Category: Family

Gluten Free for Kids – Maybe Not

… a gluten-free lifestyle for no reason, 26% thought it was a healthier option, 19% believed it aided in digestive health, and 10% said someone in the family was sensitive to gluten. Only 8%, the least common reason for selecting a gluten-free diet, …

Gluten Free for Kids – Maybe Not

… a gluten-free lifestyle for no reason, 26% thought it was a healthier option, 19% believed it aided in digestive health, and 10% said someone in the family was sensitive to gluten. Only 8%, the least common reason for selecting a gluten-free diet, …

aged care facilities

There are many living communities for those who are getting older or who may be suffering from some memory loss. It is important for people to realize that older people who suffer from short term memory loss do not necessarily have Alzheimers disease, a progressive illness that robs them of their cognitive abilities and eventually proves fatal, but may be suffering from other forms of dementia that are less serious.

609 teenage pregnancies recorded in Tema

Six hundred and nine girls aged between 10 and 19 years reported pregnant at various health facilities in the Tema Metropolis between January and October, 2016. Out of the total, 21 tested HIV positive when they underwent the compulsory mother-to-child prevention test.

Farmington Lions Club offers free eye exams

Farmington Lions Club offers free eye exams Each year, members of the Farmington Lions Club administer free eye exams to San Juan County children. Check out this story on Daily-Times.com: Zoie Herbert has her eyes checked by a scammer held by Farmington Evening Lions Club member Marilyn Montoya, right, on Wednesday at Central Primary School in Bloomfield.

Ontario children and youth with ADHD often prescribed antipsychotics, study finds

A study by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences found almost 12 per cent of kids and youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, were prescribed antipsychotics like Risperdal, Zyprexa and Seroquel. One in 20 Ontario children and youth have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and many are prescribed antipsychotic drugs, despite having no other mental health diagnoses, researchers have found.

Heavy adolescent drinking alters cortical excitability and functional connectivity in the brain

Long-term heavy use of alcohol in adolescence alters cortical excitability and functional connectivity in the brain, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. These alterations were observed in physically and mentally healthy but heavy-drinking adolescents, who nevertheless did not fulfil the diagnostic criteria for a substance abuse disorder.

Teenagers who access mental health services see significant improvements, study shows

Young people with mental health problems who have contact with mental health services are significantly less likely to suffer from clinical depression later in their adolescence than those with equivalent difficulties who do not receive treatment, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. This comes as Prime Minister Theresa May announced measures to improve mental health support at every stage of a person’s life, with an emphasis on early intervention for children and young people.

Trump’s health pick set to defend investments at U.S. Senate hearing

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary was expected to face hard questions from a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday about his personal stock investments and proposals to dismantle Obamacare. Representative Tom Price, a Georgia orthopedic surgeon who has been in politics for more than 20 years, was chosen by fellow Republican Trump, who will become president on Friday, to head an agency that manages scores of healthcare programs.

Steep Bills Surprise Patients Who Go ‘Out-of-Network’

Patients using specialists outside their health-plan network often receive surprise bills for services that cost far more than what Medicare considers a fair rate, a new study suggests. Most insurers use rates set by Medicare — the publicly funded insurance program for the elderly — as the benchmark for what they’ll pay health care providers.

School bias against HIV kids

New Delhi, Jan. 16: The Supreme Court today indicated it would balance the interests of HIV-affected children or children of such parents with those of healthy children before laying down any guidelines for educational institutions to ensure that no child is discriminated against. The court was dealing with a PIL filed in 2014 by an NGO, alleging that HIV-affected students or children born to such parents were not being admitted in regular schools by the managements, which amounted to discrimination and violation of the fundamental right to free and compulsory education for all children.

A solution to fix the chaos in Medicare

… A decision about how these services were to be delivered is critical to understanding the contentious debates around health care. Could Bismarck have given vouchers for care as needed? Alternatively, should the government control the needed health …

Sex educ, condom distribution to curb HIV, teenage pregnancy

AS THE controversy over sex education and condom distribution programs for teenagers in schools continues, a health program service provider thought to have both of the programs to address sexual diseases and teenage pregnancy. Davao Reproductive Health and Wellness Center head physician Dr. Jordana Ramiterre said choosing whether to have sex education or condom distribution program among teenagers in schools should not be a problem as both could provide services.

Bloodhounds train to find missing elderly residents

Nearly 5.4 million Americans are living with with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and that number is projected to skyrocket over the next 25 years. Bloodhounds train to find missing elderly residents Nearly 5.4 million Americans are living with with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and that number is projected to skyrocket over the next 25 years.

Mumps outbreak

A health crisis is affecting our state. 36 people in Spokane now have the mumps and, some kids who haven’t been immunized against the disease won’t be allowed in school for weeks at a time.

Flu now widespread in North Carolina

… according to information from the Centers for Disease Control. According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Region 5, which includes Watauga County and goes east to Guilford County, has the third-highest flu rate in the …

Antidepressant Use Tied to Double the Risk of Hip Fractures in Elderly

Antidepressant use is tied to nearly double the risk of sustaining a hip fracture among community-dwelling elderly people, particularly those with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. The increased risk was highest when the patients first began antidepressant treatment but remained elevated even 4 years later.

Judge Gives State, Medicaid Provider Chance To Settle Dispute Over Electronic Monitoring Of Workers

Six home care agencies are objecting to the state’s new electronic monitoring system for home care workers.Getty Images/iStockphoto Six home care agencies are objecting to the state’s new electronic monitoring system for home care workers.Getty Images/iStockphoto A judge has given the state and the largest provider of home-care services for elderly Medicaid clients time to try to come to an agreement over the company’s participation in a new fraud-busting monitoring system that measures the time a worker spends in the home, and the work caregivers do in the homes. Companions & Homemakers, Inc. has balked at using the new “electronic visit verification” technology and the state has kicked the company out of the Medicaid program.

Low-calorie sweetener use in kids jumps 200%, study finds

The consumption of low-calorie sweeteners jumped a whopping 200% among children and 54% among adults from 1999 to 2012, according to a study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on Tuesday. “We were somewhat surprised,” said Allison Sylvetsky, assistant professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, who was lead author of the study.