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Brain defect may play role in stammering

...t is possible this structural change occurs during childhood when early language and speech-acquisition skills are being developed, Weiller said. However, it is unclear why some children who stutter go on to become fluent speakers and others must endure persistent stuttering through adulthood. Dr. Anne Founda...

Chlorine might be a cause for Asthma

...ght be the likely reason for the suddenincrease in childhood asthma among asthma victims. The culprit is a chemical known as trichloroamine//(chemical name : nitrogen trichloride). This inhalableirritant has the ability to trigger the reneration ofthree protiens. The protiens have the ability tocripple the ce...

Gene Activity connected to Schizophrenia

... individuals. The researchers included people with childhood onset schizophrenia, a rare form of the disease that strikes by age 12. The two genes are PRODH2, which encodes for a common brain enzyme, and DGCR6, a gene that is associated with nervous system development. Certain variations in the PRODH2 seemed ...

New Vaccine Found To Be Effective In Reducing Childhood Pneumonia

...ribution of a vaccine has reduced the incidence of childhood pneumonia and meningitis and has helped decrease the racial unevenness of the diseases, according to a government report.The vaccine, called 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, also caused the rates to drop in children under 2. Researchers con...

Umbilical Cord Blood Could Predict Childhood Allergies

...ood may be a more important factor associated with childhood allergies and asthma than environmental exposure ,...ilical cord blood may be an important predictor of childhood allergies at ages 4 and 10 and of asthma at age 10....

Myth Of Childhood Vaccinations Linked To Increased Hospitalization Busted

...ed the relationship between routinely administered childhood vaccines (Haemophilus influenzae type b; diphtheri...-targeted infectious disease hospitalization after childhood vaccination. Source: Newswis...

Women Growing Up In Poverty At Increased Risk Of Heart Disease

... the risk of heart attack because the link between childhood poverty and cardiovascular disease in later life is particularly strong, and because heart attacks are so common. Heart attacks and cardiovascular disease have been the leading cause of death among American men and women since 1919. They found th...

Water Borne Diseases causing More Havoc in Mumbai

...iseases, with diarrhoea being the leading cause of childhood death. Of the 14 major floods, which occurred globally between 1970 and 1994, floods in West Bengal led to a large cholera epidemic. Among the various factors held responsible for water borne diseases, flooding assumes a leading role and is associa...

Eating Fried Chips Increases The Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer

...who eat cooked fried chips frequently during their childhood had a much higher risk of developing cancer when they are adults. Breast cancer is linked to // high fat diet taken by the women. Research group led by Dr. Karin Michels, of Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School has foun...

Early Screening For Hearing Impairments In Newborn Can Be Helpful

...esearch said that screening newborns for permanent childhood hearing impairment (PCHI) might help in raising the chances of early detection of the condition by about 43%. The study findings were presented in this week’s // The Lancet. PCHI is a congenital defect that affects 112 per 100,000 children worldwid...

New Four- in- one Vaccine For DTP & Hepatitis To Hit The Indian Market

...them do not receive any immunisation against basic childhood infections. Three million of these children die at an early age. The main targets for the vaccine would be India and supra-national customers like UNICEF and WHO. Source: Indo-Asian News Service...

A Latest Study Links Fish To Stroke

... surprising observation – that high fish intake in childhood may be linked to eventual death from stroke. // ...etween consumption of these foods and nutrients in childhood and cause of death in adulthood – in particular death attributed to coronary heart disease and strok...

The Link Between Caffeine Drinks And Obesity

...ed by consumer groups for their role in increasing childhood obesity as many have a high sugar content. For the latest study researchers recruited 10 healthy women aged 18 to 22 from a range of ethnicities. The subjects fasted overnight and were randomly given either 250ml of an energy drink containing 28g s...

Second Hand Exposure To Smoke In Childhood Can Cause Respiratory Problems Later

...ad found that second-hand exposure to smoke during childhood increases the risk of respiratory problems that ma...re found that those who lived with a smoker during childhood had more respiratory problems, including chronic cough. Study participants who reported eating more ...

Molecule That Aids Bacterial Infections Identified

...of the central nervous system and a major cause of childhood death and disability. The researchers’ findings appear in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Researchers for the study have identified a gene that produces a fat-sugar complex, which in turn anchors a molecule called LTA (...

Teaching the immune system to fight diseases is the key to reducing childhood infections

...a over the past 100 years despite the reduction in childhood infection rates. This significant rise has been a...ect against wheezing in later childhood, and other childhood infections such as chickenpox also provide a level of protection. Knowing exactly which 'dirt' pro...

European Countries To Fund $4 Billion For Vaccination For Poor Children’

...based on "very sound finance." He recalled his own childhood in post-war Italy, saying vaccination programs there had had a significant impact within just a few years. Lee Jong-Wook, director-general of the World Health Organization, also backed the scheme. "When I first heard about it, frankly I thought it w...

Socialization A Serious Trouble For Childhood Cancer Survivors

...ficulties and social isolation. As therapies for childhood cancers have become more complex and aggressive, c... studied with emphasis on the long-term effects of childhood cancer and its treatments on survivors' educational and social development. The researchers found t...

Risk of Thyroid cancer is increased after Childhood Irradiation of Neck region

...hood. The thyroid gland which is irradiated during childhood has greater risk of developing thyroid cancer and ...be monitored with thyroid ultrasonography, for all childhood cancer survivors who had therapeutic radiation of the neck. Source: The Lance....

New Treatment Discovered For Pediatric Cholera

Single dose of antibiotics may be used to treat childhood cholera. Researchers in Bangladesh have found tha...se achieved with 12-dose erythromycin treatment in childhood cholera, but is less effective in eradicating Vcholeraefrom stool” Source: The Lancet, Newswis...

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