NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Children whose mothers were
exposed to even moderately severe stress during pregnancy may
show the effects in their intellectual development, a new study
suggests.

Research has shown that significant stress during pregnancy
may affect fetal growth and development, but less is known
about whether this has long-term effects on children's
cognitive functioning.

The new study assessed intellectual [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Being obese may dim a man's
chances of becoming a father, even if he is otherwise healthy,
a new study suggests.

Researchers found that among 87 healthy men ages 19 to 48,
those who were obese were less likely to have ever fathered a
child. More importantly, they showed hormonal differences that
point to a reduced [...]

BOSTON (Reuters) -
One of two patients who developed a
potentially deadly brain infection after taking the multiple
sclerosis drug Tysabri is deteriorating, while one is
recovering, according to a researcher involved in their care.

Dr. Ralf Gold of the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, said
in an interview Friday that a 52-year-old German patient who is
hospitalized near the town of [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Aggression among nursing home
residents is extremely common, and often triggered by
territorial issues, according to one of only a handful of
studies to look at this issue.

The findings suggest that giving residents more control and
choice in their daily lives, as well as not having demented and
non-demented individuals share living space, might help [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
People who have uncontrolled
high blood pressure despite taking multiple blood
pressure-lowering drugs can lower their blood pressure by
adopting a low-salt diet, according to a study released today
at the American Heart Association's 62nd Annual Fall Conference
of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research in Atlanta.

“A high-salt diet contributes importantly to
treatment-resistant hypertension (high [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Nearly 70 percent of patients
with Parkinson's disease report pain, which is significantly
higher than the frequency of pain in healthy controls,
according to a brief report in the Archives of Neurology.

“Patients with Parkinson's disease often complain of
painful sensations,” which may involve body parts affected or
unaffected by dystonia, Dr. Giovanni Defazio, from the
University [...]

Eine solide sterbemedizinische Versorgung von Kindern mit lebensverkürzenden Erkrankungen hat jetzt der Deutsche Kinderhospizverein gefordert. Dieses Netz der Palliativversorgung müsse flächendeckend aufgebaut werden, heißt es in einer Erklärung mit Verweis auf die Gesundheitsreform und die Rahmenempfehlung der Krankenkassen.
Darin ist festgelegt worden, dass die besonderen Belange der Kinder zu berücksichtigen sind. “Bisher fehlt es allerdings an [...]

Kinder mit einem niedrigen Geburtsgewicht haben ein höheres Risiko, eine psychische Störung zu entwickeln, als Kinder mit normalem Geburtsgewicht. Dies betrifft aggressives Verhalten, Angststörungen und Depressionen sowie Aufmerksamkeitsstörungen. Bei Kindern, die bei der Geburt ein geringes Gewicht hatten, ist es daher besonders wichtig, auf Verhaltensauffälligkeiten zu achten, um gegebenenfalls frühzeitig psychotherapeutisch reagieren zu können, empfiehlt [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Regular moderate exercise helps
people with diabetes to reduce fat in their livers, in turn
potentially preventing liver failure and heart disease, U.S.
researchers said on Friday.

People with type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the
disease and one closely tied to obesity, often have elevated
liver fat levels and are at high risk for a [...]

Bei einigen gesetzlichen Krankenkassen versicherte Krebspatienten können jetzt ohne Zusatzkosten eine moderne und schmerzfreie Untersuchungsmethode in Anspruch nehmen. Wer von Lungen-, Brust-, Lymphdrüsen- oder Darmkrebs betroffen ist und Mitglied der TK, DAK oder anderer großer Kassen ist, kann nun eine spezielle Krebs-Diagnostik nutzen.
Dabei handelt es sich um die PET/CT-Diagnostik am Diagnostisch Therapeutischen Zentrum (DTZ) in. [...]