Pediatric September: the specific considerations

At the congress Pediatrics 2009 which was held in Toulouse, Dr. Marc Tardieu (Centre inflammatory diseases reference brain, pediatric neurology, Hospital Bicetre Kremlin Bicetre) has reviewed the factors influencing the occurrence of pediatric September genetic and environmental. He also announced the forthcoming publication of a study initiated in the middle, analyzing the effect of chicken pox on the occurrence of MS in children.

"In the French cohort evaluating our team nearly 500 children followed prospectively since 1990, from their first demyelinating reached, the median age of onset of MS is around 11.9 years, 14% of children with beginning before 6 years and 30% before 10 years ", said the neurologist.

Seniors: myths about aging-related hearing problems

Older people with prejudices about aging are more likely to suffer from hearing problems, according to a U.S. study published in the "Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences" Numerous biological factors may be involved in the onset of problems. hearing are already known. Becca Levy of Yale School of Medicine, and his colleagues wanted to understand the possible influence of psychosocial factors, such as misconceptions about the elderly.

These researchers followed 564 people aged at least 70 years, the hearing abilities were measured at baseline and three years later.

Preconceptions about aging participants were assessed at baseline, with the question: "When you think of a person, what are the first five words or phrases that come to mind?" .

The authors then analyzed whether the responses of the participants showed more positive (sage, active) or negative (senile weakened) and whether they were "internal" and fell instead of "external" characteristics related to appearance (hair gray, wrinkles, hunched posture).

Seniors who raised the most negative and ideas related to the appearance got worse results with hearing tests at the end of three years of study. This difference persisted after adjustment for the initial level of hearing as well as other known factors influencing the hearing, such as age, education, sex, being a chronic condition or depression and smoking history.

Hearing loss is extremely common in people over 65, often leads to greater social isolation, a self-esteem, loneliness or even depression, according to the authors.

Preconceptions and negative appearance-related could have deleterious consequences in terms of behavior, such as being more easily tolerate hearing loss and do not seek medical help.