Archive for May, 2016

Instances of farsightedness

Kids with cases of undetected farsightedness will surely do a poor performance in school, particularly when it comes to literacy tests, thus it will lead to the researchers in questioning if they provide eyeglasses for the kids can help in the prevention of reading & education deficits. Slight farsightedness or better known as hyperopia will not have a dramatic effect on the eyesight & a lot of the kids will not even know the difference, so they will not complain according to researchers.  There is no big amount of research on the results of hyperopia in terms of early reading and learning. More so, in relation to the absence of agreement amid doctors on how they will take care, leaving the researchers without any recommendations to the parents.

The mother and the daughter have similar corticolimbic systems

More than 8% of the Americans ages 12 years old and below are suffering from depression. It is very common among mother and daughters; this is according to the human study made by the researchers in a report. The animal studies made in the past have shown that when moms are stressed out while they are pregnant, this is more likely to affect the brain structure of the daughters more than the sons, particularly in the corticolimbic system.  This system is being used to check on the risks and it is also where the emotions are being processed and controlled. It contains the hypocampus, anterior cingulate cortex, ventromedial prefrontal cortex and the amygdala.

There are benefits behind the use of Vitamin D during pregnancy

There were presumptions about the regular intake of vitamin D supplement while pregnant and that it is can help in lowering the risks of the unborn child for asthma. On the other hand, there were 2 new researches that do not find any proof for the said result. There is a study wherein there is no essence statistically about the results of the primary end point of stubborn wheezing. This was concluded by Dr. Bisgaard of a university in Denmark. On the other hand, the experts insisted that the longer and the bigger the trials are there may be the need to check on the advantages for the babies when the mothers take the Vitamin D supplement during pregnancy.

Obesity and its relation to puberty among boys

Too much weight can actually delay or even make the puberty among young boys faster, but that depends on how many pounds they will carry. This is according to a new study.  Boys who are overweight may tend to go through puberty faster than those who are not overweight according to researchers who studied 3,900 boys’ ages 6-16 years old.  However, there is also a study that boys who were obese tend to go through the puberty stage slower than those who are not obese; this is in accordance to the newest study conducted this January through the Journal Pediatrics.

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The importance of Medicaid in dental care

It was last January 22 of this year when a dental resident named Madison Galloway checked on the teeth of a boy named Justin. He is 11 years of age and during his visit at the Riley Hospital for Kids Department of Pediatric Dentistry located in Indianapolis.  The federal report stated that 3 of every 4 kids didn’t get all of the needed dental services, like the regular dental checkup, fluoride application, dental propylaxis and others in the programs being offered by Medicaid in 4 different states. 1 in every kids failed to see a dentist throughout their life.  In Chicago, 3 of every 4 kids are covered by the Medicaid in 4 states that didn’t actually get all the needed dental care in 2 years time, this is in accordance to the federal report that suggests that the government should persuade in improving the access of the people to dental care.

There are ways to disrupt the spreading of Zika Virus

The outbreak of the ZIka virus in Brazil and in other nations has elevated the worry that the pathogen might spread widely all over the US too. However, the federal health officials as well as other infectious disease specialists say that at the moment, there is no recorded case yet. They do not think that the transmission of the virus will be widespread and this is based on what is happening at the moment. This is according to the statement of Dr. Bell. She is the director of the National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. There are some reasons why she is very positive about the case of Zika in spreading throughout the country; she said that it may be contained.

Quit smoking through various methods

The pills meant to stop the urge of a person to smoke is not way better than nicotine patches and lozenges in terms of helping the people to stop smoking in a successful manner according to a study made in the US.  The researchers provided more than a thousand smokers with counseling to help them stop and then casually assigned them to get 90 days of treatment using lozenges along with patches or it may also be veranicline, which is a kind of pill sold in the US and in some countries like Europe & Canada.

The role of Opioids

Though Opioids can help in alleviating the pain in some of the patients suffering from chronic pain, they’re effectively coming in terms of bringing back the physical function in patients suffering from neuropathic pain and may be considered as limited.  The research, published in a new study made by some of the researchers coming from a University in Alberta, painkillers like morphine, Tylenol 3, codeine and others cannot give further improvements in terms of the physical function of the patients who suffer from neuropathy pain.

The link between suicide cases and antidepressant drugs

Antidepressants seem to be riskier for kids and for teens than the reports stated in the medical journals. This is due to the fact that was primarily published from the results taken in some clinical trials. Though they didn’t take note of the suicide as well as aggression cases precisely, there was a new study that stated these things.  Young individuals usually have 2xs the risk of aggression as well as suicide whenever they are taking one of the most typically prescribed antidepressant pills. This is according to the new study published in a journal last January 27.