| Pediatrics / Children's Health News From Medical News Today |
Risk Of Febrile Convulsions For Under Fives Who Receive A Type Of Flu Vaccine
31/07/2010
The Director of Immunization, Department of Health, UK has written a letter to UK doctors warning about the risk of febrile convulsions in children aged under five years and seasonal influenza vaccines marketed by Pfizer Vaccines (Enzira® and CSL Biotherapies generic influenza vaccine)...
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No Safe Level First Study To Show Teenage Binge Drinkers Harm Abilities In Later Life
31/07/2010
Academics at Northumbria University have demonstrated a link between teenage binge drinking and damage to prospective memory. Prospective memory is an important aspect of day-to-day memory function and is defined as the cognitive ability to remember to carry out an activity at some future point in time...
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Genetic Link Between Two Rare Diseases Established By Next Generation Sequencing
31/07/2010
Scientists have successfully used "next generation sequencing" to identify mutations that may cause a rare and mysterious genetic disorder...
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Study Shows Most Youth Hockey Injuries Caused By Accidents, Not Checking
31/07/2010
Hockey fans likely would assume that body-checking - intentionally slamming an opponent against the boards - causes the most injuries in youth ice hockey. But they would be wrong...
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The Risk Of Malignancy In Children May Be Increased By TNF Blockers
31/07/2010
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received reports of malignancies in children using tumor necrosis factor a (TNF) blockers, raising concerns of an associated risk and prompting an investigation...
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Group Opposing Alaska Parental Notification Initiative Reports More Money Than Group Supporting It
30/07/2010
The group Alaskans Against Government Mandates -- which opposes a ballot initiative that would require parental notification for state minors seeking abortions -- has reported collecting five times the money disclosed by Alaskans for Parental Rights, which supports the initiative, the AP/Anchorage Daily News reports...
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Insurers Change Kids Coverage Stance After HHS Clarifies New Rules
30/07/2010
Health insurers have started to back down "on their decision to pull out of the child-only coverage market after the Obama administration addressed their concerns about the potential damage to their bottom lines," The Hill reports. "The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday clarified regulations mandating that insurance plans agree to cover sick children...
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Polio Cases In India Lowest In A Decade; Vaccination Effort Begins In Afghanistan
30/07/2010
This year "India has reported the lowest number of polio cases in [the] January-June period ... in a decade," PTI/ZeeTV reports. Twenty-four cases were detected between January and June this year, compared to 151 in the corresponding 2009 period, and 317 in January-June 2008 (7/29). According to LiveMint...
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Also In Global Health News: Child Marriages; USAID In Afghanistan; Respiratory Diseases In El Salvador; Food Security Improving In Zimbabwe
30/07/2010
Epoch Times Examines Child Marriage Hearing An Epoch Times article discusses a recent congressional hearing held by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on child marriage...
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Videos Discuss Reproductive Coercion, Preventive Services
30/07/2010
The following summarizes selected women's health related videos. GRITtv Explores Reproductive Coercion: GRITtv recently examined dating violence and reproductive coercion among teenagers...
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Pediatric Nurses Gather For Landmark Annual Conference
30/07/2010
Celebrating the pediatric nurse at the bedside was the central theme of the 26th Annual Pediatric Nursing Conference, July 16-18, 2010, in Philadelphia, PA. More than 275 pediatric nurses from across the country and around the world attended this landmark annual event. Attendees networked with colleagues, enhanced leadership skills and explored the latest advances in care...
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AIDS 2010 Follow-Up Coverage: Global HIV/AIDS Funding; HIV/AIDS Studies, Releases
30/07/2010
Media outlets continued to reflect on news from the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, which attracted over 19,000 participants from 197 countries to Vienna last week, according to the conference blog. The Washington Post reports that "concerns about [the] costs" of global HIV treatment programs "dominated the talk" of the conference...
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IRIN Examines Global Humanitarian Assistance Report, Maps Percentage Of African Budgets Spent On Health
30/07/2010
"[H]umanitarian watchdog Development Initiatives outlines some of the needs, responses and funding trends" in humanitarian aid over the past decade in its 2010 Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) report, IRIN writes in an article that examines the organization's findings. According to the report, private funding is the "rising star" in humanitarian aid, IRIN reports...
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FDA Advisory, Avoid Unintentional Exposure Of Children And Pets To Evamist
30/07/2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that inadvertent exposure to Evamist through skin contact with patients using this product has the potential for adverse effects in children and pets. Evamist contains estradiol, an estrogen hormone, and is used in women to reduce hot flashes during menopause...
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MediPurpose® Launches New BabyLance™ Infant Heel Incision Device
30/07/2010
MediPurpose® announced the launch of its latest safety medical product, the babyLance™ heel incision device for infants. A complement to the company's vastly popular line of SurgiLance® safety lancets, babyLance™ is a safe, easy and effective solution for newborn heel incisions...
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Researchers Find New Translocation; Weak Spots In DNA Lead To Genetic Disease
30/07/2010
A genetics research team based at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia continues to discover recurrent translocations-places in which two chromosomes exchange pieces of themselves. As many as 1 in 600 persons carry balanced chromosome translocations, which involve no loss or gain of DNA...
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Shionogi Inc. Announces FDA Approval Of CUVPOSA™ For The Treatment Of Chronic Severe Drooling In Pediatric Patients With Neurologic Conditions
30/07/2010
Shionogi Inc., a U.S.-based group company of Shionogi & Co., Ltd., announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of CUVPOSA™ (glycopyrrolate), the first liquid treatment for patients ages 3-16 who suffer from chronic severe drooling associated with neurologic conditions such as cerebral palsy. CUVPOSA™ was designated an Orphan Drug by the FDA...
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Link Between Western Diet And ADHD
30/07/2010
A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a 'Western-style' diet in adolescents. The research findings have just been published online in the international Journal of Attention Disorders...
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Florida Company Smart Nutra Inc. Makes Breakthough Advancement In The Treatment Of Lice
29/07/2010
According to Smart Nutra Inc., there were 6-12 million outbreaks of head lice reported in the United States this year. Large outbreaks of louse infestations have also been reported from all over the world including Israel, Denmark, Sweden, U.K., France and Australia. The number of cases of human louse infestations (or pediculosis) worldwide is in the hundreds of millions...
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Today's Opinions: Exchanges Reach Beyond Political Squabbles; Missouri's Choice On Nullification; Losing Jobs For Health Reform
29/07/2010
A Fair Exchange The New York Times The battle over health care reform won't end just because Republicans and Democrats find they can cooperate on exchanges...
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African Leaders Agree To Expand Maternal Health Campaign As AU Summit Concludes
29/07/2010
African leaders participating in the 15th African Union (AU) Summit, which concluded on Tuesday, agreed to expand a campaign aimed at curbing maternal mortality on the continent and adopted other "key actions" in an effort to reduce infant and maternal mortality, PANA/Afrique en ligne reports...
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Stuck On BAND-AID(R) Brand? Sing The Famous Jingle To Support Safe Kids Canada
29/07/2010
"I am stuck on BAND-AID® Brand..." Know that famous jingle? Nearly 70 per cent of Canadian moms do, according to a recent Angus Reid Public Opinion poll. Now, moms and their families will have the chance to record their best rendition of the tune for a great cause at the BAND-AID® Brand mobile recording studio, back by popular demand this summer at community events across the country...
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Child Abuse Education, Elderly Care, Nursing Students To Benefit From Grants
29/07/2010
Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare has received three grants that provide education support to working nursing students, set up a senior health research center, and establish systems for treating child abuse and educating those who treat it. The three grants, totaling nearly $2 million, include: Nursing education...
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AHIP Statement On Coverage For Children
29/07/2010
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) President and CEO Karen Ignagni today released the following statement on the announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services to clarify that health plans may use a structured open enrollment period implementing health reform's provision eliminating pre-existing condition exclusions for children under age 19: "Today's anno...
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Topaz Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Data From Topical Ivermectin Trials Presented At Society Of Pediatric Dermatology
29/07/2010
Topaz Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately held biotechnology company, announced positive results of studies of topical ivermectin cream, which it is developing as a potential treatment of Pediculus humanus capitis (head lice)...
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