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Use of child safety restraint systems decrease mortality rates during motor vehicle crashes

Supplemental child restraints should be used by all children through age 8. When appropriate child safety restraint systems-based on a child's age and weight-are in use during motor vehicle crashes, the rates of mortality and serious injury significantly decrease. Most parents don't know that their older children-ages 4 to 8-should use additional measures to protect them from serious injury or death in case of a crash.

7 Jun 2013

Study: Individuals with ASDs show decrease metabolism of amino acid L-tryptophan

Researchers at the JC Self Research Institute of the Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC), along with collaborators from Biolog, Inc. in California, have reported an important discovery in the understanding of autism which was published this week in Molecular Autism.

7 Jun 2013

Poll finds health law's support sliding

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC survey concludes that more Americans than ever before view the health law as a bad idea. Just as these numbers are rolling out, the White House is launching its own messaging effort -- reaching out to Democrats and Republicans, high-ranking officials and lawmakers -- to get people to sign up for coverage through the overhaul's new online health insurance exchanges.

7 Jun 2013

Available drugs may have a dramatic impact on children stricken with Tay-Sachs disease

A team of researchers has made a significant discovery which may have a dramatic impact on children stricken with Tay-Sachs disease, a degenerative and fatal neurological condition that often strikes in the early months of life.

7 Jun 2013

Heartburn complaints in children may be due to spicy food

Did you know the number one reason children complain about chest pain is because they actually have heartburn? A lot of people believe that adults are the only ones who get it, but I have been seeing more and more children complain about heartburn, and there are some common reasons why.

7 Jun 2013

Wayne researchers analyze lead content in local urban garden, evaluate results of several sampling strategies

The local food movement is gaining traction in cities across America, with urban gardens contributing a healthy source of fresh produce for local citizens as well as providing a social outlet for gardeners and creating open spaces for residents to enjoy.

7 Jun 2013

UBS study shows how people become obsessed with forbidden pleasures

A new study from the University of British Columbia helps explain how people become obsessed with forbidden pleasures.

7 Jun 2013

Study shows peer group influences affect children much earlier than suspected

Peer group influences affect children much earlier than researchers have suspected, finds a new University of Maryland-led study. The researchers say the study provides a wake-up call to parents and educators to look out for undue group influences, cliquishness and biases that might set in early, the researchers say.

7 Jun 2013

Judge orders Sebelius to put girl who needs lung on transplant list

A federal judge intervened in the case of a 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis who needs a lung transplant, ordering HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to provide an exception and place the girl on the adult lung transplant list.

7 Jun 2013

Reports highlight impacts of proposed entitlement changes, reduced health care spending

The Washington Post highlights a new report that finds elderly Americans are "economically vulnerable" to even modest changes in Medicare and other entitlement programs. Meanwhile, Modern Healthcare notes another report analyzing "the great debate" over health spending.

6 Jun 2013

Breastfeeding good for babies' brains

A new study by researchers from Brown University finds more evidence that breastfeeding is good for babies' brains.

6 Jun 2013

Social networks are tools to fight against infectious diseases in wild chimpanzees

Many think of social networks in terms of Facebook friends and Twitter followers, but for recent University of Georgia doctoral graduate Julie Rushmore, social networks are tools in the fight against infectious diseases.

6 Jun 2013

UCLA performs pulse oximetry tests for newborn babies to detect CCHD

Before he was discharged from UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, baby Gaël Villegas received the standard panel of newborn screenings to check for genetic and metabolic diseases and hearing. The results showed a healthy baby.

6 Jun 2013

Lawmakers 'beg' Sebelius for child's lung transplant

A 10-year-old girl in urgent need of a transplant was brought up by some GOP lawmakers during Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' appearance at a House hearing.

6 Jun 2013

Study: Incidence rates of concussion in youth football players is higher during games than practice sessions

Sports-related concussion has been referred to as an "epidemic" by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Emergency department visits for concussions have increased 62% between 2001 and 2009. Despite the lack of data regarding the rates of concussions in youth football (children aged 8-12 years), concerns have been raised about the sport being dangerous for this age group.

6 Jun 2013

Study shows success in pinpointing individualized treatment for women with metastatic breast cancer

Funded by volleyball tournaments, a new study released this week shows success in pinpointing individualized treatment for women with metastatic breast cancer, according to George Mason University researchers.

6 Jun 2013

Children with co-occurrence of autism spectrum disorder and ADHD have greater impairments

In a study of the co-occurrence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in early school-age children (four to eight years old), researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute found that nearly one-third of children with ASD also have clinically significant ADHD symptoms.

6 Jun 2013

Henry Schein Cares expands access to quality oral health care for underserved and at-risk populations

Henry Schein Cares, the global corporate social responsibility program of Henry Schein, Inc., the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners, is once again helping expand access to quality oral health care for underserved and at-risk populations through the Calendar of Caring Community Wellness Program.

6 Jun 2013

First Edition: June 6, 2013

Today's headlines include a report about a new poll showing public uneasiness is increasing in regard to the health law. At the same time, the White House is stepping up its efforts encourage people to enroll in the health coverage the will be available as a result of the overhaul.

6 Jun 2013

Findings have implications for potential gene therapies for autism spectrum disorders

A gene linked to autism spectrum disorders that was manipulated in two lines of transgenic mice produced mature adults with irreversible deficits affecting either learning or social interaction.

6 Jun 2013

Children News and Research

Use of child safety restraint systems decrease mortality rates during motor vehicle crashes

Study: Individuals with ASDs show decrease metabolism of amino acid L-tryptophan

Poll finds health law's support sliding

Available drugs may have a dramatic impact on children stricken with Tay-Sachs disease

Heartburn complaints in children may be due to spicy food

Wayne researchers analyze lead content in local urban garden, evaluate results of several sampling strategies

UBS study shows how people become obsessed with forbidden pleasures

Study shows peer group influences affect children much earlier than suspected

Judge orders Sebelius to put girl who needs lung on transplant list

Reports highlight impacts of proposed entitlement changes, reduced health care spending

Breastfeeding good for babies' brains

Social networks are tools to fight against infectious diseases in wild chimpanzees

UCLA performs pulse oximetry tests for newborn babies to detect CCHD

Lawmakers 'beg' Sebelius for child's lung transplant

Study: Incidence rates of concussion in youth football players is higher during games than practice sessions

Study shows success in pinpointing individualized treatment for women with metastatic breast cancer

Children with co-occurrence of autism spectrum disorder and ADHD have greater impairments

Henry Schein Cares expands access to quality oral health care for underserved and at-risk populations

First Edition: June 6, 2013

Findings have implications for potential gene therapies for autism spectrum disorders

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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