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In a new study, researchers confirmed that the use of paracetamol during pregnancy led to an increased risk of children displaying symptoms of ADHD and autism.
Annotated Bibliography: The American Journal For Clinical Nutrition 293 Words2 Pages Citation: Chasan-Taber, L., Willett, W. C., Seddon, J. M., Stampfer, M. J., Rosner, B., Colditz, G. A., Speizer, F., Hankinson S. E., (1999). A Prospective Study of Vitamin Supplement Intake and Cataract Extraction among U.S. Women. The American Journal for Clinical Nutrition, 70(4), 509-516. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/70/4/509.full Author affiliation: âFrom the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; the Chan...
Date Time New research finds slumped posture not such a pain in neck after all Curtin University research in partnership with the Raine Study has cast doubt on the popular belief that having a slumped posture while seated can lead to neck pain. Published in ‘Physical Therapy’, the research found females in late adolescence who sat in a slumped position compared to upright posture had a lower risk of experiencing persistent neck pain as a young adult. Lead author, Dr Karen Richards from the Curtin School of Allied Health, said generic public health messaging that urged people to sit up str...
E-Mail OAK BROOK, Ill. - Attendance at regular mammography screening substantially reduces the risk of dying from breast cancer, according to a large study of over half a million women, published in the journal Radiology. Researchers said women who skip even one scheduled mammography screening before a breast cancer diagnosis face a significantly higher risk of dying from the cancer. Breast cancer screening with mammography has helped reduce disease-related deaths by enabling detection of cancer at earlier, more treatable stages. Despite mammography's well-established effectiveness, many w...
Catastrophic expenditure for health: from antiquity to today Image: rudall30/Shutterstock Two thousand years ago, the story goes, an itinerant carpenter-prophet in Palestine met a woman who had suffered with a bleeding condition for twelve years. She had gone to see this man because she had already “suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had.” Today, we’ve given that a name: “Catastrophic expenditure for health.” And that concept—financial catastrophe in health care—feels quite new. It wasn’t until 2009 that the US had an estimate for the pr...