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UVA physician helps develop new CDC treatment recommendations for children with concussions

A University of Virginia Health System emergency medicine physician helped develop new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention treatment recommendations for children with concussions, also known as mild traumatic brain injury.

5 Sep 2018

Scientists shed light on new possibilities for prevention of preterm birth

A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre has shed light on new possibilities for the prevention of preterm birth.

5 Sep 2018

Gene therapy for rare genetic blindness wins prestigious Champalimaud Vision award

A team of seven researchers collaborating from United States and Britain have found a way to use gene therapy to cure a rare form of childhood blindness that occurs due to a genetic predisposition.

5 Sep 2018

Over one in four adults worldwide is inactive finds study

According to latest data from The Lancet Global Health released today, over one in four adult worldwide (28 percent or 1.4 billion people) leads a physically inactive life. In some countries around three fourths of all adults do not get adequate exercise, finds the study.

5 Sep 2018

Clinical recommendations regarding mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) released

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released fresh clinical recommendations for health care personnel for treatment of children suffering from concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

4 Sep 2018

Researchers identify Zika virus proteins with potential to affect brain development

In healthy individuals, the Zika virus causes flu-like symptoms. If a pregnant woman becomes infected, the unborn child can suffer from severe brain abnormalities as a result of mechanisms that have not yet been explained.

4 Sep 2018

Study finds new clues to understand relapse in breast cancer

A large genomic analysis has linked certain DNA mutations to a high risk of relapse in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, while other mutations were associated with better outcomes, according to researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Baylor College of Medicine and the University of British Columbia.

4 Sep 2018

Training pediatricians to better diagnose and treat epilepsy

Imagine if most children with cancer were treated by a doctor with no training or experience in cancer. It doesn't seem possible. In epilepsy, however, it's more common than not.

4 Sep 2018

Study reveals validity, reliability of AACN Healthy Work Environment Assessment Tool

An online survey created as a resource for critical care nurses to assess the health of the work environment is a valid and reliable tool for use by interprofessional patient care teams throughout hospitals and other healthcare organizations.

4 Sep 2018

Democratic, GOP attorneys general square off in Texas showdown over health law

Wednesday is looking like yet another pivotal day in the life-or-death saga that has marked the history of the Affordable Care Act.

4 Sep 2018

Internet- and telephone-assisted parental training decreases likelihood of child disruptive behavior

Positive long-term outcomes, such as a reduction in child disruptive behavior and increased parental skills, have been reported in a new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

4 Sep 2018

Low-income Californians feel twice the burn from wildfires

Viviana Aguirre, 14, knows the air is bad when she has to reach for her inhaler once, maybe twice a week.

4 Sep 2018

Stanford researchers show how to prevent immune response to gene therapy in mouse model

Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have demonstrated that gene therapy can be effective without causing a dangerous side effect common to all gene therapy: an autoimmune reaction to the normal protein, which the patient's immune system is encountering for the first time.

4 Sep 2018

Children conceived using ART methods may have increased hypertension risk

Children conceived through assisted reproductive technologies may be at an increased risk of developing arterial hypertension early in life, among other cardiovascular complications, according to a Swiss study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

3 Sep 2018

Likelihood of IVF success increases if 18 to 20 eggs are collected

The likelihood of childbirth after in vitro fertilization treatment increases if 18 to 20 eggs are stimulated to mature in a woman's ovaries, a dissertation at Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden, shows. That is more eggs than the number aimed at in today's IVF treatments.

3 Sep 2018

Children experiencing homelessness for more than six months have high risk of poor health outcomes

Experiencing homelessness at any time during the pre- or postnatal period can negatively affect a young child's health.

3 Sep 2018

Genetic mutations may drive tumor formation by blurring growth signals

Genetic mutations in a form of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) may drive tumor formation by blurring cells' perception of key growth signals, according to a new laboratory study published August 31, 2018 in Science.

3 Sep 2018

Sunovion receives Complete Response Letter from FDA for dasotraline NDA

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Complete Response Letter for the New Drug Application for dasotraline, a novel dual-acting dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

3 Sep 2018

Even the fittest middle-aged athletes are not immune to cardiovascular disease, study reveals

Middle-aged adults are exercising more and living longer, but new research from the University of British Columbia suggests that even the fittest among them are not immune to cardiovascular disease--and they often don't have any symptoms.

31 Aug 2018

Research group aims to offer more personalized treatments for pediatric cancers

A new Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Group at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is studying the development of pediatric cancers. The research group is being funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and will receive €1.7 million over five years.

31 Aug 2018

Children News and Research

UVA physician helps develop new CDC treatment recommendations for children with concussions

Scientists shed light on new possibilities for prevention of preterm birth

Gene therapy for rare genetic blindness wins prestigious Champalimaud Vision award

Over one in four adults worldwide is inactive finds study

Clinical recommendations regarding mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) released

Researchers identify Zika virus proteins with potential to affect brain development

Study finds new clues to understand relapse in breast cancer

Training pediatricians to better diagnose and treat epilepsy

Study reveals validity, reliability of AACN Healthy Work Environment Assessment Tool

Democratic, GOP attorneys general square off in Texas showdown over health law

Internet- and telephone-assisted parental training decreases likelihood of child disruptive behavior

Low-income Californians feel twice the burn from wildfires

Stanford researchers show how to prevent immune response to gene therapy in mouse model

Children conceived using ART methods may have increased hypertension risk

Likelihood of IVF success increases if 18 to 20 eggs are collected

Children experiencing homelessness for more than six months have high risk of poor health outcomes

Genetic mutations may drive tumor formation by blurring growth signals

Sunovion receives Complete Response Letter from FDA for dasotraline NDA

Even the fittest middle-aged athletes are not immune to cardiovascular disease, study reveals

Research group aims to offer more personalized treatments for pediatric cancers

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