Washington, Apr 7: Latino adolescents, who reduce their sugar intake and increase fibre in their diet can cut risk factors linked with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

The researchers claimed that reducing sugar intake by the equivalent of one can of soda per day and increasing fibre intake by the amount equivalent to one half cup of beans per day can reduce diabetes risk factors in Latino teens.

Washington, Apr 7 : Young adults, who carry a genetic variant that raises their risk of developing Alzheimer''s Disease (AD), have different brain activity than normal adults, according to a study.

Led by scientists from the University of Oxford and Imperial College London, the brain imaging study has revealed that young carriers of APOE4 genetic variant show changes in their brain activity decades before any symptoms might arise.

Washington, April 7: Girls who give birth between the age group of 15 and 19 are more likely to be overweight, with more abdominal fat, regardless of their childhood weight or of other risk factors for weight gain, according to a new study.

Erica P. Gunderson, Ph. D., of Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, and colleagues studied 1,890 girls (983 black and 907 white) who were age 9 to 10 at the beginning of the study in 1987-1988.

Washington, April 7: A new study has suggested that brief stress management sessions prior to and immediately after surgery may have both short- and long-term benefit for men undergoing a radical prostatectomy for early-stage prostate cancer.

The study, conducted by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, is the first to examine the benefits of psychosocial intervention for prostate cancer patients prior to surgery.

Washington, Apr 7 : Both a large belly and obesity can increase the risk of developing restless legs syndrome (RLS), a common sleep disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to move your legs, a new study has shown.

The research is published in the April 7, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Washington, Apr 7 : Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have devised a simple bedside test that can effectively diagnose chronic back pain.

According to the study, the new test is better than currently used techniques in identifying specific symptoms and signs that could signify underlying pain mechanisms.