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BP levels declined among US children and adolescents during the past decade

Childhood high blood pressure (HBP) is a serious public health challenge worldwide due to associated increases in risk of end organ damages and correlation with HBP in adulthood. The prevalence of elevated blood pressure (BP) has been reported to increase significantly among United States children and adolescents from 1988-1994 to 1999-2008, but little is known about recent trends in BP values and elevated BP.

10 Jul 2015

University of Chicago Medicine named to FARE Clinical Network

The University of Chicago Medicine is among 22 centers of excellence across the country chosen by Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) to be inaugural members of its FARE Clinical Network, which will work to accelerate development of therapies and raise the standard of care for people with life-threating food allergies.

10 Jul 2015

Vanderbilt receives $12.8 million federal grant to develop better ways to predict effects of drugs in patients

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a five-year, $12.8 million grant from the federal government to develop better ways to predict how patients will respond to the drugs they're given.

10 Jul 2015

Cedars-Sinai scientists identify genes responsible for tumor growth in high grade brain tumors

After generating new brain tumor models, Cedars-Sinai scientists in the Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute identified the role of a family of genes underlying tumor growth in a wide spectrum of high grade brain tumors.

10 Jul 2015

Faith-based health providers crucial in achieving universal health coverage for poor, marginalised people

Faith-based organisations are crucial in achieving the promise of universal health coverage—an adequate standard of health care for all people—especially for poor and marginalised groups, according to a new three-part Series on faith-based health care, published in The Lancet.

10 Jul 2015

Trial results show routine oral cholera vaccination programme protects people living in endemic regions

An oral cholera vaccine given as part of routine health services is safe and protects against severe cholera in children and adults in urban Bangladesh where the disease is endemic, according to the first real-life trial of this vaccine published in The Lancet.

10 Jul 2015

Natural environments promote healthy aging in seniors

Natural environments are known to promote physical, mental, and spiritual healing. People can attain health benefits by spending time outside, often in remote places to "get away from it all." Now research conducted by a University of Minnesota graduate student with a team in Vancouver, B.C., shows that green and "blue" spaces (environments with running or still water) are especially beneficial for healthy aging in seniors.

10 Jul 2015

Four young scientists named recipients of Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship Award

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named four outstanding young scientists as recipients of the prestigious Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship Award, committing nearly $875,000 to help address a critical shortage of funding for pediatric cancer research.

10 Jul 2015

Recently-developed drug holds great promise for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

A new Australian study shows that a recently-developed drug, already used safely in adult leukaemia clinical trials, holds great promise for some children with an aggressive form of cancer known as acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).

10 Jul 2015

Design4Health conference to demonstrate innovative approaches to global healthcare issues

A 3D-printable prosthetic foot, a low cost tool to help prevent the spread of Ebola and tartan designed by people with Alzheimer’s disease are just some of the projects on show at a conference looking at innovative new approaches to global healthcare issues.

From Sheffield Hallam University 9 Jul 2015

Individual blame messages perpetuate structural racial inequalities

A recent CDC report calls into question the widely reported belief that Black fathers are more absent in their children's lives than White fathers - showing that while more Black fathers live apart from their children, they are just as involved with their children as members of other racial groups in the same living situations.

9 Jul 2015

Study analyzes attitudes and practices of general physicians in different vaccination scenarios

At population level, vaccines contribute to reducing mortality associated with infectious diseases such as measles, diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B or bacterial meningitis.

9 Jul 2015

New McLane Children's video visit program allows patients to connect with doctor from their home

McLane Children's, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, is piloting a new video visit program that allows patients who live far from the hospital to see their physician from the comfort of their own home. The program has successfully completed video visits with patients as far away as West Texas and the Rio Grande Valley.

9 Jul 2015

University of Manchester professors complete comprehensive study of murder in Britain

The most in-depth and comprehensive study of murder in Britain has been completed by a husband and wife team and is the subject of a new book.

9 Jul 2015

Three South Florida research centers receive Campbell Foundation grants for HIV/AIDS studies

New research is taking place all around the world in the fight to find a cure for AIDS. But did you know that some critical research is taking place in our own backyard? That’s why The Campbell Foundation recently provided three South Florida research centers each with $30,000 fast-track grants to assist them with their ground-breaking investigations.

9 Jul 2015

Vanderbilt investigators develop potential antibody treatments against chikungunya

In late 2013 the Caribbean had its first case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Today there have been almost 1.2 million cases in 44 countries or territories, including 177 cases in 31 U.S. States. Vanderbilt University Medical Center's James Crowe, M.D., Ann Scott Carell Professor and director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, and his team are reporting the first large panel of antibody treatments against this disease in the current issue of Cell Host and Microbe.

9 Jul 2015

Neuroscientist receives $2.9 million grant to explore link between language and brain function

Can reading interventions positively impact reading skills and math skills? If so, can the improvement be observed inside the brains of children with combined reading and math disabilities?

9 Jul 2015

Children with Wilms tumour can now be given less intensive chemotherapy

CHILDREN with a rare type of cancer called Wilms' tumour who are at low risk of relapsing can now be given less intensive treatment, avoiding a type of chemotherapy that can cause irreversible heart problems in later life.

9 Jul 2015

Chemicals used in plastics linked to increased risk of high blood pressure, diabetes in children and adolescents

According to a new series of studies out of NYU Langone Medical Center, two chemicals increasingly used during manufacturing to strengthen plastic wrap, soap, cosmetics, and processed food containers have been linked to a rise in risk of high blood pressure and diabetes in children and adolescents.

9 Jul 2015

International research team identifies new gene associated with 4H leukodystrophy

Leukodystrophies are deadly neurodegenerative diseases that affect one in 7,000 children and remain incurable. These genetic diseases attack myelin or the "insulating rubber sheath" surrounding neurons, which leads to deteriorating health for affected children.

9 Jul 2015

Children News and Research

BP levels declined among US children and adolescents during the past decade

University of Chicago Medicine named to FARE Clinical Network

Vanderbilt receives $12.8 million federal grant to develop better ways to predict effects of drugs in patients

Cedars-Sinai scientists identify genes responsible for tumor growth in high grade brain tumors

Faith-based health providers crucial in achieving universal health coverage for poor, marginalised people

Trial results show routine oral cholera vaccination programme protects people living in endemic regions

Natural environments promote healthy aging in seniors

Four young scientists named recipients of Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship Award

Recently-developed drug holds great promise for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Design4Health conference to demonstrate innovative approaches to global healthcare issues

Individual blame messages perpetuate structural racial inequalities

Study analyzes attitudes and practices of general physicians in different vaccination scenarios

New McLane Children's video visit program allows patients to connect with doctor from their home

University of Manchester professors complete comprehensive study of murder in Britain

Three South Florida research centers receive Campbell Foundation grants for HIV/AIDS studies

Vanderbilt investigators develop potential antibody treatments against chikungunya

Neuroscientist receives $2.9 million grant to explore link between language and brain function

Children with Wilms tumour can now be given less intensive chemotherapy

Chemicals used in plastics linked to increased risk of high blood pressure, diabetes in children and adolescents

International research team identifies new gene associated with 4H leukodystrophy

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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