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Newly discovered virus linked to childhood lung disorders and Kawasaki disease

Late updatetonight; my girlfriend is sick and I took care of her. First headline :a newly discovered virus causing respiratory infection. Let's hope itsjust a coincidence :) A newly discovered virus may be responsible for many respiratory tractillnesses in infants and children, and may be associated with animportant multi-organ disease whose cause has...

Children's taste sensitivity and food choices influenced by taste gene

Variation in a taste receptor gene influences taste sensitivity of children and adults, accounting for individual differences in taste preferences and food selection, report a team of researchers from the Monell Chemical Senses Center. In addition to genes, age and culture also contribute to taste preferences, at times overriding the influence of genetics. The findings may help to explain...

New Estimates For The Causes Of Child Deaths Worldwide

The most accurate estimates of the causes of child deaths to date, published in the March 26, 2005 of THE LANCET, reveal that worldwide more than 70% of the 10.6 million child deaths that occur annually are attributable to six causes: pneumonia (19%), diarrhoea (18%), malaria (8%), neonatal sepsis or pneumonia (10%), preterm delivery (10%), and asphyxia at birth (8%). Robert Black (Johns H...

Emergence of cancer as major cause of childhood death in developing countries is not being adequately addressed

The emergence of cancer as a major cause of death among children in developing regions of the world is not being adequately addressed by national or international health organizations and charities, according to investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This growing rate of pediatric cancer is occurring as the number of children dying from infectious diseases is being reduced throug...

$5.1 billion would save 6 million children

Six million children could be saved if $5.1 billion in new resources for preventive and therapeutic interventions were provided each year, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions. Approximately 90 percent of all child deaths occur in 42 countries around the world. In those countries, the average cost per child saved would be $887 or...

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Children's engages MedAssets for supply chain management

of Atlanta to implement supply chain management solutions. Children's Hospital is the second shareholder of Child Health Corp. of America (CHCA) to sign an agreement with MedAssets in recent months. The health system has a total annual supply spend of more than $9...

Childrens Medical Hospital of Wisconsin Goes Digital

MILWAUKEE, WI Its Saturday night. Your 4 year old has stomach pains, and you drive to the emergency room. You check in and provide all sorts of personal medical information including her medical history and your billing and insurance information. Meanwhile your child is in pain, and you try to remember if you told the person at the front desk everything. Then you wait; maybe an hour or two as th...

Bio-Plex Cytokine Immunoassays and ELISA: Comparison of Two Methodologies in Testing Samples From Asthmatic and Healthy Children, Rev A

and Aiguo Zhang, 1 Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Division of Paediatrics, Linkping University, Sweden, and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 2000 Alfred Nobel Drive, Hercules, CA 94547 USA...

Portal to e-records boosts care at Children's Hospital

It recently shortened its name to the Joint Commission, but its recommenda...

Children's expanding use of Sunrise Clinical Manager

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Antibiotics Dangerous for Diarrhoea in Children Caused by E.Coli

Researchers have warned doctors that Antibiotics when given to children with diarrhea caused by Escherichia coli bacteria, may put the children at increased risk of developing a serious condition known as "Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome". The report appears on the website of The New England Journal of Medicine (www.nejm.org). Hemolytic-uremic syndrome, which occurs most commonly in children after a ga...

Inhaled Steroids Safe & Effective for Children with Asthma

A 5-year, 8-center study by "Childhood Asthma Management Program" (CAMP) has indicated that inhaled steroids are safe and effective for the long-term treatment of children with mild to moderate asthma. "Although asthma experts around the world have recognized the effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids in treating asthma, their long term effects in children were not clear, and questions have bee...

General Anesthesia Safe For Children On Ketogenic Diet Suffering From Epilepsy

Epileptic children have always been ostracized as children of a lesser God. The physical, mental, moral and social ramifications of these hapless children are beyond words. One stumbling handicap in the surgical treatment of such children was the feasibility of administering General Anesthesia to these children. In many cases the anesthesia times ranged from 1 to 10 hours with procedures rangi...

Starvation in pregnant women can cause heart disease to their children

Starvation during pregnancy can lead to increased risk of heart problems to their children in their adult life. Adverse foetal environment contribute to several aspects of cardiovascular risks in adult life, but they depend on the gestational time. People whose mothers starved during the first 13 weeks of pregnancy can have heart diseases later in their adult life, Starvation during mid...

Fireworks can spell death for asthmatic children

With many festivals round the corner its boom time for fireworks. We can never imagine diwali without fireworks. Pongal or karthigai also have their share of fireworks. Then of course the usual rigmarole of India – Pakistan cricket matches where even cricket stadia aren’t exempted from fireworks. Last but not the least, private functions like marriages, birthdays and other occasions call for a cl...

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Universal Eye Shield - child

Description:Child size. Clear plastic. Accommodates either eye. Packaged 12 per box. Available in either adult or pediatric size....
Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

Mayfield Reusable Child Skull Pins

Description:It is designed for rigid skeletal fixation. These pins are constructed of stainless steel and can be removed for sterilization and reuse....
Company:Integra LifeSciences Corporation

Half Eye Trial Frame - Child

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Company:Richmond Products, Inc.

Children's Half Trial Frames

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Adjustable Trial Frame - Child

Description:Light weight adjustable trial frame - Child...
Company:Khosla Medical & Surgical, Inc.

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Common Preterm Labor Drug Has More Side Effects Than Alternative, Finds Study from Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 29, 2007 - The drug mostcommonly used to arrest preterm labor, magnesium sulfate, is morelikely than another common treatment to cause mild to serious sideeffects in pregnant women, according to a study from researchers atLucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford University Schoolof Medicine. Their findings suggest that, since the effectivenessof...

Novagali Pharma Presents at AACO the Results of its Pivotal Phase III Clinical Trial of Vekacia in Children Suffering From Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis

EVRY, France, June 25, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Novagali Pharma, anemerging pharmaceutical company specialized in ophthalmologypresents positive results of its pivotal phase III clinical trialpositive results from the Phase III clinical study of Vekacia(R) inchildren suffering from Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) at theXIV Afro-Asian Congress of ophthalmology (AACO) held from June 20to 25...

Investigational Study Demonstrated a Re-Establishment of Clinical Improvement with Orencia (Abatacept) in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis upon Re-Introduction of Therapy

BARCELONA, Spain, June 15, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced results regarding theefficacy and safety of ORENCIA(R) (abatacept) from the open-labelphase of an ongoing investigational study in children with juvenileidiopathic arthritis (JIA) who have had an inadequate response toone or more disease-modifying anti- rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), suchas m...

Promising Results with Epratuzumab and Chemotherapy in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

- Results from a Children's Oncology Group (COG) Study Presented atAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting - CHICAGO, June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Immunomedics,Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing monoclonalantibodies to treat cancer and other serious diseases, todayannounced that treatment with epratuzumab plus standardchemotherapy is feasible...

Shire Announces Positive Results of Studies With Guanfacine Extended Release, An Investigational Nonstimulant Medication Filed for the Treatment of ADHD in Children and Adolescents

SAN DIEGO, May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plcannounced today the positive results of studies of theinvestigational medication guanfacine extended release (GXR,previously referred to as SPD503), a selectivealpha-2A-adrenoceptor agonist. These data from two short-term phaseIII placebo-controlled studies and two long-term phase IIIopen-label studies, presented at the 2007 Amer...

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