Johns Hopkins Medicine News Roundup

Topics: Risks of antipsychotic medications in kids, aging and cardiovascular fitness, staving off type 2 diabetes and insulin regimens in those who already have type 2 diabetes.

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Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Managing ADHD

Johns Hopkins PodBlog: Aging & Cardiovascular Fitness

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Declines With Age, No Matter What

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PEOPLE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES CAN PUT FATTY LIVERS ON A DIET WITH MODERATE EXERCISE

Healthline Today: Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder

Hyperactivity—is it normal behavior or ADHD? When a child is more than rambunctious, it is important to know the facts. According to research or other evidence, the following steps may be helpful:

Healthline Today: Babies & Children Health Center

Raise a happy, healthy baby, and get the answers you need for your child’s well-being.

Healthline Today: Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Sugar,

Also known as adult-onset diabetes, type 2 diabetes can often be managed by carefully monitoring your diet. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Sibling Abuse

Often parents don’t see the abuse for what it is. As a rule, parents and society expect fights and aggression among siblings. Because of this, parents often don’t see sibling abuse as a problem until serious harm occurs.

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UMHS - Sibling Abuse

Sibling abuse is the physical, emotional or sexual abuse of one sibling by another [1]. The physical abuse can range from more mild forms of aggression between siblings, such as pushing and shoving, to very violent behavior such as using weapons

Sibling Sexual Abuse - A Parents Guide (Courtesy of Family Services of Greater Vancouver)

This booklet is written for parents who know or suspect there is sibling abuse in their family and want to do something about it.

American Psychological Association: Warning Signs of Youth Violence

Recognizing Violence Warning Signs In Others

American Psychological Association:Raising Children to Resist Violence: What You Can Do

Research has shown that violent or aggressive behavior is often learned early in life. However, parents, family members, and others who care for children can help them learn to deal with emotions without using violence. Parents and others can also take st

Health Line Today : Stress Management Center

Better understand how these conditions impact your life and discover simple steps you can take to find mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

Sibling Rivalry

Sibling rivalry usually continues throughout childhood and can be very frustrating and stressful to parents. There are lots of things parents can do to help their kids get along better and work through conflicts in positive ways. Read on for tips and resources to help you keep the peace at your house.

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UMHS - Sibling Rivalry

Sibling rivalry is the jealousy, competition and fighting between brothers and sisters. It is a concern for almost all parents of two or more kids

UMHS - Sibling Relationships

It may help to know that sibling rivalry is natural. Siblings must share space, time, toys, and especially, parents.

Health Line Today : Children's Health Center

Raise a happy, healthy baby, and get the answers you need for your child’s well-being.

Health Line Today : Stress Management Center

Better understand how these conditions impact your life and discover simple steps you can take to find mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

Compulsive hoarding poses safety and psychological risks

U-M experts say hoarding can be treated with therapy if subjects are willing and motivated

“We all collect, we all save,” says James L. Abelson, M.D., Ph.D., an anxiety disorders expert in the U-M Department of Psychiatry. “We apply the term ‘hoard’ when it’s a more extreme version of acquiring and not discarding.”

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OCF - Obsessive Copulsive Foundation

covers the definition of hoarding, professional articles on multiple aspects of hoarding, a Research Digest for hoarding related scientific papers, self help and support group articles, a hoarding/compulsive buying screening test, and useful information a

UMHS - department of Psychiatry Faculty

At the end of the 19th century, Americans with mental illness were not so much diagnosed and treated as managed and sheltered. People with schizophrenia, alcoholism and depression were housed alongside people with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and “feebl

Health Line Today: Antioxidats and Free Radicals

Free radicals are highly reactive compounds that are created in the body during normal metabolic functions or introduced from the environment. Free radicals are inherently unstable, since they contain “extra” energy.

Health Line Today: Tricyclic Antidepressants

Tricyclic antidepressants are used to treat people with depression and less commonly to treat other illnesses.

Recalls and Safety Alerts: Higher Mortality for Certain Elderly Patients with Innohep

Celgene is alerting healthcare professionals of an increased mortality risk among certain elderly patients treated with Innohep (tinzaparin sodium injection). Innohep is a low-molecular weight heparin that is used along with warfarin to treat acute symptomatic deep vein thrombosis with or without pulmonary embolism.

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FDA: Innohep (tinzaparin sodium injection)

Celgene has issued a Dear Healthcare Professional letter describing a controlled clinical study suggesting that Innohep may increase the risk for death, compared to unfractionated heparin when used to treat elderly patients with renal insufficiency

FDA: Communication about an Ongoing Safety Review Innohep (tinzaparin sodium injection)

FDA has received information about the clinical study: Innohep in Renal Insufficiency Study (IRIS) that was stopped in February, 2008 by the study’s Data Safety Monitoring Committee because of an interim finding of an increase in all-cause mortality

Health Line Today : Using Medicines - Tinzaparin - Injection

Tinzaparin is used to treat serious blood clots, usually in the legs. Tinzaparin may also be used to treat blood clots in the lungs. It is usually used with another "blood thinner" medication (warfarin). If untreated, blood clots can travel to t

Health Line Today : Peripheral Vascular Disease

Keep blood flowing freely through your legs and other parts of your body. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may help you avert artery blockage:

Health Line Today : Atherosclerosis

Get your blood flowing freely and protect your arteries from hardening with a few healthy habits. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Health Line Today : Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Say good-bye to CVI—Keep the blood that flows from your feet to your heart in constant motion. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Health Line Today : Varicose Veins

Standing up or sitting down for long spells can cause the veins in your legs to bulge and become more visible. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may help you care for your vital vessels: