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Outreach efforts, especially for young adults and minorities, take center stage

The Detroit Free Press looks at the challenges in getting the message about the new insurance programs out to the uninsured, while in Florida, some officials are defying the governor's decision to curb federal outreach efforts.

26 Sep 2013

Tackling commercial sexual exploitation, sex trafficking of minors in the U.S.

Commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors are serious problems in the United States with long-term adverse consequences for children and society as a whole, and federal agencies should work with state and local partners to raise awareness of these issues and train professionals who work with youths to recognize and assist those who are victimized or at risk, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council.

26 Sep 2013

Article reveals why humans are wired to favor the beautiful ones

"What is beautiful is good" -- but why? A recent article in The Quarterly Review of Biology provides a compelling physiological explanation for the "beauty stereotype": why human beings are wired to favor the beautiful ones.

26 Sep 2013

Ten health care innovations could save lives of mothers and children

Ten health care innovations, if brought to scale immediately in low-resource countries, could have the potential to save the lives of some 1.2 million mothers and children in 2015.

26 Sep 2013

Banning the use of harmful flame retardants lowers exposures in pregnant women

Phasing out the use of potentially harmful flame retardants in furniture foam, electronics and plastics has lowered pregnant women's exposure to the substances, which are associated with health problems in both pregnant women and their newborns. The new study, which was published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology, was the first to examine the phase-out's effectiveness.

26 Sep 2013

FDA awards grants to boost development, availability of medical devices for children

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it has awarded seven grants totaling more than $3.5 million to various pediatric device consortia to boost the development and availability of medical devices for children.

26 Sep 2013

Exposure to cocaine during in utero development causes disruptions in normal brain development

Prenatal cocaine exposure affects both behavior and brain. Animal studies have shown that exposure to cocaine during in utero development causes numerous disruptions in normal brain development and negatively affects behavior from birth and into adulthood.

25 Sep 2013

Simple smartphone fundus photography could help detect eye disease

Retinal (or fundus) photography is an essential part of any ophthalmology practice. Commercial fundus cameras can cost tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars, making the technology out of reach for smaller ophthalmic practices and to physicians in third-world countries.

25 Sep 2013

State highlights: N.C. Medicaid director resigns, heads to private sector; Ohio readies funding for new Medicaid computer system

Carol Steckel, the state's Medicaid director, is leaving after eight months on the job. Her departure is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the Department of Health and Human Services, which has been plagued of late by personnel issues (Hoban, 9/23).

25 Sep 2013

Appropriate exercise programs can provide benefits to people with asthma

Appropriate exercise programs can provide valuable benefits to people with asthma, helping to reduce the severity of attacks or prevent them entirely, finds a new evidence review in The Cochrane Library.

25 Sep 2013

Use of insulin pump with sensor reduces rate of severe hypoglycemia

Use of an insulin pump with a sensor that suspends insulin delivery when blood glucose falls below a set threshold reduced the rate of severe and moderate hypoglycemia among patients with type 1 diabetes and impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, according to a study in the September 25 issue of JAMA.

25 Sep 2013

Proton therapy reduces treatment side effects among head and neck cancer patients

The precise targeting and limited dosing of radiation via proton therapy is proving to be an advantage in ongoing efforts to reduce treatment side effects among head and neck cancer patients, according to a new study of pediatric patients from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

25 Sep 2013

UK contributes £1billion to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tubercolosis and Malaria

IVCC today commended the United Kingdom following the announcement that the UK will contribute £1billion (US $1.6 billion) over the next three years to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tubercolosis and Malaria.

25 Sep 2013

First Edition: September 24, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about Senate action on the effort to defund the health law as well as a scheduled appearance by former President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama to kick off the roll out of a key part of the overhaul.

24 Sep 2013

Caffeine intake results in delayed brain development

Humans and other mammals show particularly intensive sleeping patterns during puberty. The brain also matures fastest in this period. But when pubescent rats are administered caffeine, the maturing processes in their brains are delayed. This is the result of a study supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

24 Sep 2013

JPM, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces capital raise for first-of-its-kind investment product

A new investment fund structured by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will, for the first time, allow individual and institutional investors the opportunity to finance late-stage global health technologies that have the potential to save millions of lives in low-income countries.

24 Sep 2013

Increasing eye patching is effective at treating persistent amblyopia in children

The standard treatment for amblyopia, a condition of poor vision in an otherwise healthy eye, is patching: covering a child's better-seeing eye with a patch for two hours a day to improve vision in the weaker eye.

24 Sep 2013

Black, Hispanic children with abdominal pain more likely to receive any analgesic in ER pain management

Pediatric researchers have found race- and ethnicity-based disparities in pain management and length of stay among children who came to hospital emergency departments for treatment of abdominal pain. A study team reported on their analysis of a national database of hospital visits in the October issue of Pediatrics.

24 Sep 2013

Adults across the U.S. rate childhood cancer as top priority for research into improving children's health

Adults across the U.S. rate childhood cancer as their top priority for research into improving children's health, according to a new University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.

24 Sep 2013

Alefacept drug shows encouraging results in phase 2 trial for type 1 diabetes

A drug formerly used to treat the skin disorder psoriasis has shown encouraging results in a phase 2 trial to assess its effectiveness in treating type 1 diabetes, according to new research published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

24 Sep 2013

Children News and Research

Outreach efforts, especially for young adults and minorities, take center stage

Tackling commercial sexual exploitation, sex trafficking of minors in the U.S.

Article reveals why humans are wired to favor the beautiful ones

Ten health care innovations could save lives of mothers and children

Banning the use of harmful flame retardants lowers exposures in pregnant women

FDA awards grants to boost development, availability of medical devices for children

Exposure to cocaine during in utero development causes disruptions in normal brain development

Simple smartphone fundus photography could help detect eye disease

State highlights: N.C. Medicaid director resigns, heads to private sector; Ohio readies funding for new Medicaid computer system

Appropriate exercise programs can provide benefits to people with asthma

Use of insulin pump with sensor reduces rate of severe hypoglycemia

Proton therapy reduces treatment side effects among head and neck cancer patients

UK contributes £1billion to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tubercolosis and Malaria

First Edition: September 24, 2013

Caffeine intake results in delayed brain development

JPM, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces capital raise for first-of-its-kind investment product

Increasing eye patching is effective at treating persistent amblyopia in children

Black, Hispanic children with abdominal pain more likely to receive any analgesic in ER pain management

Adults across the U.S. rate childhood cancer as top priority for research into improving children's health

Alefacept drug shows encouraging results in phase 2 trial for type 1 diabetes

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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