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1. Pitt Study Examines Environmental Risk Factors For Childhood Autism The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) has launched a multi-year study to help identify environmental and other factors that may put children at risk for developing conditions within the autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)....
2. Share of Cost, Medi-Cal, Link Between Acetaminophen Use In Adolescents And Doubled Risk Of Asthma New evidence linking the use of acetaminophen to development of asthma and eczema suggests that even monthly use of the drug in adolescents may more than double risk of asthma in adolescents compared to those who used none at all; yearly use was associated with a 50 percent increase in the risk of asthma....
3. Association Discovered Between Childhood ADHD And Substance Abuse Risk Analysis of data from two long-term studies of the impact of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on the development of psychiatric disorders in young adults confirms that ADHD alone significantly increases the risk of cigarette smoking and substance abuse in both boys and girls....
4. Autism-Related Study Discovers How Drug Interferes With Neuronal Cell Function A York University study has shown for the first time how the drug misoprostol, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental defects associated with autism, interferes with neuronal cell function. It is an important finding because misoprostol is similar in structure to naturally-occurring prostaglandins, which are the key signaling molecules produced by fatty acids in the […]...
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7. Results from the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use & Health – Mental Health Findings This report provides information about the prevalence of mental disorders and use of mental health services for youth aged 12 to 17 and adults aged 18 or older.  It also looks at mental health, suicidal thoughts and behavior and the co-occurrence of mental illness and substance use. One of the report’s findings is that among the 45.1 million adults aged 18 or older with […]...
8. Exposure To Parental Stress Increases Pollution-Related Lung Damage In Children Psychosocial stress appears to enhance the lung-damaging effects of traffic-related pollution (TRP) in children, according to new research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. The results will appear online ahead of the print edition of the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical […]...
9. California witnesses largest repatriation of Native American artifacts Over 200 sacred Native American artifacts, held by private collectors and later the Smithsonian Institution and other museums, have been returned to the Yurok people of Northern California. According to Peter Fimrite of the San Francisco Chronicle, it is one of the largest repatriations of ceremonial artifacts in U.S. History. The necklaces, headdresses, arrows, hides […]...
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11. UNICEF Calls African Governments To Protect Children From Violence, Exploitation And Abuse Thousands of children in Africa are experiencing violence, exploitation and abuse on a daily basis. The situation is especially stark for children living and working on the streets....
12. Share of Cost, Esophageal Cancer Risk Lower Than Expected For GERD Patients Share of Cost, The risk of esophageal cancer among patients who suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is not as high as many may think, according to new research from University of Michigan gastroenterologists. GERD is considered a relative risk for developing esophageal adenocarcinoma, but the absolute risk is not known, says Joel Rubenstein, M.D., […]...