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Doctors suggest guidelines to prevent injuries caused by backpacks in children

Most children and teenagers carry their schoolbooks and other supplies in backpacks during the school year. "When used correctly, backpacks are the most efficient way to carry a load and distribute the weight among some of the body's strongest muscles," says Eric Wall, MD, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery.

17 Aug 2013

Children with ASD chose to play that provides strong sensory feedback, repetitive motions

Play is critical to children's development, including children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Kathy Ralabate Doody, assistant professor of exceptional education at SUNY Buffalo State, observed different play options to determine those most likely to appeal to children with ASD.The findings were published in the North American Journal of Medicine and Science.

17 Aug 2013

African-American students exposed to lead three times more likely to be suspended than white students

Children who are exposed to lead are nearly three times more likely to be suspended from school by the 4th grade than children who are not exposed, according to a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study funded jointly by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Wisconsin Partnership Program Education and Research Committee.

17 Aug 2013

Researchers study demographic, socioeconomic factors that buffer effects of video game violence

In November 2010, an online gaming company called ActiVision released Call of Duty: Black Ops, a violent, first-person shooter game compatible with a variety of gaming devices. The video game sold 5.6 million copies within 24 hours of its release, and it earned a record-breaking $650 million in its first five days. Six weeks later, the game had exceeded $1 billion in sales.

17 Aug 2013

Autistic children demonstrate superior math skills compared with normal children in same IQ range

Children with autism and average IQs consistently demonstrated superior math skills compared with nonautistic children in the same IQ range, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

17 Aug 2013

Scientists shed new light on molecular causes of age related degenerative disease

An international collaboration jointly led by scientists from Trinity College Dublin has shed new light on the origins and molecular causes of age related degenerative conditions including Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The new perspective provided by this work may lead the way to new treatments and early diagnoses.

16 Aug 2013

Study provides information that validates genetic basis of adaptation to high altitudes

Research led by scientists from the University of California, San Diego has decoded the genetic basis of chronic mountain sickness (CMS) or Monge's disease. Their study provides important information that validates the genetic basis of adaptation to high altitudes, and provides potential targets for CMS treatment.

16 Aug 2013

Researchers make significant advancement in childhood cancer

A significant advance in the understanding of a childhood cancer called Neuroblastoma has been made by scientists from the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin.

16 Aug 2013

Audiologists collaborate with Chicago Bears to provide hearing screenings for children

Six Loyola University Medical Center audiologists recently teamed up with the Chicago Bears to provide hearing screenings to more than 150 disadvantaged children and their parents.

16 Aug 2013

Longer looks: Fight against meth labs faces drug makers' opposition

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16 Aug 2013

Current non-invasive techniques less effective in reducing incidence of lung injury in very premature infants

A neonatologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is the senior author of a large new study that found that current non-invasive techniques for respiratory support are less effective than widely assumed, in reducing the incidence of severe lung injury in very premature infants.

16 Aug 2013

New chemotherapy provides positive outcomes for hard-to-treat childhood cancers with few side-effects

Children with a particularly lethal cancer could benefit from potentially life-saving treatment, following breakthrough work led by researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

16 Aug 2013

Researchers provide support for potential importance of vitamin D in pregnancy

Researchers at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, have demonstrated that the degree to which a gene related to vitamin D action is switched on or off, when measured at birth, predicts bone density of the child at four years of age.

16 Aug 2013

Aggression and withdrawal behavior associated with soft drink consumption in young children

Americans buy more soft drinks per capita than people in any other country. These drinks are consumed by individuals of all ages, including very young children. Although soft drink consumption is associated with aggression, depression, and suicidal thoughts in adolescents, the relationship had not been evaluated in younger children.

16 Aug 2013

Six months of intravenous fish oil reverses pediatric intestinal failure associated liver disease

Children who suffer from intestinal failure, most often caused by a shortened or dysfunctional bowel, are unable to consume food orally. Instead, a nutritional cocktail of sugar, protein and fat made from soybean oil is injected through a small tube in their vein.

16 Aug 2013

Children exposed to HIV in womb are no more likely to show language delays

Children who were exposed to HIV in the womb whose mothers received anti-HIV medications during pregnancy were no more likely to show language delays by age two than HIV-exposed children whose mothers were not treated during pregnancy, according to a study by University of Kansas Distinguished Professor Mabel L. Rice with researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other universities.

16 Aug 2013

Preterm babies are at high risk for lower academic achievement, says researchers

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have received a five-year, $3 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

16 Aug 2013

DOD says same-sex spouses to get benefits in early September

By early September, gay spouses of military members will get full benefits, including health care coverage. The Department of Defense said the benefits will be retroactive to the Supreme Court decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act in June.

16 Aug 2013

Researchers find recurrent genetic mutation linked to deadly thoracic aortic dissections

A multi-institutional team led by Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has found a recurrent genetic mutation that has been linked to deadly thoracic aortic dissections in family members as young as 17 years of age.

16 Aug 2013

Training to caregivers can enhance lives of children born with HIV

Children born with HIV can live longer and richer lives if their caregivers receive training in ways to enhance the children's development, according to research led by Michigan State University.

16 Aug 2013

Children News and Research

Doctors suggest guidelines to prevent injuries caused by backpacks in children

Children with ASD chose to play that provides strong sensory feedback, repetitive motions

African-American students exposed to lead three times more likely to be suspended than white students

Researchers study demographic, socioeconomic factors that buffer effects of video game violence

Autistic children demonstrate superior math skills compared with normal children in same IQ range

Scientists shed new light on molecular causes of age related degenerative disease

Study provides information that validates genetic basis of adaptation to high altitudes

Researchers make significant advancement in childhood cancer

Audiologists collaborate with Chicago Bears to provide hearing screenings for children

Longer looks: Fight against meth labs faces drug makers' opposition

Current non-invasive techniques less effective in reducing incidence of lung injury in very premature infants

New chemotherapy provides positive outcomes for hard-to-treat childhood cancers with few side-effects

Researchers provide support for potential importance of vitamin D in pregnancy

Aggression and withdrawal behavior associated with soft drink consumption in young children

Six months of intravenous fish oil reverses pediatric intestinal failure associated liver disease

Children exposed to HIV in womb are no more likely to show language delays

Preterm babies are at high risk for lower academic achievement, says researchers

DOD says same-sex spouses to get benefits in early September

Researchers find recurrent genetic mutation linked to deadly thoracic aortic dissections

Training to caregivers can enhance lives of children born with HIV

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