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Exercise may play a key role in helping children cope with stressful situations

Exercise may play a key role in helping children cope with stressful situations, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

8 Mar 2013

SCCA, ProCure announce opening of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Therapy

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) and ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc. (ProCure) announced the opening of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Therapy, A ProCure Center today in Seattle, Washington.

8 Mar 2013

Family-focused therapy improves mood symptoms in youth at risk of bipolar disorder

A study published in the February 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that children and adolescents with major depression or subthreshold forms of bipolar disorder - and who had at least one first-degree relative with bipolar disorder - responded better to a 12-session family-focused treatment than to a briefer educational treatment.

8 Mar 2013

Nearly 90% of young children continue to struggle with ADHD symptoms despite treatment

A study published in the March 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that 9 out of 10 young children with moderate to severe attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continue to experience serious to severe symptoms and impairment long after their original diagnoses, and in many cases, despite treatment.

8 Mar 2013

U.N. FAO head, E.U. development commissioner discuss nutrition, food security with Malawi president

"During a visit to Malawi on Tuesday, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Union (E.U.) development commissioner highlighted the need to address malnutrition and food insecurity in the African country, while pledging to work together and support the government in its efforts to this end," the U.N. News Centre reports.

7 Mar 2013

Cochlear implants improve speech perception in early bilateral SNHL

Cochlear implant surgery in children with an early diagnosis of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss results in significant progressive improvements in speech perception and intelligibility, suggest study findings.

7 Mar 2013

Aerobic fitness improves academic performance in school children

Aerobic fitness significantly predicts academic performance in school age children and adolescents independently of body mass index and socioeconomic status, show study findings.

7 Mar 2013

Attachment to parents unaffected in offspring of bipolar disorder patients

Children born to families where at least one parent has bipolar disorder do not show abnormalities in attachment compared with other children, say Canadian researchers.

7 Mar 2013

Women with gestational diabetes have increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Women who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy face a significantly higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

7 Mar 2013

Study highlights policy adherence, promotional efforts of water intake in child care settings

Support is needed in child care centers to help meet existing water policies and new water requirements included in the 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act, according to a study published by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity.

7 Mar 2013

Mental health news: Ore. lawmakers make children's funding push; Conn. panel makes recommendations

Lawmakers and officials from Oregon, Connecticut and around the nation deal with treating and paying for how they treat the mentally ill.

7 Mar 2013

Global Vaccine Summit to be held in Abu Dhabi from Apr. 24-25

Under the patronage of His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan , Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and in partnership with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon and Bill Gates , co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, it was announced today that a Global Vaccine Summit will be held in Abu Dhabi on April 24-25, 2013.

7 Mar 2013

Increased blood and oxygen flow to pre-frontal area of brain may explain effects

The resulting increased blood and oxygen flow to the pre-frontal cortex may explain the effects, suggest the researchers.

7 Mar 2013

New food study highlights benefits of for both children and parents

Grow it, try it, and you just might like it is a motto many schools are embracing to encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables. Through community-based kitchen garden programs, particularly those with dedicated cooking components, schools are successfully introducing students to healthier foods. In a new study released in the March/April 2013 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers found that growing and then cooking the foods that kids grew increased their willingness to try new foods.

7 Mar 2013

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital receives donation from Warren Sulmasy

Having experienced a death of a child in his family due to leukemia, Warren Sulmasy made a donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in February 2013.

7 Mar 2013

BIDMC investigator receives $50,000 CCF grant for research on pediatric cardiomyopathy

Maria Kontaridis, PhD, an investigator in the Division of Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), has received a $50,000 grant from the Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation (CCF) for her research on pediatric cardiomyopathy.

7 Mar 2013

University of Sunderland pharmaceutical scientists receive CFUK grant for research into cystinosis

Pharmaceutical scientists at the University of Sunderland have been awarded £125,000 by the Cystinosis Foundation (CF) UK to fund the next stage of their research into a rare genetic disease.

7 Mar 2013

New image-guided programming method can improve hearing in cochlear implant users

Imagine suddenly being able to hear the words and tone of the person across the table from you in a crowded restaurant when once you only heard overwhelming noise. Or speaking on the telephone with confidence because what you hear is now crisp and clear. Longtime cochlear implant users are reporting such dramatic improvements in their hearing, thanks to new image-guided programming methods developed by Vanderbilt University researchers.

7 Mar 2013

Zinc protoporphyrin a marker for iron deficiency in low-income children

Researchers say that zinc protoporphyrin could be a useful measure for screening infants from low-income families for iron deficiency, as well as for monitoring response to therapy, especially among children with anemia.

6 Mar 2013

Fewer malaria cases, more artesunate resistance on Thai border

Results from an observational study show that the number of reported malaria cases in children and pregnant women on the Thai–Myanmar border has decreased significantly over the past decade.

6 Mar 2013

Children News and Research

Exercise may play a key role in helping children cope with stressful situations

SCCA, ProCure announce opening of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Therapy

Family-focused therapy improves mood symptoms in youth at risk of bipolar disorder

Nearly 90% of young children continue to struggle with ADHD symptoms despite treatment

U.N. FAO head, E.U. development commissioner discuss nutrition, food security with Malawi president

Cochlear implants improve speech perception in early bilateral SNHL

Aerobic fitness improves academic performance in school children

Attachment to parents unaffected in offspring of bipolar disorder patients

Women with gestational diabetes have increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Study highlights policy adherence, promotional efforts of water intake in child care settings

Mental health news: Ore. lawmakers make children's funding push; Conn. panel makes recommendations

Global Vaccine Summit to be held in Abu Dhabi from Apr. 24-25

Increased blood and oxygen flow to pre-frontal area of brain may explain effects

New food study highlights benefits of for both children and parents

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital receives donation from Warren Sulmasy

BIDMC investigator receives $50,000 CCF grant for research on pediatric cardiomyopathy

University of Sunderland pharmaceutical scientists receive CFUK grant for research into cystinosis

New image-guided programming method can improve hearing in cochlear implant users

Zinc protoporphyrin a marker for iron deficiency in low-income children

Fewer malaria cases, more artesunate resistance on Thai border

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