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Parasite's biological clock could help improve treatments for deadly sleeping sickness

The parasite that causes deadly sleeping sickness has its own biological clock that makes it more vulnerable to medications during the afternoon, according to international research that may help improve treatments for one of Africa's most lethal diseases.

24 Mar 2017

Study finds increased body fat in childhood brain cancer survivors

McMaster University researchers have discovered that while survivors of childhood brain tumours have a similar Body Mass Index (BMI) to healthy children with no cancer, they have more fat tissue overall, and especially around the abdomen.

24 Mar 2017

Zika continues to plague babies in Rio’s sprawling urban slums even after Olympics

Many international travelers to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, openly considered skipping the games to avoid the threat of Zika.

24 Mar 2017

One-shot vaccine passes key preclinical test in newborn monkey models

Newborns are highly vulnerable to infections and don't respond optimally to most vaccines because their young immune systems typically mount weak antibody responses.

24 Mar 2017

Researchers develop new way to assemble genome of an organism from scratch

A team spanning Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, Texas Children's Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has developed a new way to sequence genomes, which can assemble the genome of an organism, entirely from scratch, dramatically cheaper and faster.

24 Mar 2017

Majority of dengue virus infections appear to happen very close to home

The majority of dengue virus infections appear to happen very close to home and are transmitted from the same family of mosquitoes, suggests new research led by the University of Florida and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

24 Mar 2017

Five tips for parents and guardians to protect children from household poisons

More than 2 million poisonings are reported each year to poison centers across the United States, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. Half of those calls involve children under 6 years old.

24 Mar 2017

New research reveals surprising culprit involved in self-destruction of axons

In many neurodegenerative conditions — Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and peripheral neuropathy among them — an early defect is the loss of axons, the wiring of the nervous system.

24 Mar 2017

Scientists achieve closest view of working nerve synapses using custom-built microscope

The brain hosts an extraordinarily complex network of interconnected nerve cells that are constantly exchanging electrical and chemical signals at speeds difficult to comprehend.

24 Mar 2017

Researchers describe set of observable characteristics linked to congenital Zika syndrome

Even as the Zika virus becomes more prevalent — the Centers for Disease Control reports that the number of U.S. infants born with microcephaly and other birth defects is 20 times over the normal rate — researchers are still trying to fully pin down the identifying consequences of the viral infection.

24 Mar 2017

Inactive teens have weaker bones, study finds

Inactive teens have weaker bones than those who are physically active, according to a new study.

24 Mar 2017

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust launches new exhibition that explores medical practices in Tudor period

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has launched a brand new medical exhibition at Hall’s Croft, home of Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her physician husband, John Hall. Method in the Madness: Understanding Ourselves Then and Now explores medicine in the lifetime of Shakespeare’s son-in-law, John Hall (1575 – 1635), who lived at and practiced from Hall’s Croft.

24 Mar 2017

Adults who skip TV during dinner and eat home-cooked meals less likely to be obese, study finds

Adults who don't flip on the TV during dinner and those who eat home-cooked meals are less likely to be obese, a new study has found.

24 Mar 2017

NHGRI researchers use facial recognition software to diagnose rare genetic disease

Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, and their collaborators, have successfully used facial recognition software to diagnose a rare, genetic disease in Africans, Asians and Latin Americans.

24 Mar 2017

First-of-its-kind mouse model could help study post-malaria epilepsy in children

A first-of-its-kind mouse model could lead to an understanding of how cerebral malaria infection leads to the development of epilepsy in children, and to the prevention of seizures.

23 Mar 2017

Study finds direct link between increasing width of vestibular aqueduct and severity of child's hearing loss

It may be possible to predict the severity of hearing loss for children diagnosed with enlarged vestibular aqueduct, according to a new study published in JAMA-Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

23 Mar 2017

Study identifies potential risks for mothers who are cancer survivors

For young women facing a new cancer diagnosis, fertility preservation can be an important consideration in treatment planning. Now a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center-led study has identified potential risks for mothers who are cancer survivors -- risks for their newborns' health.

23 Mar 2017

Flexible approach to exercise works better for new moms than specific regimen

Often running on empty, new moms may need a bit more flexibility and support to ease back into exercise after giving birth, according to a Kansas State University researcher.

23 Mar 2017

Brain makes new connections in blind people to enhance compensatory abilities

The brains of those who are born blind make new connections in the absence of visual information, resulting in enhanced, compensatory abilities such as a heightened sense of hearing, smell and touch, as well as cognitive functions (such as memory and language) according to a new study led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers.

23 Mar 2017

Study compares arm measures to BMI for assessing nutritional status of leukemia survivors

Arm anthropometry is a simple method to determine if a person is overweight or obese, and because it can distinguish between fat and muscle mass, unlike body mass index (BMI), it is a valuable method for assessing muscle loss in long-term survivors of childhood cancer.

23 Mar 2017

Children News and Research

Parasite's biological clock could help improve treatments for deadly sleeping sickness

Study finds increased body fat in childhood brain cancer survivors

Zika continues to plague babies in Rio’s sprawling urban slums even after Olympics

One-shot vaccine passes key preclinical test in newborn monkey models

Researchers develop new way to assemble genome of an organism from scratch

Majority of dengue virus infections appear to happen very close to home

Five tips for parents and guardians to protect children from household poisons

New research reveals surprising culprit involved in self-destruction of axons

Scientists achieve closest view of working nerve synapses using custom-built microscope

Researchers describe set of observable characteristics linked to congenital Zika syndrome

Inactive teens have weaker bones, study finds

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust launches new exhibition that explores medical practices in Tudor period

Adults who skip TV during dinner and eat home-cooked meals less likely to be obese, study finds

NHGRI researchers use facial recognition software to diagnose rare genetic disease

First-of-its-kind mouse model could help study post-malaria epilepsy in children

Study finds direct link between increasing width of vestibular aqueduct and severity of child's hearing loss

Study identifies potential risks for mothers who are cancer survivors

Flexible approach to exercise works better for new moms than specific regimen

Brain makes new connections in blind people to enhance compensatory abilities

Study compares arm measures to BMI for assessing nutritional status of leukemia survivors

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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