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SBP researchers identify new regulator of innate immune response to foreign invaders

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have identified a new regulator of the innate immune response—the immediate, natural immune response to foreign invaders.

28 Feb 2017

Researchers discover rare deafness-dystonia syndrome in a family in Pakistan

A group of researchers from Pakistan, Europe and Singapore have identified and characterised a previously undiscovered rare deafness-dystonia syndrome in a family living in a remote region of Pakistan.

28 Feb 2017

UCF scientist finds new way to use light for monitoring patient's blood during life-and-death surgeries

A University of Central Florida professor has invented a way to use light to continuously monitor a surgical patient's blood, for the first time providing a real-time status during life-and-death operations.

28 Feb 2017

Study reveals significant inequalities in child welfare across the UK

Children in the poorest areas of the UK are at least 10 times more likely than those in the most affluent to become involved in the child protection system, according to a report by seven British universities.

27 Feb 2017

New study seeks to understand how deaf infants with cochlear implants learn words

Research has proven the importance of early access to sound and spoken language among newborns and has led to significant advances in hearing screening and early intervention.

27 Feb 2017

Young children experience better long-term kidney transplant success than adults, study finds

The success of kidney transplants has vastly improved for children over the past half-century, with young children now experiencing better long-term transplant success than adults, according to study results from a large pediatric transplant center.

27 Feb 2017

New molecule may inhibit growth of aggressive pediatric brain tumor

Northwestern Medicine scientists have found a molecule that stops the growth of an aggressive pediatric brain tumor. The tumor is always fatal and primarily strikes children under 10 years old.

27 Feb 2017

Researchers developing new chat service to help people seeking advice on mental health

It will be open 24 hours a day, and will never close down for festivals or take a holiday. The machine will provide sensible and personal advice for young people who contact its chat service. This is the aim of Professor Ole-Christoffer Granmo at the University of Agder.

27 Feb 2017

New guideline urges physicians to help in prevention, treatment of smoking among youth and children

A first-ever guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care on tobacco use by children and youth aged 5 to 18 years recommends that physicians should play a more active role in the prevention and treatment of cigarette smoking in this age group

27 Feb 2017

Living with children linked to insufficient sleep among women, study finds

New research backs up what many women already know: They're sleep deprived. Unlike men, a good night's sleep for women is affected by having children in the house, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 69th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 22 to 28, 2017.

27 Feb 2017

MGH researchers discover regulators of gene expression programs in medulloblastoma

Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have identified a mechanism that controls the expression of genes regulating the growth of the most aggressive form of medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric brain tumor. In their report published online in Cancer Discovery, the team also identifies potential targets for future treatments.

24 Feb 2017

Pitt study sheds light on shared roots of schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis

An in-depth computational analysis of genetic variants implicated in both schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh points to eight genes that may explain why susceptibility to one of the disorders could place individuals at lower risk for the other, according to the results of a study published today in the journal npj Schizophrenia.

24 Feb 2017

New study finds huge problem of multi-drug resistant infections among children

In a new, first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found a 700-percent surge in infections caused by bacteria from the Enterobacteriaceae family resistant to multiple kinds of antibiotics among children in the US. These antibiotic resistant infections are in turn linked to longer hospital stays and potentially greater risk of death.

24 Feb 2017

Presence of day cares not linked to community risk of whooping cough among kids, study finds

Among parents, you often hear these four words: "Kids are germ factories." But a new study out of Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health found that while you might think bringing more day care facilities to your block might make you and your neighbors sick more often, that doesn't appear to be the case.

24 Feb 2017

Initial diagnosis of acute kidney injury may be inaccurate for many patients, study suggests

Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center have found that, for many patients, an initial diagnosis of "acute kidney injury" may have been inaccurate.

24 Feb 2017

Children exposed to early deprivation could experience mental health problems in early adulthood

Experiencing severe deprivation and neglect in childhood can have a lasting psychological impact into early adulthood, according to a unique study which has followed the mental health of a group of children adopted from Romanian institutions to UK families in the 1990s.

24 Feb 2017

Children News and Research

SBP researchers identify new regulator of innate immune response to foreign invaders

Researchers discover rare deafness-dystonia syndrome in a family in Pakistan

UCF scientist finds new way to use light for monitoring patient's blood during life-and-death surgeries

Study reveals significant inequalities in child welfare across the UK

New study seeks to understand how deaf infants with cochlear implants learn words

Young children experience better long-term kidney transplant success than adults, study finds

New molecule may inhibit growth of aggressive pediatric brain tumor

Researchers developing new chat service to help people seeking advice on mental health

New guideline urges physicians to help in prevention, treatment of smoking among youth and children

Living with children linked to insufficient sleep among women, study finds

MGH researchers discover regulators of gene expression programs in medulloblastoma

Pitt study sheds light on shared roots of schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis

New study finds huge problem of multi-drug resistant infections among children

Presence of day cares not linked to community risk of whooping cough among kids, study finds

Initial diagnosis of acute kidney injury may be inaccurate for many patients, study suggests

Children exposed to early deprivation could experience mental health problems in early adulthood

Researchers reveal biological pathways involved in diabetic kidney disease

Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease continues to increase in Denmark, research reveals

Modified Atkins Diet helps children suffering from Doose syndrome

Study reveals growing problem of diabetic retinopathy among youth

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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