Tufts University, Health Sciences - Steady increases in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages over the last several decades, as well as rates of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, led nutritional epidemiologists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University and colleagues to explore the relationship between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption […]

University of Washington - Using new software developed to investigate how the brains of dyslexic children are organized, researchers have found that key areas for language and working memory involved in reading are connected differently in dyslexics than in children who are good readers and spellers.
However, once the children with dyslexia received a three-week instructional […]

UMHS - In years past, family physician Pamela Rockwell told parents not to let their children drink too much fruit juice because some thought its consumption was linked to obesity. These days, though, she has changed her juice advice, because studies show numerous health benefits.
A study this year found no association between childhood obesity and […]

Newswise — A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found that overweight toddlers and those not enrolled in day care are at high risk for iron deficiency.
Based on data from a national survey of 1,641 toddlers, the study found that 20 percent of overweight toddlers were iron-deficient, compared to 8 percent of those […]

University of Buffalo - It’s football season again, and sports medicine physicians are braced for a wave of new joint injuries in football players.
“After only a few days of practice at UB we’ve had three players with ACL injuries, a medial collateral ligament tear, a dislocated shoulder and a dislocated elbow,” said Marc Fineberg, M.D., […]

High blood sugar in pregnant mothers increases risk of childhood obesity.
Treating diabetes during pregnancy can break the link between gestational diabetes and childhood obesity, according to a Kaiser Permanente study featured in the September 2007 issue of Diabetes Care.
The largest study of its kind, this research shows that the risk of childhood obesity rises in […]