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ECG Screening Of Hyperactive Children Borderline Cost-effective
10/03/2010
Evaluating children for underlying heart problems before prescribing stimulant medications can identify children at risk for sudden cardiac death, but electrocardiogram (ECG) screening is of borderline cost-effectiveness compared to current practice, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association...
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Need For Broader Use Of Individualized Learning Plans For Physicians
09/03/2010
Physicians would be better prepared for the accelerating rate of scientific discovery - and more in step with the latest in patient-care - if they added an important tool to their medical bags: a plan for how to keep pace with emerging health-care advances...
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Researchers Find Exposure To BPA May Cause Permanent Fertility Defects
09/03/2010
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered that exposure during pregnancy to Bisphenol A (BPA), a common component of plastics, causes permanent abnormalities in the uterus of offspring, including alteration in their DNA. The findings were reported in the March issue of Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB J.). Led by Hugh S. Taylor, M.D...
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The Prevalence Of Cyberbullying And Its Psychological Impact On Nonheterosexual Youth Revealed By New Study
09/03/2010
Schools are typically on guard against students who bully by inflicting repeated violence on other students. But technology has given rise to a relatively new form of bullying which inflicts emotional harm in a stealth manner, working through Web sites, chat rooms, e-mail, cell phones and instant messaging...
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Program Could Help Teens Control Asthma
09/03/2010
An asthma program specifically tailored to teens could help those in rural areas manage their disease and avoid potentially fatal complications, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Black males have a death rate from asthma that is six times greater than their white counterparts, and Dr...
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Controlled Study Finds Possible Early Warning Signs For Autism Spectrum Disorders Within Families
09/03/2010
A new study suggests a trend toward developing hyperactivity among typically developing elementary-school-aged siblings of autistic preschoolers and supports the notion that mothers of young, autistic children experience more depression and stress than mothers with typically developing children...
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Discovery Of Gene For Newly Recognized Disease In Amish Children
09/03/2010
The gene for a newly recognized disease has been identified thanks to the determination of an Amish father and the clinical skills and persistence of Indiana University and Riley Hospital for Children physicians in collaboration with physicians and researchers at the Clinic for Special Children in Lancaster County, Penn., which specializes in disorders of the Amish...
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Sex Education, Contraception Key To Lowering Abortion Rate Among Blacks, Guttmacher CEO Writes
09/03/2010
In a New York Times letter to the editor published on Monday, Guttmacher Institute President and Chief Executive Sharon Camp calls for the U.S. to "get serious about providing better health care and more educational and economic opportunities for black women...
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Unequal Health Care, Neglect, And Sex-Selective Infanticide, Abortion Lead To Large Gender Gap In Asia, Report Finds
09/03/2010
"Nearly 100 million women across Asia have 'disappeared' because of a huge and growing gender gap that has fatally deprived them of access to health care and food and has led to widespread abortions of female fetuses, according to a U.N. report released Monday," the Associated Press reports. The U.N...
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The Long-Term Consequences Of Intravenous Nutrition On Children's Health
09/03/2010
Children with serious intestinal problems have to be fed intravenously. Systems exist that enable intravenous feeding to be carried out at home. Mr Inaki Irastorza, paediatrician at the Cruces hospital in Bilbao, spent some 15 years analysing how serious intestinal problems in children were treated at the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London...
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Politico Opinion Pieces Argue For U.S. Investment In Global Women's Issues
09/03/2010
On International Women's Day, Politico published two opinion pieces discussing the benefits of U.S. aid to support women overseas. ~ Dana Perino, Politico: "Empowering one woman is an investment in the future of families and countries," Perino -- a former press secretary to President George W. Bush -- writes in an opinion piece discussing her work with Women ONE2ONE in Africa...
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News From The Annals Of Family Medicine: March/April 2010
09/03/2010
Convenience of Retail Health Clinics Attractive to Patients The time and cost savings offered by retail clinics are attractive to patients, and they are likely to seek care for minor illnesses there given sufficient cost savings, according to a telephone survey of nearly 500 adults...
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A Child's Ability To Learn Can Be Adversely Affected By Repeated Anesthesia
09/03/2010
There is a link between repeated anaesthesia in children and memory impairment, though physical activity can help to form new cells that improve memory, reveals new research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The study has been published in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism...
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Abused Children More Likely To Suffer Unexplained Abdominal Pain, Nausea Or Vomiting
09/03/2010
Children who have been abused psychologically, physically or sexually are more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain and nausea or vomiting than children who have not been abused, a study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers concludes...
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New Asthma Prevention Study Underway At UHSM
09/03/2010
The largest ever study to investigate whether its possible to prevent children with hay fever going on to develop asthma is now underway at UHSM (University Hospital South Manchester)...
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Potential To Improve Children's Diets Without Burdening School Finances While Helping Local Farmers
08/03/2010
During the school day, children eat roughly one-third of their nutritional needs while at school. Besides lunch, breakfast and snacks may be served, providing ample opportunities for obesity-prevention strategies by offering more nutritious food...
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Disability Reduced In Premature Babies With Serious Brain Hemorrhage
08/03/2010
The research, led by Andrew Whitelaw, Professor of Neonatal Medicine at the University of Bristol, and Ian Pople, paediatric neurosurgeon at North Bristol NHS Trust, has shown that, after a haemorrhage, the fluid inside the ventricles contains substances potentially toxic to the immature brain...
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Women's Support Groups Make Dramatic Improvements On Neonatal Survival Rates
08/03/2010
Women's community groups have had a dramatic effect on reducing neonatal mortality rates in some of the poorest areas on India, according to a study published in the journal the Lancet. The groups provide a cost-effective intervention with added benefits such as reducing significantly maternal depression and improving decision-making amongst the women...
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Enobia Pharma Taps McGill Expertise In Developing First Effective Treatment For Rare Genetic Disorder
08/03/2010
Dr. Marc McKee, of McGill's Faculty of Dentistry and the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, is collaborating closely with Enobia Pharma Inc, a Quebec biotech company, to develop innovative treatments for serious genetic bone diseases. McKee's research looks into the reasons why calcium-phosphate mineral fails to crystallize properly to form strong bones and teeth...
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Improving Care For Low-Birth-Weight Infants
08/03/2010
Researchers at UC Irvine and the Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science (CDU) will monitor the day-to-day health of low-birth-weight babies and their parents as part of a comprehensive initiative designed to combat chronic illnesses associated with low-weight births...
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Rutgers Research On History Of Babies Promoted By NEH Grant
08/03/2010
Parents have sought advice on infant-care practices for generations, but a Rutgers-Camden professor is uncovering how those methods have evolved and influenced American culture. Janet Golden, a professor of history at Rutgers-Camden, has earned a highly prestigious fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study the history of babies in modern America...
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Ritalin Boosts Learning By Increasing Brain Plasticity
08/03/2010
Doctors treat millions of children with Ritalin every year to improve their ability to focus on tasks, but scientists now report that Ritalin also directly enhances the speed of learning. In animal research, the scientists showed for the first time that Ritalin boosts both of these cognitive abilities by increasing the activity of the neurotransmitter dopamine deep inside the brain...
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Gene Site Found For A Children's Food Allergy
08/03/2010
Pediatrics researchers have identified the first major gene location responsible for a severe, often painful type of food allergy called eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). In this disease, which may cause weight loss, vomiting, heartburn and swallowing difficulties, a patient may be unable to eat a wide variety of foods...
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Minn. Legislature Considers 'Abstinence-Plus' Sex Education Bill
08/03/2010
A bill (SF 2645) in the Minnesota Legislature would require each school district to create an "abstinence-first" sex education curriculum with "age-appropriate" lessons on human sexuality and information about condoms and other contraceptives, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports...
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Polio Vaccination Campaign To Target 85M Children In 19 West, Central African Countries
08/03/2010
Global health organizations will launch a $30 million polio vaccination campaign on Saturday in West and Central Africa aimed at immunizing 85 million children under age 5, the Joint Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the International Federation of the Red Cross said on Thursday, Agence France-Presse reports (3/4)...
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