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...$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...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...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
The additional Eclipsys products include Sunrise E...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...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....Adjustable Trial Frame - Child
Description:Light weight adjustable trial frame - Child...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...