Symptoms may affect school and quality of life By Steven Reinberg MONDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) — Some children who suffer a concussion will display continued difficulties, such as attention and memory problems, for many months, a new study finds. Concussions, also known as mild traumatic brain injury, are common in childhood, with more than...

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Yet consuming lots of dairy or calcium wasn’t associated with risk reduction, study says MONDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) — Preteen and teenage girls whose diets are rich in vitamin D may be at lower risk for stress fractures, particularly if they are involved in high-impact activities, according to a new study. Researchers from Children’s...

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Still too soon to warn people off supplements, expert stresses SUNDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) — Vitamin E may stimulate cells that result in bone loss, a new study suggests. Researchers led by Shu Takeda of Keio University in Tokyo said their findings could have implications for people who take vitamin E supplements. The researchers...

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As weight climbs, so does daily corticosteroid dosage, study says By Kathleen Doheny SUNDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) — Overweight children may not respond as well to common asthma medicines known as inhaled corticosteroids, new research finds. As a result, they may need more of the long-term control medication, said researcher Dr. Pia Hauk, an...

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Less likely to have a bad reaction during an oral food-allergy test SUNDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) — People with asthma fare better on a type of food-allergy test called a “food challenge” than non-asthmatics, new research suggests. Food challenges involve people suspected of having a food allergy eating small amounts of the food orally...

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