach pain. Many of these seasonal belly-aches are dismissed as nothing more than a case of the back-to-school blues or nervousness. However, in many instances the pain kids feel is the result of [...]

First-line treatment for stress incontinence may be Kegel exercises, supervised by physical therapist.
APTA.org - In response to a new study in JAMA showing that pelvic floor disorders, such as urinary incontinence, affect up to one-quarter of American women, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging women who suffer from this widespread disorder to consider [...]

APTA.org - The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging female athletes - particularly soccer players - to consider a new program of warm-up exercises to help lower their growing risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries by as much as 41 percent.
Concurring with a new study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine [...]

Temple.edu - A full night’s rest can be anything but restful for those with sleep apnea, which causes them to struggle for breath in bouts throughout the night. Six percent of the population is affected by the condition, but many don’t even know they have sleep apnea.
“They don’t make the connection between the fact that [...]

AAN.com - The majority of children vaccinated against hepatitis B are not at an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study to be published in the October 8, 2008 online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The study based in France involved 349 children with [...]