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Study shows that interventions from health workers can bring about changes in asthma causes

.... The results of the study show that symptoms of pediatric asthma declined considerably in the first group that received intensive health interventions. Quality of life also improved in these households considerably. Researchers are of the opinion that health care when reaches down to the last rung of the s...

Survivors of childhood cancer may have long-term health problems

...onditions of 10397 adults who had been treated for pediatric cancer between 1970 and 1986. Their medical records were again checked at the time of the study when their ages ranged from 18 to 48 years. Their health reports were matched with those of their healthy siblings who acted as controls. The results of ...

Preschoolers eat more when served in bigger helpings

...are served// in a single helping. New research on pediatric behavior suggests that preschool children eat as much as they are served on their plate in any one time. Till date it was accepted that these children ate depending on how much they had eaten in their last meals, or how calorie rich the last meals we...

Healthy Feeding Guidelines for Children Ages 0 to 24 Months Issued

...Baylor and CNRC, were part of the panel of leading pediatric experts who developed the new guidelines. Members on the panel discussed about the growing problem of childhood obesity. They also stressed the importance of better tools for communicating about the importance of healthy eating habits in early childh...

Lorenzos oil for prevention of pediatric neurological disorder

...f Lorenzos oil can prevent the spread of a form of pediatric neurological disorder// called X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD). Researchers from Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore have reported that use of Lorenzos oil have prevented the spread of the disease X-ALD in boys aged 7 years and younger who...

Tonsillectomy improves quality of life

... of preschool and school-aged children suffer from pediatric obstructive sleep apnea, or upper airway obstructi..., to our knowledge, the first prospective study of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea correlating children's behavioral disturbances with QOL and documenting impr...

Initiation Of New Study To Help Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia

..., Lung, and Blood Institute) and includes 20 major pediatric sickle cell centers. SWiTCH holds promise for greatly simplifying and improving the long-term care of children with the disease who have suffered strokes and finally give a better way to enhance the lives of children who are fighting it hard agains...

Early Awareness About Weight Management Needed To Tackle Lifelong Obesity

... to develop obesity," said Dr. Nicolas Stettler, a pediatric nutrition specialist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia The Tufts researcher found that in girls who experienced their first period before the age of 12, excessive weight was a probable trigger. The reasons for that aren't entirely clear, but sc...

Exubera could mean the end of an insulin injection era for diabetics

...edle-free product. It has been proposed to restart pediatric studies with special emphasis on breathing problems....

Researchers at Cornell University as been reported using research fund by false claims

...ersity research center. Former researcher at the pediatric center accused the center’s director of using the clinic to treat her adult patient’s and alleged that clinic staff double billed the NIH and Medicaid for some patients. US Department of Justice and the NIH both launched investigations into research ...

Use of a fast-acting insulin analog to control diabetic ketoacidosis in Children

...avenous regular insulin (CIRI) in the treatment of pediatric DKA. The fluid replacement protocol aimed at correcting intravascular volume up to the normalization of the peripheral perfusion. Once cardiovascular stability was achieved, the child was alert, and vomiting has stopped, oral rehydration was starte...

Conjoined Indian Twins See Hope On The Horizon

...diatrician at Apollo. Benjamin Carson, director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins in the United States is the lead surgeon in this complicated operation that starts with the creation of a virtual 3-D image of the twins. The final step would be a kidney transplant to the twin without any kidneys. "We...

MMR Vaccination not linked to Autism

...by MMR. Although mercury has now been removed from pediatric vaccines, Yazbak remains convinced that current inoculation recommendations carry unwarranted risks. He said, “Our body is made to deal with one infection at a time,” he notes. Yazbak promotes what he calls “reasonable vaccination,” recommending that...

A New Diagnostic Approach To Pediatric Interstitial Lung Disease

...value of a systematic approach to the diagnosis of pediatric ILD. The study appears in the journal Pediatrics ...nts. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that pediatric ILD comprises a heterogeneous group of mostly rare disorders that present tremendous diagnostic chal...

US Regulator Sees No Link Between Tamiflu And Japan Deaths

...unanimously that there was no 'causal link between pediatric deaths and neuropsychiatric adverse events and Tamiflu,' an FDA statement said after a hearing of its paediatric safety panel. Roche said it 'intends to work with the FDA to change the drug's labeling based on adverse skin events that have occurred ...

Kids of overweight mothers have higher obesity risk

...en children are very young. Salsberry says early pediatric intervention is needed if a pattern is being established, or if a family has a clear risk for obesity....

French Doctors Successfully Separate Twins Joined At Spine

...th Africa and Canada. Dr Gabriel Lena, head of the pediatric neurosurgery division of the La Timone hospital said that at the moment, the twins looked good, "As soon as they woke up on the operating table, the twins moved their legs and their feet. Today, their prognosis is good." The twins were born prematur...

Parental Knowledge Of RSV Infections Is Vital

...ber. // Deborah Lehman, MD, associate director of pediatric infectious diseases and HIV at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center says that parents have limited knowledge about the disease and this situation has to change. Statistics show that about 125,000 children are hospitalized due to RSV infection every year in...

Smoking Women May Give Birth To Deformed Babies

... defects,' said study leader Benjamin Chang, M.D., pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgeon at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In the largest study of its kind, covering 84% of the births in the US, Dr. Chang and co-author Li-Xing Man, M.Sc., both of Children's Hospital and the University of Pen...

Headaches Among Children And Sleep Problems Are Interrelated

...r, according to the Mayo Clinic researchers. //The pediatric neurologist Kenneth Mack led the research study which found that over two-thirds of the children studied who suffer from chronic daily headache also experience sleep disturbance, especially delay in sleep onset, and that of the children with episodic...

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