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ASA recommends parents to ask seven questions to child's physician anesthesiologist prior to surgery

Millions of children have surgery every year - for everything from tonsil removal to correction of a heart defect - and understandably parents are often anxious about their child's safety and comfort.

12 Jul 2016

Researchers develop new technique to help GPs better diagnose UTI in children

Urinary tract infections (UTI) in young children can lead to kidney damage, but are notoriously difficult to diagnose in primary care because symptoms can often be vague and unclear.

12 Jul 2016

Study shows siblings of food allergic children do not experience food allergy symptoms

Families with a child who has food allergy often wonder if a younger sibling should be screened before introducing potentially allergenic foods.

12 Jul 2016

Shire’s Xiidra receives FDA approval for treating dry eye disease in adult patients

Shire plc announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xiidra (lifitegrast ophthalmic solution) 5%, a twice-daily eye drop solution indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease in adult patients.

12 Jul 2016

Cryopreserved human umbilical cord patch shows promise in treating fetal spina bifida

A patch made from cryopreserved human umbilical cord may be a novel method for treating spina bifida in utero, according to researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

12 Jul 2016

Riverview Medical Center receives Lifeline Silver Achievement Award for dedication in cardiac care

Riverview Medical Center, part of Meridian CardioVascular Network, has received the Mission: Lifeline Silver Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

11 Jul 2016

MD Anderson, ILC Dover and NASA partner to increase awareness of childhood cancer

Today, several of Space City's best-known institutions -- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and ILC Dover -- announced a partnership that brings the benefits of arts and science to pediatric cancer patients while increasing awareness of childhood cancer.

11 Jul 2016

Bayshore Community Hospital earns achievement award for appropriate treatment of STEMI patients

Bayshore Community Hospital, part of Meridian CardioVascular Network, has received the Mission: Lifeline Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

11 Jul 2016

New study identifies four subtypes of human insulin producing beta cells involved in diabetes

A new study led by nationally prominent stem cell scientist Markus Grompe, M.D., has determined the existence of at least four separate subtypes of human insulin producing beta cells that may be important in the understanding and treatment of diabetes. The findings were published online today in the journal Nature Communications.

11 Jul 2016

TBI with LOC linked to late-life neurodegeneration but not Alzheimer's disease

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a loss of consciousness (LOC) may be associated with later development of Parkinson's disease but not Alzheimer's disease or incident dementia, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of Washington School of Medicine.

11 Jul 2016

Scientists succeed in restoring multiple key aspects of vision in mice

Experiments conducted under the leadership of a Stanford University School of Medicine investigator have succeeded, for the first time, in restoring multiple key aspects of vision in mammals.

11 Jul 2016

New home-based intervention aims to improve health outcomes of children of South Asian immigrants

More than one-third of Bronx residents are born outside of the United States. Often separated from family, challenged by language barriers, unfamiliar with health resources, and burdened by poverty, they are at high risk for health problems. And these risks extend to their young children.

11 Jul 2016

Connectome imaging could help predict severity of language deficits after stoke

Loss or impairment of the ability to speak is one of the most feared complications of stroke--one faced by about 20% of stroke patients. Language, as one of the most complex functions of the brain, is not seated in a single brain region but involves connections between many regions.

11 Jul 2016

Single dose of new molecule could protect the brain from cognitive impairments after mTBI

A new molecule could protect the brain from cognitive impairments after a mild traumatic brain injury, according to Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists.

11 Jul 2016

UChicago to help enroll 150,000 participants in President’s PMI Cohort Program

The University of Chicago is one of three Illinois academic institutions that will work together to help launch President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program to enroll 1 million or more participants in a national research effort designed to find better ways to prevent and treat disease based on lifestyle, environment and genetics.

11 Jul 2016

UH cardiologists implant first Abbott Absorb stent on patient with coronary artery disease

University Hospitals Case Medical Center is among the first in the country - and the first in Ohio - to offer and deploy the Abbott Absorb stent, a completely bioresorbable stent.

11 Jul 2016

Childhood exposure to microbes through thumb-sucking, nail-biting may lower risk of allergies

Children who suck their thumbs or bite their nails may be less likely to develop allergies, according to a new study from New Zealand's University of Otago.

11 Jul 2016

Five-year NIH grant awarded to four NYC medical centers for PMI Cohort Program

Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, in collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian and NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, have been awarded a grant from the NIH for approximately $4 million in fiscal year 2016 to enroll participants in the Cohort Program of President Barack Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI)—a large-scale research effort to improve our ability to prevent and treat disease based on individual differences in lifestyle, environment and genetics.

11 Jul 2016

AAN announces winners of 2016 Neuro Film Festival

The American Academy of Neurology is pleased to announce the winning entries to the 2016 Neuro Film Festival.

10 Jul 2016

Scientists develop new online open-access data tool to improve drug safety

A new online open-access database has been developed by scientists to allow the clinical responses of more than 5 million patients to all FDA-approved drugs to be used to identify unexpected clinical harm, benefits and alternative treatment choices for individual patients, according to a study appearing July 8 in Nature Biotechnology.

10 Jul 2016

Children News and Research

ASA recommends parents to ask seven questions to child's physician anesthesiologist prior to surgery

Researchers develop new technique to help GPs better diagnose UTI in children

Study shows siblings of food allergic children do not experience food allergy symptoms

Shire’s Xiidra receives FDA approval for treating dry eye disease in adult patients

Cryopreserved human umbilical cord patch shows promise in treating fetal spina bifida

Riverview Medical Center receives Lifeline Silver Achievement Award for dedication in cardiac care

MD Anderson, ILC Dover and NASA partner to increase awareness of childhood cancer

Bayshore Community Hospital earns achievement award for appropriate treatment of STEMI patients

New study identifies four subtypes of human insulin producing beta cells involved in diabetes

TBI with LOC linked to late-life neurodegeneration but not Alzheimer's disease

Scientists succeed in restoring multiple key aspects of vision in mice

New home-based intervention aims to improve health outcomes of children of South Asian immigrants

Connectome imaging could help predict severity of language deficits after stoke

Single dose of new molecule could protect the brain from cognitive impairments after mTBI

UChicago to help enroll 150,000 participants in President’s PMI Cohort Program

UH cardiologists implant first Abbott Absorb stent on patient with coronary artery disease

Childhood exposure to microbes through thumb-sucking, nail-biting may lower risk of allergies

Five-year NIH grant awarded to four NYC medical centers for PMI Cohort Program

AAN announces winners of 2016 Neuro Film Festival

Scientists develop new online open-access data tool to improve drug safety

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

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