Kids in Sport—Great for Fitness, but Concern About Injurie
...ope of the injury problem and drop-out rate in the pediatric athlete is broad, we have tried to bring together ...rent problems and issues regarding injuries in the pediatric athlete," the Editors write. Several articles in the Thematic Issue highlight the challenges of sp...Paucity of specialists sends emergency department on a spin
...ependent project with information about a regional pediatric service. The report has expressed the keenness of ...llaboration with the WDHB, to institute a regional pediatric service. Further discussion on this subject is due to take place....Prestigious Wilson Award Goes To Yale Cell Biologist Joel Rosenbaum
...ng embryonic development. Rosenbaum’s colleague in pediatric cardiology, Associate Professor Martina Brueckner, has shown that the presence of cilia in the embryonic nodal region is directly related to this condition; if the cilia are missing or not functioning, situs inversus results. In the mutant mouse with...Brave Aidan Fraser Heading Home After Lifesaving Surgery
...ough kid" who was doing great and Dr. Adam Levy, a pediatric oncologist, a team member of the operation and the one who brought the Frasers to Montefiore added that the boy was able to walk with assistance from people on each side of him. Dr. Adam Levy coincidentally was a high school classmate of Aidan's fath...Technology Predicts Outcome of Child Heart Surgery
...eloped an innovative new technology that will help pediatric cardiac surgeons design and test a customized// su...d surgical planning and developed with the help of pediatric cardiologists and pediatric surgeons at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Emory Uni...Medication Not Available On Time To Inner-city Children
...ed drug regimen. Asthma is the country’s leading pediatric chronic illness, affecting 6.2 million children under the age of 18. Source-Eurekalet SRM...City Kids With Asthma Lose Out on Preventive Treatment
...d drug regimen. Asthma is the country's leading pediatric chronic illness, affecting 6.2 million children under the age of 18. Source-Newswise...Pesticides Linked to High Risk of Pediatric Cancers - a Study Unveils
...nding of Ron Matsusaki, a doctor from Canada, rare pediatric cancers have been found in potato-farming community of 14,000 //residents on the western tip of Canada's Prince Edward Island. According to his report, cancers are usually found in patients who live near a toxic waste site. The farming community is ...Antibiotic Ear Drops Favored Over Oral Antibiotics for Ear Infections
...orders at UT Southwestern and who is also chief of pediatric otology at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. Mid...at are not susceptible to antibiotics approved for pediatric patients. But the ear infections are sensitive to topical ear drops. That research showed that child...Birth Order and Brain Tumor: Related?
...s a significant role to play in the development of pediatric brain tumors. Whereas younger siblings, who may contract an illness from their older ones, seem to develop a resistance that protects them in late childhood, postulates the researchers. Researchers clarified that other socio economic factors that ...Kidney Transplant Recipients Can Do Away With Steroids
...with bone disease, obesity and slow growth rate in pediatric patients. Therefore, much effort has been made toward decreasing, withdrawing or completely avoiding the use of steroids in clinical organ transplantation. A new study in Clinical Transplantation explored a combination of steroid-free medications t...Pregnant Women Can Minimize Risk Of Rodent-Based Virus
...een in contact with," said Bonthius, who also is a pediatric neurologist with Children's Hospital of Iowa at UI Hospitals and Clinics. "Women in both urban and rural areas should be aware of the risks and take appropriate steps to protect themselves." Bonthius said while field mice pose the most common risk,...Genes That Allow Brain Cancer-Causing Stem Cells to Resist Treatment Identified
...shortly after cancer stem cells were identified in pediatric brain tumors, researchers at Cedars-Sinai’s Institute reported the first isolation of cancer stem cells in adult brain tumors. “Gliomas that are treated with chemotherapy recur with renewed resilience and aggression. Although the drugs kill most of...The Outbreak of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa In An LA Hospital, Makes 7 Children Sick
...ear downtown Los Angeles has shut its neonatal and pediatric intensive care units to new admissions after identifying an outbreak of a potentially// fatal bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Seven children are supposed to be infected with the virulent bacterium, including one infant who died. White Memorial of...Madhya Pradesh Students to Campaign Against AIDS
...preventing parent-to-child transmission, providing pediatric treatment for HIV children, preventing HIV infection among the youth and providing treatment for affected children. "We need to be equipped with the right knowledge and young people can help spread awareness and the right information," said Unicef ...First Gene Chip Discovered by Cincinnati Researchers
...assess drug metabolism," said Jorge Bezerra, MD, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Cincinnati Children's and the study's lead investigator. "This is the first chip in the world that has been customized to diagnose genetic mutations in patients with inherited types of liver diseases." The chip uses a new tech...Hypertension Has Its Roots in Childhood
...h Poole, an MCG student; and Dr. Coral Hanevold, a pediatric nephrologist. Source-Eurekalrt KOM...Kidney Stones Occurring More Often in Children
...pan Lakshmanan, M. D., co-director of the Center’s pediatric stone clinic. A good way for a child to tell if...ondary to kidney stones, accompanied by fever The pediatric kidney stone clinic at the Children’s Center is a one-stop shop that consolidates under one roof ima...For Kids With High BP, Surgery Can Help When Medicines Fail
...st experienced at treating such children. Called pediatric renovascular hypertension, the disease is caused b...iovascular Center, co-authored the report with U-M pediatric kidney specialists, interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons who make up the Michigan Pedia......t experienced at treating such children. Called pediatric renovascular hypertension, the disease is caused b...iovascular Center, co-authored the report with U-M pediatric kidney specialists, interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons who make up the Michigan Pedia...