Sleeping Alone Increases Risk of
Obesity in Kids
A
new study has found that kids who have a high risk of being obese manage to
reduce their chances of becoming overweight when they reach their teens or
adulthood if they sleep with their parents rather than sleeping alone.
The
study was conducted by researchers at the Copenhagen University in Denmark and
was presented at the European Congress on Obesity annual meet held from May 9
to May 11 in Lyon France.
The researchers observed the sleeping habits of 625 children aged between 2 to 6 years and who had a greater risk of being obese due to high birth weight, low socioeconomic status or maternal pre-pregnancy overweight. The researchers found that those children who slept with their parents had a significantly lower risk of becoming overweight with odds ratio of 0.5.
The researchers observed the sleeping habits of 625 children aged between 2 to 6 years and who had a greater risk of being obese due to high birth weight, low socioeconomic status or maternal pre-pregnancy overweight. The researchers found that those children who slept with their parents had a significantly lower risk of becoming overweight with odds ratio of 0.5.
“The
results may suggest that elements of parental social support or other types of
positive psychosocial responses if being allowed to enter parents' bed during
night may protect against overweight, whereas types of negative psychosocial
responses such as feelings of rejection when not being allowed to enter
parents' bed may lead to overweight”, lead researcher Nanna Julie Olsen said.
Source-www.medindia.net
22.05.2012
Italian Baby Gets World's Smallest
Artificial Heart
World's
smallest artificial heart has been implanted into a 16-month-old baby before
the infant received a permanent organ donation, say surgeons.
"In
March, the smallest artificial heart in the world was implanted at the Bambino
Gesu Hospital in Rome," Antonio Amodeo, a senior hospital official, said
in a statement.
"The
device, a titanium pump weighing only 11 grams and that can endure a flow of up
to 1.5 litres per minute, was used in an emergency case of a 16-month-old
infant suffering from dilated myocardiopathy with a serious infection of the
ventricular assistance device that had been implanted previously."
The
artificial heart made it possible for the infant, whose identity and sex were
not revealed, to survive for 13 days before the baby received a real heart
transplant.
"At
present, at more than one month from the surgery, the infant is in good
health," the statement said.
Source-www.medindia.net
Source-www.medindia.net
22.05.2012
A dream you
dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality
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