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Clinical dietitian suggests tips to help parents ensure healthy nutrition for children

Back to school means getting back into a routine that helps students achieve success in the new school year. Start the year off on solid footing by making good nutrition part of your child's schedule. Multiple studies have shown that good nutrition, improved hydration and proper sleep play a huge role in academic success.

4 Aug 2015

Researchers awarded NIH grant to revolutionize TB treatment

Stop Jeff North, Ph.D., if you've heard this one before: an indole-based drug and a tuberculosis protein meet in a laboratory. There's a brief interaction, then the drug skates merrily away while the protein is nowhere to be found.

4 Aug 2015

Study provides mechanism for EDNRB gene's role in adaptation to life at high altitudes

Ethiopians have lived at high altitudes for thousands of years, providing a natural experiment for studying human adaptations to low oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia. One factor that may enable Ethiopians to tolerate high altitudes and hypoxia is the endothelin receptor type B (EDNRB) gene.

4 Aug 2015

NYUCD awarded $1.7M Health Resources and Service Administration training grant

New York University College of Dentistry has been awarded a five-year, $1.7M Health Resources and Service Administration training grant entitled, "Preparing the Future Dental Workforce for Underserved Young Child and Adolescent Populations ("Preparing the Future").

4 Aug 2015

Marriage can cause dramatic drinking reductions among people with severe drinking problems

Research on alcohol-use disorders consistently shows problem drinking decreases as we age. Also called, "maturing out," these changes generally begin during young adulthood and are partially caused by the roles we take on as we become adults. Now, researchers collaborating between the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have found evidence that marriage can cause dramatic drinking reductions even among people with severe drinking problems.

4 Aug 2015

Vaccine containing virus-like nanoparticles could be novel treatment option for RSV

A vaccine containing virus-like nanoparticles, or microscopic, genetically engineered particles, is an effective treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to researchers at Georgia State University.

4 Aug 2015

Prokarium receives funding to complete pre-clinical development of new Chlamydia vaccine

Prokarium Ltd, a biotechnology company developing transformational oral vaccines, today announced new funding from SynbiCITE, the UK’s Innovation and Knowledge Centre for Synthetic Biology.

4 Aug 2015

Array Biopharma reports strong fourth quarter and full year 2015 financial results

Array BioPharma Inc. today reported results for the fourth quarter and full year of its fiscal year ended June 30, 2015.

3 Aug 2015

Lansinoh Laboratories, Washington Nationals create Lansinoh Family Lounge for nursing mothers

The Washington Nationals and Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc. – an Alexandria, VA-based leader in breastfeeding have partnered to create the Lansinoh Family Lounge. Conveniently located just off the First Base Line, adjacent to Section 223, the Lansinoh Lounge at Nationals Park is designed to be a quiet and cool retreat for families with young children.

3 Aug 2015

Researchers uncover strong evidence for genetic causes of cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of physical disability in children. It has historically been considered to be caused by factors such as birth asphyxia, stroke and infections in the developing brain of babies.

3 Aug 2015

UCLA skills program improves social functioning in young adults with autism

Researchers at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA have found that a social skills program for high-functioning young adults with autism spectrum disorder significantly improved the participants' ability to engage with their peers.

3 Aug 2015

Animal study shows children exposed to famine grow smaller, become susceptible to metabolic diseases

Starvation early in life can alter an organism for generations to come, according to a new study in roundworms. The effects are what Duke University biologist Ryan Baugh terms a "bet-hedging strategy."

3 Aug 2015

2015 Lansinoh Breastfeeding Survey shows many women still struggle to breastfeed their babies

The 2015 Lansinoh Breastfeeding Survey finds nearly all women (96%) agree that breastfeeding is the best way to feed their children, but many still struggle to breastfeed for what they believe to be the ideal amount of time.

3 Aug 2015

Moderate and severe selective eating habits linked to depression, anxiety, shows study

Picky eating among children is a common but burdensome problem that can result in poor nutrition for kids, family conflict, and frustrated parents.

3 Aug 2015

Lancet Series examines enduring radiological, psychological impact of nuclear disasters

On the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a three-part Series published in The Lancet looks at the enduring radiological and psychological impact of nuclear disasters, including the most recent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan in 2011.

3 Aug 2015

First large field trial shows VSV-ZEBOV is effective against Ebola

A vaccine against the Ebola virus, tested in West Africa for the first time in a field trial, has proved to be effective. People who had come into close contact with someone recently infected, and who are therefore at particularly high risk, were vaccinated.

3 Aug 2015

Childhood cancer cells produce molecule that affects body's immune system to fight disease

Cancer cells in neuroblastoma contain a molecule that breaks down a key energy source for the body's immune cells, leaving them too physically drained to fight the disease, according to new research published in the journal Cancer Research today (Saturday).

3 Aug 2015

3D-printed models of children's brain anatomy help reduce operative risk of complex procedures

Boston Children's Hospital physicians report the first cases of children benefiting from 3D printing of their anatomy before undergoing high-risk brain procedures.

3 Aug 2015

Tests show VSV-ZEBOV vaccine safe and effective against Ebola

Tests of the experimental Ebola vaccine VSV-ZEBOV in over 7500 participants in Guinea suggest that the vaccine provides high protection against the disease as early as ten days after vaccination, in adults who have potentially been exposed to the virus by coming in close contact with a recently infected person.

31 Jul 2015

Guinea Phase III trial shows VSV-EBOV vaccine highly effective against Ebola

Results from an interim analysis of the Guinea Phase III efficacy vaccine trial show that VSV-EBOV (Merck, Sharp & Dohme) is highly effective against Ebola.

31 Jul 2015

Children News and Research

Clinical dietitian suggests tips to help parents ensure healthy nutrition for children

Researchers awarded NIH grant to revolutionize TB treatment

Study provides mechanism for EDNRB gene's role in adaptation to life at high altitudes

NYUCD awarded $1.7M Health Resources and Service Administration training grant

Marriage can cause dramatic drinking reductions among people with severe drinking problems

Vaccine containing virus-like nanoparticles could be novel treatment option for RSV

Prokarium receives funding to complete pre-clinical development of new Chlamydia vaccine

Array Biopharma reports strong fourth quarter and full year 2015 financial results

Lansinoh Laboratories, Washington Nationals create Lansinoh Family Lounge for nursing mothers

Researchers uncover strong evidence for genetic causes of cerebral palsy

UCLA skills program improves social functioning in young adults with autism

Animal study shows children exposed to famine grow smaller, become susceptible to metabolic diseases

2015 Lansinoh Breastfeeding Survey shows many women still struggle to breastfeed their babies

Moderate and severe selective eating habits linked to depression, anxiety, shows study

Lancet Series examines enduring radiological, psychological impact of nuclear disasters

First large field trial shows VSV-ZEBOV is effective against Ebola

Childhood cancer cells produce molecule that affects body's immune system to fight disease

3D-printed models of children's brain anatomy help reduce operative risk of complex procedures

Tests show VSV-ZEBOV vaccine safe and effective against Ebola

Guinea Phase III trial shows VSV-EBOV vaccine highly effective against Ebola

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