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Study shows the need to refine COVID-19 testing criteria to include children with GI symptoms

Over 1,000 children from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, known as 'COVID Warriors' have had their antibodies measured in the UK-wide trial called 'Seroprevalence of SARS-Cov-2 infection in healthy children'.

28 Aug 2020

COVID + influenza: This is a good year to get a flu shot, experts advise

Flu season will look different this year, as the country grapples with a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 172,000 people. Many Americans are reluctant to visit a doctor's office and public health officials worry people will shy away from being immunized.

28 Aug 2020

Study reveals emotional exhaustion of nurses providing pediatric cardiology care

A survey of nurses caring for children with heart problems has revealed that more than half are emotionally exhausted.

28 Aug 2020

Researchers find way to make pediatric brain cancers respond better to therapies

Brain cancer in children is always a devastating diagnosis, but McMaster University researchers may have found a way to have the most serious types of pediatric brain cancer respond better to therapies.

28 Aug 2020

New brain study may lead to optimal treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

New research could improve the odds that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will receive a therapy that really works for them - something that eludes more than a third of those who currently get OCD treatment.

28 Aug 2020

FDA continues to take action in the ongoing response to COVID-19 pandemic

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today continued to take action in the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic

28 Aug 2020

Age-appropriate contraception counseling can help prevent unplanned pregnancies in adolescents

Preventing unplanned pregnancies in adolescents with effective and easy-to-use contraception is key to ensuring that adolescents do not become parents before they are ready. Adolescents view their health care providers as trusted sources of medical information.

27 Aug 2020

First cell atlas of mosquito immune cells created to help fight malaria

Scientists have created the first cell atlas of mosquito immune cells, to understand how mosquitoes fight malaria and other infections.

27 Aug 2020

Black pediatric cancer patients less likely to receive proton therapy than white children

A deep concern among pediatric oncologists has been confirmed by the data: Black children enrolled in national clinical trials have been found to be three times less likely to receive proton radiotherapy than their white counterparts.

27 Aug 2020

Vertebral body tethering yields promising results in scoliosis patients

Scoliosis is the most common spinal deformity affecting pediatric patients. A posterior spinal fusion (PSF) is the gold standard treatment for patients with curves exceeding 45 degrees, but the procedure's drawbacks include the loss of spinal mobility, persistent pain and adjacent segment disc disease.

27 Aug 2020

AI algorithm promises to accurately diagnose Alzheimer's

By detecting subtle differences in the way that Alzheimer's sufferers use language, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have developed an A.I. algorithm that promises to accurately diagnose Alzheimer's without the need for expensive scans or in-person testing.

27 Aug 2020

Cochlear implants should be offered to adults with moderate to severe or worse hearing loss

An international group of hearing specialists has released a new set of recommendations emphasizing that cochlear implants should be offered to adults who have moderate to severe or worse hearing loss much more often than is the current practice.

27 Aug 2020

Two discoveries can lead to a new wave of more-complex organoid development

In back-to-back reports published Aug. 27, 2020, in Nature Communications, a team of scientists from Cincinnati Children's and Japan report discoveries that will be vital to a new wave of more-complex organoid development.

27 Aug 2020

Gout drug may improve heart function in individuals with congenital heart disease

A drug used to treat gout, probenecid, may improve heart function in individuals with a particular heart defect, according to results from a small pilot study run by a University of Cincinnati researcher.

27 Aug 2020

Researchers find link between dystrophic muscles and lymphatic system in mice with Duchenne disease

Researchers at the Universities of Maynooth and Bonn discover a new connection in muscular dystrophy Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscle disease in children and is passed on by X-linked recessive inheritance.

27 Aug 2020

BMI in first years of life can affect lung function in later childhood

Body mass index (BMI) trajectories in the first years of life may be associated with lung function in later childhood. For example, children with accelerated BMI gain before age four years have higher lung function at age seven years, although they also exhibit airflow limitation.

27 Aug 2020

FDA warns consumers about alcohol-based hand sanitizers packaged in containers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers about alcohol-based hand sanitizers that are being packaged in containers that may appear as food or drinks and may put consumers at risk of serious injury or death if ingested.

27 Aug 2020

Artificial pancreas manages blood sugar levels in type 1 diabetes children

An artificial pancreas originally developed at the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology safely and effectively manages blood sugar levels in children ages 6 to 13 with type 1 diabetes, a national clinical trial has found.

27 Aug 2020

Younger and older drivers are at higher risk of being involved in automobile accident

A new study from the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that teen drivers and drivers 65 years and older - two age groups at a higher risk of being involved in an automobile accident - are more likely to be driving vehicles that are less safe, putting them at even higher risk of injury.

27 Aug 2020

Artificial intelligence could help identify infants with low risk of bacterial infection

Artificial intelligence, or "supervised machine learning," could help identify which well-appearing infants with fever, who are 60 days old or younger, are at low risk for a serious bacterial infection, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

27 Aug 2020

Children News and Research

Study shows the need to refine COVID-19 testing criteria to include children with GI symptoms

COVID + influenza: This is a good year to get a flu shot, experts advise

Study reveals emotional exhaustion of nurses providing pediatric cardiology care

Researchers find way to make pediatric brain cancers respond better to therapies

New brain study may lead to optimal treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

FDA continues to take action in the ongoing response to COVID-19 pandemic

Age-appropriate contraception counseling can help prevent unplanned pregnancies in adolescents

First cell atlas of mosquito immune cells created to help fight malaria

Black pediatric cancer patients less likely to receive proton therapy than white children

Vertebral body tethering yields promising results in scoliosis patients

AI algorithm promises to accurately diagnose Alzheimer's

Cochlear implants should be offered to adults with moderate to severe or worse hearing loss

Two discoveries can lead to a new wave of more-complex organoid development

Gout drug may improve heart function in individuals with congenital heart disease

Researchers find link between dystrophic muscles and lymphatic system in mice with Duchenne disease

BMI in first years of life can affect lung function in later childhood

FDA warns consumers about alcohol-based hand sanitizers packaged in containers

Artificial pancreas manages blood sugar levels in type 1 diabetes children

Younger and older drivers are at higher risk of being involved in automobile accident

Artificial intelligence could help identify infants with low risk of bacterial infection

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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