State Rep. John Davis (R-Texas) on Tuesday introduced a bill (HB 2049) that would ease SCHIP enrollment restrictions imposed by lawmakers in 2003, the Houston Chronicle reports. [click link for full article]

Parents of children with sleep problems are more likely to have sleep-related problems themselves, including more daytime sleepiness, according to a new study by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center and Brown Medical School. [click link for full article]

Moderate to high levels of regular physical activity are associated with lower lung function decline among smokers and help to moderate their risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a large retrospective cohort study.The research appears in the first issue for March 2007 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic Society. [click link for full article]

Primary graft dysfunction, a common complication that affects up to 25 percent of lung transplant patients shortly after surgery, constitutes a significant risk factor for later deadly bronchiolotis obliterans syndrome (BOS).This research appears in the first issue for March 2007 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic Society.Ramsey R. Hachem, M.D. [click link for full article]

Cardiovascular disease can pose a threat to both men and women. While a diet rich in fat and high in cholesterol as well as lack of exercise can contribute to cardiovascular disease, a study published in the March 1st issue of the journal SLEEP finds that people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at an increased risk of having cardiovascular disease. [click link for full article]

The first report of an international study looking at computed tomography (CT) to screen current or former smokers for lung cancer found that screening did not reduce deaths from lung cancer. Although CT screening found nearly three times as many lung cancers as predicted, the researchers found that early detection and treatment did not lead to a corresponding decrease in advanced lung cancers or a reduction in deaths from lung cancer. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute’s Dr. [click link for full article]

A team of UK and Serbian scientists has conducted a study that suggests mental and physical torture cause the same amount of harm and are indistinguishable in their long term impact on psychological health. [click link for full article]

New Data on Women’s Health, Statehealthfacts.org: Statehealthfacts.org recently posted new state-by-state and national data for 2006 on state mandates for cancer screening, [click link for full article]

A recent report suggests that babies with facial eczema that are kissed by a person who has recently eaten a peanut-containing food may be at risk for the development of…