Mary Lee is shown chatting with friends online, Monday, July 14, 2008, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Among a nationwide group of about 1,000 American children followed for several years, 90 percent were physically active for at least two hours each weekday at age nine. But by age 15, that plummeted to less that 3 percent [...]

- TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) — An in-trial dendritic cell vaccine
that fights malignant brain tumors called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)
may help boost a patient's immunity response and improve the outcome, a
new report says.

An article in the July 15 issue of Cancer Research says this
would mark the first time a tumor-altering therapeutic intervention would
have [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Proper food storage and preparation are
important ways to prevent food-borne illness, as is keeping your kitchen
germ-free.

Here are suggestions for a clean kitchen, courtesy of the National
Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse:

Each week, wash all sponges, dish rags and towels in the washing
machine with hot water.
Make sure all cooking utensils are clean before [...]

- (HealthDay News) — As your baby grows and learns to walk, it's
important to prepare your home to keep your toddler safe and
injury-free.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine suggests how to toddler-proof
your home:

Use safety devices such as electrical outlet covers, baby gates,
window guards, and toilet seat and cabinet locks.
Never leave your toddler alone, [...]

- TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) — Even if young children aren't
watching the TV, it may be distracting them from their play and depriving
them of developing critical attention skills, a new study says.

When children aged 3 and younger played in a room with a television on
that was tuned to adult programming, they played for [...]

- (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

If you are female aged 21 or older, have an intact
cervix and are willing to undergo colposcopy, biopsy and ECC within eight
weeks of the first clinic visit, you may qualify for this study.

The
research site is in Costa Mesa, [...]

- TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) — More than one-third of
elderly patients on Medicare take a companion with them for routine
medical visits.

And patients who are accompanied on such visits tend to be more
satisfied with the visit, according to a study published in the July 14
issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

“I think it's a [...]

- TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) — Children suffering from
juvenile arthritis who haven't had luck with other treatments may benefit
from a drug called Orencia (abatacept).

The conclusions follow from a randomized trial of 122 patients aged 6
to 17 from 45 centers in Europe and in the United States. All participants
had a history of juvenile idiopathic [...]

- TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) — Undergoing hip or joint
replacement surgery may well be worth the trouble for older adults with
severe osteoarthritis, researchers say.

In a new study, symptoms improved markedly more in patients who had
undergone this type of surgery a year previously, relative to patients who
had not had the procedure.

The findings, by researchers [...]

- TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) — A new testing device may
give doctors early warning of eye disease, especially vision trouble
linked to diabetes, researchers say.

The device is able to capture images of the eye that reveal metabolic
stress and tissue damage, even before the first signs and symptoms of
disease appear, says a team at the [...]