But the schools have to be in their corner, helping students cope with the disease
At the same time that Michael Phelps headed back to the U.S. from Beijing this week, with eight Olympic gold medals and seven new world records in swimming, thousands of other young men just like him were heading back to school.
But where he was reportedly looking forward to moving into a luxurious condo and weighing endorsement offers, the school-bound boys were dreading a year of bullying and academic failure.
What Phelps and thousands of other young people, mainly boys, have in common is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a neurobehavioural condition. The three to five per cent of school-aged youngsters who have it are to an extreme degree restless, inattentive, distracted and impulsive.
Health & Wellness
Several primary school students and a teacher in Tasmania have been hospitalised by a flu outbreak that has affected almost 300 children and staff from the one school.
Research published in The European Journal of Nutrition this week has finally cracked the myths surrounding eggs and cholesterol. The new study showed that people who ate two eggs per day, while on a calorie-restricted diet, not only lost weight but also reduced their blood cholesterol levels.
A research team from the University of Surrey headed by Dr Bruce Griffin fed two eggs per day to overweight but otherwise healthy volunteers for 12 weeks while they simultaneously followed a reduced calorie diet prescribed by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) - who normally restrict egg intake to 3-4 per week. A control group followed the same BHF diet but cut out eggs altogether.
Both groups lost between 3 to 4kg (7- 9lbs) in weight and saw a fall in the average level of blood cholesterol.
Research leader Dr Bruce Griffin stated: "When blood cholesterol was measured at both six weeks and twelve weeks, both groups showed either no change or a reduction, particularly in their LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, despite the egg group increasing their dietary cholesterol intake to around four times that of the control."
This research provides further evidence to support the now established scientific understanding that saturated fat in the diet (most often found in pastry, processed meats, biscuits and cakes) is more responsible for raising blood cholesterol than cholesterol-rich foods, such as eggs.
A research team from the University of Surrey headed by Dr Bruce Griffin fed two eggs per day to overweight but otherwise healthy volunteers for 12 weeks while they simultaneously followed a reduced calorie diet prescribed by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) - who normally restrict egg intake to 3-4 per week. A control group followed the same BHF diet but cut out eggs altogether.
Both groups lost between 3 to 4kg (7- 9lbs) in weight and saw a fall in the average level of blood cholesterol.
Research leader Dr Bruce Griffin stated: "When blood cholesterol was measured at both six weeks and twelve weeks, both groups showed either no change or a reduction, particularly in their LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, despite the egg group increasing their dietary cholesterol intake to around four times that of the control."
This research provides further evidence to support the now established scientific understanding that saturated fat in the diet (most often found in pastry, processed meats, biscuits and cakes) is more responsible for raising blood cholesterol than cholesterol-rich foods, such as eggs.
Scientists say they have transformed one type of cell into another in mice, a step toward the growing of replacement tissues to treat diseases.
The cell identity switch turned ordinary pancreas cells into the rarer type that churns out insulin, essential for preventing diabetes. The report was published online Wednesday by the journal Nature.
The cell identity switch turned ordinary pancreas cells into the rarer type that churns out insulin, essential for preventing diabetes. The report was published online Wednesday by the journal Nature.
What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000?
In the case of Genentech Inc., nothing.
The company declined to seek federal approval for the cheaper drug, Avastin, to treat the wet form of age-related macular degeneration. Nor would it help finance -- or cooperate with -- a National Eye Institute study comparing the effectiveness and safety of Avastin, a cancer drug, and the more expensive eye drug, Lucentis.
In the case of Genentech Inc., nothing.
The company declined to seek federal approval for the cheaper drug, Avastin, to treat the wet form of age-related macular degeneration. Nor would it help finance -- or cooperate with -- a National Eye Institute study comparing the effectiveness and safety of Avastin, a cancer drug, and the more expensive eye drug, Lucentis.
Blows to the head from sports, falls, car accidents and war can cause damage inside the skull and a dizzying array of confusing symptoms that can be strangely invisible to the untrained eye.
So-called traumatic brain injury (TBI) is gaining increased attention lately, thanks to media coverage of the condition and its effects on veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
In recent years, researchers have made significant progress toward identifying what is really going on inside the brain when serious injury occurs. The damage is often undetectable by standard CT scans and MRIs, but new imaging and biomarker tests as well as early-stage injection treatments could help TBI victims and hopefully lead to better public awareness about this surprisingly common disorder.
So-called traumatic brain injury (TBI) is gaining increased attention lately, thanks to media coverage of the condition and its effects on veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
In recent years, researchers have made significant progress toward identifying what is really going on inside the brain when serious injury occurs. The damage is often undetectable by standard CT scans and MRIs, but new imaging and biomarker tests as well as early-stage injection treatments could help TBI victims and hopefully lead to better public awareness about this surprisingly common disorder.
Imagine I show you the word "love" and I ask you to classify it as positive or negative. You'll classify it far quicker as positive, if just beforehand I had showed you another positive word such as "honesty" - a phenomenon that's known as affective priming. Now James Blair and colleagues at the National Institute for Mental Health in America have shown that affective priming is greatly reduced in callous people who score high on psychopathy.
Annoying co-workers, deceitful colleagues and egocentric clients can make the job of the meeting professional a challenge. But nothing could be worse than dealing with a psychopath.
The word "psychopath" scares people. Psychopaths are the subjects of newspaper headlines and television crime shows - cold-blooded killers, pedophiles and ruthless con artists - people we hope to never meet in our own lives. Yet, research shows that about 1 percent of the world's population has psychopathic tendencies. The fact is that not all psychopaths are violent and dangerous; rather, the headlines that raise our awareness have skewed our understanding of who they are and what they're like. If one in 100 individuals you meet in any given day could have psychopathic tendencies, how can you tell if your colleague is a psychopath or just someone with a disagreeable personality? An important first step in defending yourself is to learn about and understand just what makes someone a psychopath.
The word "psychopath" scares people. Psychopaths are the subjects of newspaper headlines and television crime shows - cold-blooded killers, pedophiles and ruthless con artists - people we hope to never meet in our own lives. Yet, research shows that about 1 percent of the world's population has psychopathic tendencies. The fact is that not all psychopaths are violent and dangerous; rather, the headlines that raise our awareness have skewed our understanding of who they are and what they're like. If one in 100 individuals you meet in any given day could have psychopathic tendencies, how can you tell if your colleague is a psychopath or just someone with a disagreeable personality? An important first step in defending yourself is to learn about and understand just what makes someone a psychopath.
Two new studies show that migraine headaches are very common among U.S. military personnel, yet the condition is frequently underdiagnosed. The studies, appearing in Headache, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Headache Society, examine the incidence among soldiers within 10 days of returning from a 1-year combat tour in Iraq , as well as U.S. Army officer trainees.
The U.S. active-duty military population is composed chiefly of young adults, which is the age group at highest risk for migraine. However, the reported rates are higher than those of similar age and gender in the general U.S. population.
The findings show that 19 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq screened positive for migraine and an additional 17 percent screened positive for possible migraine. Soldiers with a positive migraine screen suffered a mean average of 3.1 headache days per month, headache durations of 5.2 hours and 2.4 impaired duty days per month due to headache. Soldiers with migraine contacted 3 months after returning from Iraq had a mean of 5.3 headache days per month.
The U.S. active-duty military population is composed chiefly of young adults, which is the age group at highest risk for migraine. However, the reported rates are higher than those of similar age and gender in the general U.S. population.
The findings show that 19 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq screened positive for migraine and an additional 17 percent screened positive for possible migraine. Soldiers with a positive migraine screen suffered a mean average of 3.1 headache days per month, headache durations of 5.2 hours and 2.4 impaired duty days per month due to headache. Soldiers with migraine contacted 3 months after returning from Iraq had a mean of 5.3 headache days per month.
Taking 1000mg of a specific olive leaf extract (EFLA®943) can lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure in patients with mild hypertension (high blood pressure). These findings came from a 'Twins' trial, in which different treatments were given to identical twins.
By doing this, researchers could increase the power of their data by eliminating some of the uncertainties caused by genetic variations between individual people.
Hypertension is one of the most common and important disease risk factors imposed by the modern lifestyle. Many people would therefore benefit from finding ways of reducing blood pressure. Experiments in rats had previously indicated that olive leaf extract could be one way of achieving this goal.
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| A specific olive leaf extract can lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure in patients with mild hypertension (high blood pressure), a new study has found. |
By doing this, researchers could increase the power of their data by eliminating some of the uncertainties caused by genetic variations between individual people.
Hypertension is one of the most common and important disease risk factors imposed by the modern lifestyle. Many people would therefore benefit from finding ways of reducing blood pressure. Experiments in rats had previously indicated that olive leaf extract could be one way of achieving this goal.
