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Low bone mineral density in children with inflammatory bowel disease
0 Comments Published August 26th, 2010 in Children, General Interest, Health, Health News, Life, Medical News, PopularSahlgrenska.gu.se - A thesis from the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) is the first in Scandinavia to study the occurrence of low bone mineral density in children and teenagers with inflammatory bowel disease. Half of the patients in the study showed signs of low bone mineral density. The results emphasize the importance of treating the underlying [...]
Wild salmon baby food provides omega-3s to toddlers
0 Comments Published August 25th, 2010 in Children, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Nutrition, Omega-3, Parents, PopularUIUC.edu - Has your toddler eaten fish today? A University of Illinois food science professor has two important reasons for including seafood in your young child’s diet, reasons that have motivated her work in helping to develop a tasty, nutritious salmon baby food for toddlers.
“First, babies need a lot of the omega-3 fatty acids found [...]
Common pesticides during pregnancy boost ADHD risk in children
0 Comments Published August 21st, 2010 in ADHD, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Medical News, Mental Health, Nutrition, Parents, Popular, PregnancyBerkeley.edu - Children who were exposed to common, organophosphate pesticides while still in their mother’s womb were more likely to develop attention-deficit disorders years later, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The study raises the public health issue of whether organic produce might be a better choice for [...]
Belly fat of overweight US children ballooning
0 Comments Published August 19th, 2010 in Children, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Medical News, Parents, PopularJHSPH.edu - Overweight American children and adolescents have become fatter over the last decade, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and National Institute on Aging (NIA). They examined adiposity shifts across socio-demographic groups over time and found U.S. children and adolescents had significantly increased adiposity measures such as body [...]
Bisphenol A exposure may harm sperm, affect male fertility
1 Comment Published August 18th, 2010 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Life, Medical News, Parents, Popular, PregnancyUMich.edu - In one of the first human studies of its kind, researchers have found that urinary concentrations of the controversial chemical Bisphenol A, or BPA, may be related to decreased sperm quality and sperm concentration.
However, the researchers are quick to point out that these results are preliminary and more study is needed. Several studies [...]
High omega-6, low omega-3 diet induces trans-generational obesity
0 Comments Published August 16th, 2010 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Medical News, Nutrition, Omega-3, Parents, PopularABSMB.org - Chronic dietary excess of linoleic acid (omega-6 fatty acid), coupled with a deficiency in alpha-linoleic acid (omega-3 fatty acid), can increase obesity down the generations. Researchers writing in the Journal of Lipid Research exposed several generations of male and female adult and young mice to a “Western-like” diet of this type, and then [...]














