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Measuring the receipt of medications and behavioral health services for AUD

Heavy drinking commonly begins in adolescence and is a known risk factor for the development of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Data from adult clinical trials suggest offering evidence-based medications for AUD to younger adults could promote their engagement in treatment and improve clinical outcomes.

15 Jun 2023

New base-edited T-cells proven effective to treat lymphoblastic leukemia

Three young patients with relapsed T-cell leukemia have now been treated with base-edited T-cells, as part of a 'bench-to-bedside' collaboration between UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH).

15 Jun 2023

Inadequate breastfeeding practices linked to a tenth of childhood diseases

A new study published in the journal Advances in Nutrition addresses stunting of growth, a significant marker of nutritional deficiency in childhood, via a review of child growth and development measures, in relation to human milk components such as micronutrients, macronutrients, and bioactives.

14 Jun 2023

Exploring how Bourbon virus-carrying ticks travel through wildlife and to people

On a cold spring morning, Washington University in St. Louis virologist Jacco Boon, PhD, and wildlife ecologist Solny Adalsteinsson, PhD, flap and drag a large white flag through a woodsy area on the western edge of St. Louis County. Boon, an associate professor of medicine in infectious diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Adalsteinsson, a senior scientist at the university's Tyson Research Center, are looking for lone star ticks that carry the potentially deadly Bourbon virus.

14 Jun 2023

Marital conflict can have less impact on children when fathers use constructive resolution

Conflict is unavoidable in all marriages. When it erupts in families with children, stressed or angry parents may take their pain out on the kids, projecting their anger or withdrawing emotionally or physically.

14 Jun 2023

First population-based food allergy study explores racial and ethnic differences in all age groups

Food allergy has not been on the radar of most racial and ethnic communities. But a new Northwestern Medicine study - the first population-based food allergy study in the U.S. to explore racial and ethnic differences in all age groups - shows why it should be.

14 Jun 2023

Study finds altered gut bacteria in people with early signs of Alzheimer's disease

People in the earliest stage of Alzheimer's disease - after brain changes have begun but before cognitive symptoms become apparent - harbor an assortment of bacteria in their intestines that differs from the gut bacteria of healthy people, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

14 Jun 2023

Synthetic compound used in perfumes shows potential to stop coagulopathy during a massive hemorrhage

The chances of surviving massive blood loss from a traumatic injury such as a gunshot wound are around 50 percent. To survive, a patient needs two things to happen quickly: a large infusion of blood and coagulation at the wound to stop the bleeding.

14 Jun 2023

Vaginal seeding engrafts maternal bacteria in the bodies of cesarean section born neonates

Newborns delivered by cesarean section who are swabbed with the vaginal fluid of their mothers after birth have beneficial bacteria restored to their skin surface and stools, according to a new study.

14 Jun 2023

Scientists develop two novel oral polio vaccines to bolster WHO's push to eradicate polio

Despite some of the most successful international vaccination campaigns in history, the poliovirus continues to circulate around the world, posing a threat of neurological damage and even paralysis to anyone who is not vaccinated.

14 Jun 2023

Unlocking the key to healthy aging: the influence of vitamin K on the diet-microbiome-health axis

Researchers explored how Vitamin K dietary supplementation could promote healthy aging.

14 Jun 2023

Foster kids in casino hotels? It happened in rural Nevada amid widespread foster home shortages

Brandy Holbrook spent April driving hundreds of miles across four counties in northeastern Nevada to deliver a plea to local leaders about a smoldering crisis in the regional foster care system.

14 Jun 2023

A bird’s eye perspective on the global human day

Researchers used a physical outcome-based categorization to calculate how humans spend their day.

14 Jun 2023

Children displayed a resilient capacity to continue playing during peak COVID-19, finds study

Children displayed a resilient capacity to continue playing during peak COVID-19, a study has found, even though their options to do so became more limited while under stay-at-home orders.

14 Jun 2023

NHS "flying blind" make attempts to eliminate ethnic inequalities in health and care

The NHS will be "flying blind" in its attempts to meet its legal, and moral, obligation to eliminate ethnic inequalities in health and care until longstanding problems with the quality of ethnicity data are resolved, warns an expert in The BMJ today.

14 Jun 2023

Risk of disability and cancer among future generations may have gone high due to Bhopal explosions

The Bhopal gas explosion in 1984 - one of India's worst industrial disasters - may have heightened the risk of disability and cancer in later life among future generations, curbed their educational attainment, and prompted a fall in the proportion of male births the following year, suggests research in the open access journal BMJ Open.

14 Jun 2023

From delicacy to danger: The rising tide of shellfish allergies in children revealed

Shellfish consumption is on the rise, but so are shellfish allergies, particularly among children. A recent review delves into the epidemiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and management of shellfish allergies, highlighting the need for improved diagnostic tools and potential allergen immunotherapy.

13 Jun 2023

Study provides a more complete picture of sickle cell disease mortality burden

A new study suggests the number of deaths due to sickle cell disease is 11 times higher than what is indicated from mortality data sources alone. Sickle cell disease is not just underdiagnosed, but it also increases risk of infection and of death from conditions like stroke, heart problems, kidney problems, and pregnancy complications.

13 Jun 2023

CHOP researchers engineer stable, universal MHC-I molecules in a shorter timeframe

Class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I) proteins play an essential role in the immune system of all jawed vertebrates. The MHC-I displays peptide fragments of proteins from within the cell on the cell surface, "presenting" them to the immune system, which is constantly scanning the body for foreign or toxic antigens.

13 Jun 2023

10 postdoctoral fellows from Latin America receive Pew funding for biomedical research

The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced the 2023 class members of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences.

13 Jun 2023

Children News and Research

Measuring the receipt of medications and behavioral health services for AUD

New base-edited T-cells proven effective to treat lymphoblastic leukemia

Inadequate breastfeeding practices linked to a tenth of childhood diseases

Exploring how Bourbon virus-carrying ticks travel through wildlife and to people

Marital conflict can have less impact on children when fathers use constructive resolution

First population-based food allergy study explores racial and ethnic differences in all age groups

Study finds altered gut bacteria in people with early signs of Alzheimer's disease

Synthetic compound used in perfumes shows potential to stop coagulopathy during a massive hemorrhage

Vaginal seeding engrafts maternal bacteria in the bodies of cesarean section born neonates

Scientists develop two novel oral polio vaccines to bolster WHO's push to eradicate polio

Unlocking the key to healthy aging: the influence of vitamin K on the diet-microbiome-health axis

Foster kids in casino hotels? It happened in rural Nevada amid widespread foster home shortages

A bird’s eye perspective on the global human day

Children displayed a resilient capacity to continue playing during peak COVID-19, finds study

NHS "flying blind" make attempts to eliminate ethnic inequalities in health and care

Risk of disability and cancer among future generations may have gone high due to Bhopal explosions

From delicacy to danger: The rising tide of shellfish allergies in children revealed

Study provides a more complete picture of sickle cell disease mortality burden

CHOP researchers engineer stable, universal MHC-I molecules in a shorter timeframe

10 postdoctoral fellows from Latin America receive Pew funding for biomedical research

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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