1). "In a wide-ranging declaration adopted at the end of the three-day meeting ...

Also In Global Health News: Congo Security Warnings; Niger Food Crisis; Drug Cost In Developing Countries; Measles Vaccination In China published Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Congolese Community Leaders Warned U.N. About Security; 240 Rape Victims Now Identified "Congolese community leaders say they begged local U.N. officials and army commanders to protect villagers days before rebels gang-raped scores of people, from a month-old baby boy to a 110-year-old great-great-grandmother," the Associated Press reports...

Autistic Children And Families In Detroit Are Offered Help From The Children's Center Of Wayne County As They Prepare For School published Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PDT
In preparation for the new school year The Children's Center's is gearing up their early intervention programs for families and children with autistic spectrum disorders between the ages 18 months to 6 years old. The Children's Center (TCC) recognizes one of the fastest growing developmental disability in the United States affecting our children is Autism...

'Back-To-School' How To Prevent Sports Related Eye Injuries published Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PDT
It's back to school time! Kids are feeling excited and maybe a little nervous. New teachers, new friends and new sports seasons. Parents are scrambling to buy back-to-school clothes and equip their children with all the sports gear they need, like helmets, pads, braces and mouth guards...

Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality News And Numbers: Oregon And Vermont Show Fewest Hospitalizations For Children With Asthma published Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Oregon and Vermont reported the nation's lowest rates of avoidable hospitalizations for asthma in children ages 2 to 17 in 2006, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Oregon reported the lowest rate of potentially avoidable hospitalizations, at 44 per 100,000 children. Vermont followed closely, with 46 admissions of children with asthma...

The Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia To Open The New Nicholas And Athena Karabots Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center In West Philadelphia published Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced a generous $7.5 million gift that will lead to the creation of a new Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center in West Philadelphia. The primary health-care facility will be called the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center and is part of the CHOP Care Network...

Study Links Fluoride To Pre-term Birth And Anemia In Pregnancy published Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Fluoride avoidance reduced anemia in pregnant women, decreased pre-term births and enhanced babies' birth-weight, concludes leading fluoride expert, AK Susheela and colleagues, in a study published in Current Science (May 2010)...

Well-Being In Adolescent Boys Increased By Mindfulness Meditation published Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
'Mindfulness', the process of learning to become more aware of our ongoing experiences, increases well-being in adolescent boys, a new study reports. Researchers from the University of Cambridge analyzed 155 boys from two independent UK schools, Tonbridge and Hampton, before and after a four-week crash course in mindfulness...

New UNH Research Shows Risk Of Marijuana's 'Gateway Effect' Overblown published Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that the "gateway effect" of marijuana - that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit drugs as young adults - is overblown. Whether teenagers who smoked pot will use other illicit drugs as young adults has more to do with life factors such as employment status and stress, according to the new research...

RNAi Screening Used For The First Time To Study Ewing's Sarcoma published Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
The first study of Ewing's sarcoma that screened hundreds of genes based on how they affect cell growth has identified two potential anti-cancer drug targets, according to a scientific paper by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) published in the journal Molecular Cancer...

Teens Who Sleep Less Eat More Fatty Foods And Snacks published Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that teens who slept less than eight hours per weeknight ate higher proportions of fatty foods and snacks than adolescents who slept eight hours or more. The results suggest that short sleep duration may increase obesity risk by causing small changes in eating patterns that cumulatively alter energy balance, especially in girls...

UK Schools Must Balance Ethos With Equality published Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Faith based schools are on the rise in the UK, apparently boosting educational standards. But are religious values at odds with legislation on equality? Research that appears in the journal Education Management Administration and Leadership published by SAGE shows what happens when school values and those of the state diverge, with unfortunate consequences for gay students and staff...

The Face Of An Infant's Suffering; Can It Be Sugarcoated? published Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:00 PDT
When your newborn infant is crying with uncomfortable teething or otherwise obviously suffering, feeding sugar to the little one has been a home remedy for years based on not only perceived behavior, but also physiological reactions. However, a new article by Dr...

Going Back To School Met With Mixed Emotions published Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Millions of students at all grade levels, from elementary to high school to college, will head back to school and many times this is met with mixed emotions. Not because the "summer fun" has ended, but because school adds new pressures into the mix, with many kids focusing on trying to be popular, and some just to even fit in...

"There Is No Childhood Obesity Epidemic" published Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Nearly one out of every three American children is clinically overweight or obese. The health and well-being of future generations is undeniably at risk. And yet the fastest-growing fitness club chain in the world is about to launch a nationwide campaign featuring TV commercials and full-page ads in USA Today and People magazine which declare "There is no childhood obesity epidemic...

Childhood Obesity May Be Underreported published Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
As the U.S. launches its first-ever National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month today, scientists say the problem may be even more widespread than was thought. Researchers have found that parents tend to underreport their children's weight. Estimates of obesity and body mass index (BMI) based on parent-supplied data may miss one in five obese children...

National Leaders Pick Fight Against Childhood Obesity published Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Those Picked Last, a foundation created to educate and bring together parents, children, clinicians, educators, politicians and businesses to combat childhood obesity, is announcing its first ever conference in honor of Childhood Obesity Month. The conference, "Weaving The Threads of Hope for Change" is being held on Tuesday, September 7 from 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Hilton Columbus at Easton...

There Is Still Too Much Aluminium In Infant Formulas published Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
The aluminium content of a range of the most popular brands of infant formulas remains high, and particularly so for a product designed for preterm infants and a soya-based product designed for infants with cow's milk intolerances and allergies, researchers have found...

Growing Obesity, Diabetes Epidemics In California published Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A majority of adults in California are obese or overweight, and more than 2 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research...

Crohn's Disease: Risk Of Surgery Lower Than Reported In Recent Studies published Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A new multi-center study of 854 children with Crohn's disease shows a 5-year cumulative risk of bowel surgery is significantly lower than reported in recent studies...

Research Reveals Higher Rates Of Substance Use By Hispanic Students published Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Hispanic middle school students may be more likely to smoke, drink or use marijuana than their peers of other races and ethnicities, whereas Asian students seem to have the lowest risk, according to new research in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs...

White House Drug Policy Director Awards $85.6 Million To Local Communities To Prevent Youth Drug Use published Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), announced $22 million in new Drug Free Communities Support Program (DFC) grants to 169 communities and 16 new DFC Mentoring grants across the country...

St. Jude Doctors And Scientists Team Up To Fight Childhood Cancer published Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Survival rates overall for childhood cancer are almost 80 percent a marked advance against a disease that was curable in only a small fraction of children 50 years ago. However, despite progress, pediatric cancer remains the leading cause of death due to disease among U.S. children older than 1 year of age. While September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month nationwide, at St...

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