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Title: Another Study Sees No Vaccine-Autism Link
Category: Health News
Created: 3/29/2013 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/29/2013 12:00:00 AM
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Kim Kardashian at an event in New York
She’s definitely pregnant, that’s for sure. Kim Kardashian gave good bump in an embellished jersey outfit as she attended an event in New York yesterdayContinue reading...
How much protein?
How much protein should I eat to burn fat/gain muscle. Does anyone know a way to figure it out. Thanks!
'Bigorexics' Want to Boost Their Masculinity
But anorexic guys may identify with more feminine stereotypes, study suggests
By Robert Preidt
HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, March 28 (HealthDay News) -- Men obsessed with muscle-building lean toward traditional ideas of masculinity, while men fixated on being thin likely associate with more feminine stereotypes, according to new research.
Guys consumed by the idea that they are not muscular enough have a disorder called muscle dysmorphia, popularly known as "bigorexia."
It had been believed that sexuality was one of the main factors behind muscle dysmorphia in men, but this study suggests that how men view themselves is more important, according to the Australian researchers, whose study results are published in the March 27 issue of the Journal of Eating Disorders.
The researchers had a group of men complete a questionnaire designed to find out how they viewed themselves in comparison to common stereotypes of masculine thoughts and behaviors.
Men with a strong desire for being muscular had a greater preference for traditional masculinity, while those with a high drive for thinness (as in anorexia nervosa) leaned more toward feminine roles, the study found.
"This does not mean that that the men with anorexia were any less masculine, nor that the men with muscle dysmorphia were less feminine than the control subjects we recruited," study leader Stuart Murray, a clinical psychologist, said in a journal news release. "It is, however, an indication of the increasing pressures men are under to define their masculinity in the modern world."
He and his colleagues noted that research over the past several decades has shown that a growing number of men say they are unhappy with their body image. This may show itself in either a desire to lose weight and become thinner or to gain weight and build muscle.
This can lead to problems if a person abuses steroids or adopts unhealthy eating habits, or if the compulsion to exercise overwhelms normal life and leads to loss of sleep, reduced quality of life or even an inability to hold a normal job, the researchers said.
Insanity - HELP!
I just started Insanity and I am on day 4. I have read numerous posts and reviews about it and I am starting to get discouraged. I started this program because I used to work out Muay Thai and was in great shape. But I went through a bad divorce and gained 30+ pounds.
I am 5'5 and 171 pounds. I want to lose weight and be healthy for my kids. I am following the meal plan to the tee and also quit drinking. I feel as though I am eating too much. I calculated what I am supposed to consume and working through the workouts.
Is this program for weight loss? or is it just to tone up? My goal is to be at 145 and I know it is not about the weight, it is about inches, but any advice would be helpful!!
Valley Fever Fungal Infection on Rise in Southwest
Title: Valley Fever Fungal Infection on Rise in Southwest
Category: Health News
Created: 3/28/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/29/2013 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 3/28/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/29/2013 12:00:00 AM
Autism, ADHD Often Occur Together, Research Shows
Study finds nearly one-third of kids with autism also have problems with attention and hyperactivity
By Brenda Goodman
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 30 percent of young children with autism also show signs of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a rate that's three times higher than it is in the general population, a new study shows.
"We don't know the cause for ADHD in most cases. We don't know the cause of autism in most cases. It's not surprising that something that's going to affect the brain and cause one developmental outcome may also cause a second developmental outcome," said Dr. Andrew Adesman, chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center in Lake Success, N.Y. He was not involved in the study.
Kids in the study who had both problems together also tended to have more difficulty learning and socializing than children who had autism alone.
The researchers noted that the treatment of ADHD may benefit children with autism if they aren't making progress with autism treatment programs, which often require sustained focus on specific skills.
"In a child [with autism] who has great difficulties with attention, or hyperactivity or both, you really have to layer in another level of intervention strategies for them," said study author Rebecca Landa, director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore.
For the study, which is published in the June 5 online issue of the journal Autism, researchers asked parents of kids enrolled in a community-based study of child development about symptoms of attention and hyperactivity -- whether or not children could wait their turn, interrupted others who were speaking, fiddled with things during meals or could not slow down, for example. All the children in the study were between the ages of 4 and 8.
Out of 62 children diagnosed with autism, 18 (29 percent) also showed signs of ADHD.
A previous study of slightly older children found that 31 percent of children had the two disorders together.
"It's not surprising," said Dr. Patty Manning-Courtney, director of the Kelly O'Leary Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
"What's good about this study is that they went to the trouble to look at who met diagnostic criteria and what was different about those children," said Manning-Courtney, who was not involved in the research.
All the children who had both problems together were boys. Boys have higher rates of autism and ADHD than girls, research shows.
One limitation of the study was that researchers had to rely on questionnaires that are meant to spot ADHD in typical children. There really aren't good tests for attention and hyperactivity developed for kids with autism, and their problems may look different than those seen in typical school-aged children.
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