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Adolescent Obesity Study
Drs. Timothy Halliday and Sally Kwak, economics professors at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, recently published a paper in Economics and Human Biology titled, "Weight Gain in Adolescents and Their Peers." The article examines trends in adolescent body mass index (BMI) in a nationally representative dataset.

Aiming For Early Diagnosis For ADHD And Parkinson's Disease
Eye movement tests developed by Queen"s University researchers to aid in understanding childhood brain development and healthy aging may also help in the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and detecting the early onset of Parkinson"s disease. The project has received close to $1 million in recent funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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Elder Self-Neglect And Abuse Associated With Increased Risk Of Death
Elderly individuals who have a report of self-neglect or abuse submitted to a social service agency have an associated increased risk of death, according to a study in the August 5 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights.
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Does Preoperative Biliary Drainage Influence The Outcome Of Resectional Surgery For Ampullary Carcinoma?

A research article published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. This is believed to be the first study to investigate the effect of PBD in ampullary cancer. A team of gastroenterologists led by Dr Steven Joseph Mesenas and hepatobiliary surgeons at Singapore General Hospital divided 82 patients with ampullary cancer planned for surgical resection into those with PBD (n = 35) and those without (n = 47). The authors looked into various outcomes after surgery, such as pancreatic leakage, wound infection, bile leakage, infectious morbidity, intra-abdominal or gastrointestinal bleeding, intra-abdominal abscess, delayed gastric emptying and mortality. They found that the PBD group had a significantly reduced wound infection rate compared to the non-PBD group. More studies should be conducted to assess this benefit, especially in ampullary cancer patients. Reference: Abdullah SA, Gupta T, Jaafar KA, Chung YFA, Ooi LLPJ, Mesenas SJ. Ampullary carcinoma: Effect of preoperative biliary drainage on surgical outcome. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(23): 2908-2912 http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/15/2908.asp Correspondence to: Dr. Steven Joseph Mesenas, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road 169608, Singapore. Lin Tian World Journal of Gastroenterology


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