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PFAS exposure harms people's health and undermines America's economy

Daily exposure to a class of chemicals used in the production of many household items may lead to cancer, thyroid disease, and childhood obesity, a new study shows.

26 Jul 2022

Review may lead to improvements in therapeutic options for preterm infants

One in two premature babies receives transfusions of red blood cells (RBC) due to anemia. There are no generally accepted clinical guidelines for the degree of anemia necessitating blood transfusions.

26 Jul 2022

SLU and industry partners report the first effective drug to treat rare, genetic liver disease

Researchers at Saint Louis University's School of Medicine, in collaboration with Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals and Takeda Pharmaceuticals, report the first effective drug to treat a rare, genetic liver disease that formerly could only be treated with a liver transplant.

26 Jul 2022

BNT162b2 vaccination induces moderate immunity against Omicron variant in children

Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine against the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant of concern (VOC) Omicron in five to 11-year-old children.

26 Jul 2022

UNC scientists use MRI to observe altered neural flexibility in children with ADHD

Multitasking is not just an office skill. It's key to functioning as a human, and it involves something called cognitive flexibility – the ability to smoothly switch between mental processes.

25 Jul 2022

Elevated insulin resistance, advanced cell aging associated with childhood poverty

Black adolescents who lived in poverty and were less optimistic about the future showed accelerated aging in their immune cells and were more likely to have elevated insulin resistance at ages 25-29, researchers found.

25 Jul 2022

Black patients have higher risk of advanced vision loss after glaucoma diagnosis compared to whites

Black patients have a dramatically higher risk of advanced vision loss after a new diagnosis of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) when compared to white patients, according to a new study from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE).

25 Jul 2022

Exposure to extreme heat linked with malnutrition among children in low-income countries

Exposure to extreme heat increases both chronic and acute malnutrition among infants and young children in low-income countries – threatening to reverse decades of progress, Cornell research finds.

25 Jul 2022

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can lead to heart muscle injury through the inflammatory process

Heart damage is common among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, leading many to wonder how the virus affects the heart.

25 Jul 2022

How prepared are we for a widespread monkeypox outbreak?

In a new study, researchers summarized the epidemiology, etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and prevention and treatment strategies for monkeypox (MPX) caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV).

25 Jul 2022

Research reveals molecular clues associated with traumatic brain injury

New research led by scientists at Arizona State University has revealed some of the first detailed molecular clues associated with one of the leading causes of death and disability, a condition known as traumatic brain injury (TBI).

23 Jul 2022

Appropriate guidance and follow-up needed for children at high risk for long COVID

Nearly 6 percent of children who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with COVID-19 reported symptoms of long COVID 90 days later, according to a study conducted in eight countries and published in JAMA Network Open.

22 Jul 2022

AAMDSIF Patient and Family Conference to be held in Memphis

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is partnering with the Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation (AAMDSIF), along with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Regional One Health, and Baptist Memorial Hospital, to hold the AAMDSIF Patient and Family Conference for the first time in Memphis on July 23.

22 Jul 2022

Maternal antibodies may play a key role in protecting infants from congenital HCMV infections

Antibodies that summon virus-engulfing white blood cells may play an important role in protecting infants from potentially serious congenital infection with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), according to a study led by an investigator at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

22 Jul 2022

Climate action could cut 6,000 heat-related child deaths a year in Africa

The annual death rate of children under five years old could double to about 38,000 by 2049 compared with the decade 2005-2014, without cuts to rising carbon emissions, a study estimates.

22 Jul 2022

Researchers find no consistent medical definition of ‘growing pains’

We often hear the phrase 'growing pains' used by the general public to describe muscle or joint pain in young people and the term is also used by health professionals.

22 Jul 2022

Potassium-rich diets linked with lower blood pressure in women with high salt intake

Women who eat bananas, avocados and salmon could reduce the negative effects of salt in the diet, according to a study published today in European Heart Journal, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

22 Jul 2022

Study provides estimates of worldwide contraceptive use by country, age group, and marital status

Published today in The Lancet journal by the Global Burden of Disease study, the most comprehensive assessment of worldwide contraceptive need and use estimated that over 160 million women and adolescents with need to prevent childbearing remained without contraception in 2019 – despite major increases in use at a global level since 1970.

22 Jul 2022

A nearly century-old maternity home for teens in the South makes plans for expansion

An old, brick house in Charleston's Wagener Terrace district stands out from its gentrified neighbors in several ways: It's 14,000 square feet, built to accommodate around 30 people, and was constructed 90 years ago to provide shelter for pregnant girls.

22 Jul 2022

A major breakthrough toward new treatments for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

A world-first study by Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia has discovered a pathway to the regeneration of insulin in pancreatic stem cells, a major breakthrough toward new therapies to treat Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

22 Jul 2022

Children News and Research

PFAS exposure harms people's health and undermines America's economy

Review may lead to improvements in therapeutic options for preterm infants

SLU and industry partners report the first effective drug to treat rare, genetic liver disease

BNT162b2 vaccination induces moderate immunity against Omicron variant in children

UNC scientists use MRI to observe altered neural flexibility in children with ADHD

Elevated insulin resistance, advanced cell aging associated with childhood poverty

Black patients have higher risk of advanced vision loss after glaucoma diagnosis compared to whites

Exposure to extreme heat linked with malnutrition among children in low-income countries

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can lead to heart muscle injury through the inflammatory process

How prepared are we for a widespread monkeypox outbreak?

Research reveals molecular clues associated with traumatic brain injury

Appropriate guidance and follow-up needed for children at high risk for long COVID

AAMDSIF Patient and Family Conference to be held in Memphis

Maternal antibodies may play a key role in protecting infants from congenital HCMV infections

Climate action could cut 6,000 heat-related child deaths a year in Africa

Researchers find no consistent medical definition of ‘growing pains’

Potassium-rich diets linked with lower blood pressure in women with high salt intake

Study provides estimates of worldwide contraceptive use by country, age group, and marital status

A nearly century-old maternity home for teens in the South makes plans for expansion

A major breakthrough toward new treatments for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

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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