Monday, 02 February 2009
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Health News & Wrap Up Of The Day
Hormones May Predict "Baby Blues" - Measuring levels of a hormone midway through pregnancy may predict a woman's risk of postnatal depression, say US researchers. In a study of 100 women, levels of the pCRH hormone at 25 weeks helped predict three-quarters of those who developed the "baby blues".
Kids Most In Need Least Likely To Take Vitamins - Children and teenagers who face the greatest risk of nutritional deficiencies tend to use vitamin and mineral supplements the least, researchers reported Monday.Among 10,828 US children ages 2 to 17 years old who participated in the 1999 to 2004 United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, roughly 34 percent had used vitamin and mineral supplements in the past month.
Mental Illness & Violence: A Link? - When horrific acts of violence erupt, such as killing rampages on school campuses or mass slayings by heads of families, the public often reacts by saying the offender must have been "crazy."
Although mental illness and violence are often thought by society to go together, the perception is not entirely true, according to a new study.
"Mental illness alone does not increase the risk of violence," says Eric Elbogen, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, citing the results of his recent study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
Insulin Might Be New Treatment For Alzheimer's - A Northwestern University-led research team reports that insulin, by shielding memory-forming synapses from harm, may slow or prevent the damage and memory loss caused by toxic proteins in Alzheimer's disease.
The findings, which provide additional new evidence that Alzheimer's could be due to a novel third form of diabetes, was published Monday in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Surgeons Remove Kidney Through Vagina - Surgeons removed a woman's kidney through her vagina so she could give it to her ailing niece, an unusual operation they hope will encourage others to donate because it reduces pain, scarring and recovery time. Doctors at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine said donor Kimberly Johnson, 48, and her niece, Jennifer Gilbert, 23, were both doing well following operations Thursday.
"It was easier than childbirth," said Johnson, who has three children.
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Comments (4)
"Mental illness alone does not increase the risk of violence" HA! Ta heck if it don't!
Try working at a home for mentally disabled, and forget to pass out their pudding snacks at snack time and see if you are not a victim of violence!
@OhItzJustMe@xanga - haha
That woman giving birth to a kidney out of her vagina is crazy!
Just this week in my class we were learning about organ donation, and in a matter of years we might all be able to sell our kidneys! Then we can give birth to kidneys as well ha ha..
The one about Insulin treating Alzheimer's was interesting.
Don't know what to say about the last one...