The Healthy Aging Show » Children’s Health

In their study of nearly 2,500 non-asthmatic children ages 5 to 9 who lived in the area, researchers found that the level of stress reported by the children’s parents had a significant impact on the kids’ susceptibility to other common contributors to asthma — namely exposure to pollution from traffic and secondhand smoke.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1912184,00.html

Screening Tool May Help Identify Abnormal Blood Pressure in Children and Teens

dennis — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:32:43 +0000

A simplified pediatric blood pressure table may simplify screening for potentially abnormal blood pressures in children and adolescents.

http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/703958?src=cmemp

Obese Teens as Likely as Smokers to Die Early

dennis — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:12:15 +0000

Likening obesity’s risks to those of smoking, a large European study spanning decades has found that young men who were overweight at age 18 were as likely to die by 60 as light smokers, while obese teens, like heavy smokers, were at double the risk of dying early.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/health/04obesity.html

Offspring of Older Fathers May Have Subtle Neurocognitive Impairments

dennis — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:12:02 +0000

The offspring of older fathers show subtle impairments on tests of neurocognitive ability during infancy and childhood…”Advanced paternal age (APA) is associated with an increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, as well as with dyslexia and reduced intelligence,”

http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/589761?src=cmemp

Offspring of Older Fathers May Have Subtle Neurocognitive Impairments

dennis — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:03:16 +0000

Offspring of Older Fathers May Have Subtle Neurocognitive Impairments – children measured at 8 month, 4 years and 7 years consistently scored poorer.

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