Heart Group Advises Personalized Nutrition Counseling

Title: Heart Group Advises Personalized Nutrition Counseling
Category: Health News
Created: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/28/2016 12:00:00 AM

Hallermann-Streiff syndrome

Hallermann-Streiff syndrome: a rare congenital condition characterized by abnormalities of the skull and bones of the face; characteristic facial features; sparse hair; degenerative skin changes; eye abnormalities; dental defects, and proportionate short stature. Some affected people have intellectual disability. The condition has also been referred to as HSS or Hallermann Streiff Francois syndrome. The abnormal facial features can include a short, broad head (brachycephaly), a prominent forehead and/or sides of the skull (frontal bossing); a small lower jaw (micrognathia); a narrow, highly arched palate; and a thin, pinched, tapering nose (beaked nose). The genetic cause of Hallermann-Streiff syndrome is not understood and most cases occur randomly for unknown reasons (sporadically).

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CA: Child protective services worker stabbed while conducting home visit (Includes video)

23ABC News - Oct 27, 2016 -- A child protective services worker was stabbed in the hand while making a home visit Tuesday, according to a person close to the incident. The child's mother approached the county vehicle while the worker was inside; the victim rolled down the window and the child's mother waved a knife at her, the source told 23ABC News.

High Rate of Antidepressant Use After Cancer

Title: High Rate of Antidepressant Use After Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM

Infants born to obese women and fed with breast milk gain less weight than those fed with powdered milk within their first 6 months of life

An international study coordinated by professor Cristina Campoy from the department of Paediatrics at the University of Granada (UGR) has showed that breastfed infants born to obese women keep a...

AR: Stewards of Children Program Helps Stop Child Abuse in NWA

NWA - Oct 26, 2016 -- In the last year, The Children's Safety Center has helped more than 500-hundred abused children here in Northwest Arkansas. The organization provides free services and training to help children in need. One of their new programs is called the "Stewards of Children.It's a program that focuses on child sexual abuse prevention training for parents and adults who work with kids. Also: Local Shelter Creates Independent Living Program For Foster Kids: http://5newsonline.com/2016/10/26/local-shelter-creates-independent-living-program-for-foster-kids/

Shingles

Shingles: An acute infection caused by the herpes zoster virus, the same virus as causes chickenpox. Shingles is most common after the age of 50 and the risk rises with advancing age. Shingles occurs because of exposure to chickenpox or reactivation of the herpes zoster virus. The virus remains latent (dormant) in nerve roots for many years following chickenpox.

Shingles is an extraordinarily painful condition that involves inflammation of sensory nerves. It causes numbness, itching or pain followed by the appearance of clusters of little blisters in a strip pattern on one side of the body. The pain can persist for weeks, months or years after the rash heals and is then known as post-herpetic neuralgia.

People with shingles are contagious to persons who have not had chickenpox and can catch chickenpox from close contact with a person who has shingles. The Herpes zoster vaccine is effective in preventing or reducing the symptoms of shingles, and it is recommended for people 60 years and older. Treatment includes antiviral medication and pain medication.

The term shingles has nothing to do with a shingle on a roof or the small signboard outside the office of a doctor but is derived from the Latin cingulum meaning girdle, the idea being that shingles often girdles part of the body.

See also shingles pain and postherpetic neuralgia.

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