Month: January 2014
New criteria may reduce autism diagnoses
By Shereen Jegtvig NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The number of U.S. kids diagnosed with autism has been on the rise, but that trend could turn around with new diagnostic criteria coming into effect, researchers say. By applying the new symptom checklist to 6,577 children who already met the old definitions for autism and related disorders, the study team found about 19 percent of the kids would not get an autism diagnosis today. “Parents have no reason to be concerned about the findings of this study which is not about re-diagnosing people or taking away their diagnoses,” Dr. Brian King told Reuters Health in an email. King is director at the Seattle Children’s Autism Center and director of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Poll: Uninsured rate drops as health law rolls out
FIT FOR LIFE – Exercise is good for the body and the brain. Page 26
Exercise Increases Life Expectancy for Cancer Survivors
Walking Exercise Makes People Live Longer – RareJob – Blogger
Exercise-a-thon raises funds for cardiac rehab centre
General Atomics, Northrop Demo UAV Electronic Warfare Tech at …
Physically Active Men Live Longer After Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease; Reduce Heart Failure
Alternative medicine trial offering therapy for children in pain
Physical activity significantly extends lives of cancer survivors
( Loyola University Health System ) Physical activity significantly extends the lives of male cancer survivors, a new study of 1,021 men has found. During the period while the men were followed, those who expended more than 12,600 calories per week in physical activity were 48 percent less likely to die than those who burned fewer than 2,100 calories per week.
