Childhood Obesity Among Quebec Cree Raises Concerns
Childhood obesity is increasing among the general population in Canada, but the statistics are even more alarming among First Nations, Inuit and Métis children. In a study published recently in the American Journal of Public Health, University of Alberta researchers found that up to 65 per cent of Cree preschoolers in northern Quebec communities were overweight or obese.
Dr. Noreen Willows, a community nutritionist at the University of Alberta, and her colleagues also studied obesity levels in Cree schoolchildren aged 9 to 12 living in two Cree Nations north of Montreal, Canada.
Kids with head injury apt to have another
Children who suffer a head injury are quite likely to have a similar injury subsequently, researchers report.
“We do not really understand the mechanism behind repetitive head injuries in children,” Dr. Bonnie R. Swaine, of the University of Montreal, Canada, told Reuters Health. “These results support anecdotal evidence of the phenomenon.”
Study Shows Hope for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
Research by faculty and staff at Rowan University, Glassboro, N.J.; the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; and Drexel University may lead to better diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.
In a $1.1-million National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging study that team members conducted during the last three years, they determined early Alzheimer’s could be diagnosed with a high rate of accuracy evaluating electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. The study may lead to an earlier diagnosis, and therefore earlier treatment and improved quality of life, for people at the earliest stages of the disease.
