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Johns Hopkins researchers warn of new infectious diseases and death due to global warming

The Journal of Clinical Investigation recently published "Viewpoint" articles by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professors who warn that global climate change is likely to unlock dangerous new microbes, as well as threaten humans' ability to regulate body temperature.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 22 Jan 2020

Vitamin C-B1-steroid combo associated with lower mortality in children with septic shock

Treating septic shock in children with a combination of intravenous vitamin C, vitamin B1 and hydrocortisone (a commonly used steroid) is associated with lower mortality, according to a study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

21 Jan 2020

Prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure linked to increased risk for SIDS

Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have a 12-fold increased risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) compared to those unexposed or only exposed in the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health.

20 Jan 2020

Study provides data-based answer for preterm baby's discharge from the NICU

"When is my baby going home?" is one of the first questions asked by families of infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Now clinicians have a data-based answer.

16 Jan 2020

Research may open new avenues for big advance in neuroprostheses

Once you learn a skill like tying your sneakers, you can perform it consistently over the years. This suggests the neural activity in the brain associated with the skill remains stable over time.

9 Jan 2020

Kangaroo mother care increases survival of low birth weight babies

Researchers at Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health at the University of Bergen followed 8400 low birth weight infants, from 2015 to 2018.

9 Jan 2020

Researchers report first structural model for key enzyme associated with inherited eye diseases

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have reported the first structural model for a key enzyme, and its activating protein, that can play a role in some genetically inherited eye diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and night blindness.

8 Jan 2020

Study examines the time trends in alcohol and marijuana detected in homicide victims

Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health assessed the time trends in alcohol and marijuana detected in homicide victims and found that the prevalence of marijuana almost doubled, increasing from 22 percent in 2004 to 42 percent in 2016.

8 Jan 2020

New study finds zinc and folic acid supplements are ineffective at improving male fertility

A study has revealed that taking zinc and folic acid supplements do not improve male fertility as has previously been suspected.

8 Jan 2020

Zinc and folic acid supplements fail to improve fertility in men

Zinc and folic acid, a pair of dietary supplements long touted as an effective treatment for male infertility, failed to improve pregnancy rates, sperm counts, and sperm potency in a new study conducted at University of Utah Health and other medical centers in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health.

7 Jan 2020

Study: Children with public insurance are more likely to receive unnecessary medical care

Children with public insurance are slightly more likely to receive medical services that they don't need than those with private insurance, a new study finds.

7 Jan 2020

Uterine balloon tamponade is almost 86% effective in preventing maternal mortality from hemorrhaging

According to the World Health Organization's latest statistics, from 2017, more than 800 women around the world die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth -- the vast majority of them in resource-poor areas.

6 Jan 2020

Scientists map the location of structural proteins in pig ovary for the first time

For the first time, scientists identified and mapped the location of structural proteins in a pig ovary. Ongoing development of an "ink" with these proteins will be used for 3-D printing an artificial (or bio-prosthetic) ovary that could be implanted and allow a woman to have a child.

6 Jan 2020

Online physician reviews and ratings are important to older adults, new poll shows

Find a restaurant. Book a hotel. Choose a product to buy. Online ratings and reviews from other customers can help with making decisions on all of these, and their use has exploded in the past decade.

6 Jan 2020

Researchers offer new perspective on pyrethroid insecticides

In an invited Commentary just published in JAMA Internal Medicine, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health professors Drs. Steven Stellman and Jeanne Mager Stellman offer their perspective on results from a recent study on Pyrethroid, among the most widely used insecticides in the world for public health control of vector-borne illnesses, including West Nile virus.

3 Jan 2020

Exposure of pregnant women to persistent organic pollutants linked to smaller fetuses

Pregnant women exposed to persistent organic pollutants, or POPs, had slightly smaller fetuses than women who haven't been exposed to these chemicals, according to an analysis of ultrasound scans by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.

30 Dec 2019

Identical twins with ASD have large differences in symptom severity

Identical twins with autism spectrum disorder often experience large differences in symptom severity even though they share the same DNA, according to an analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health.

28 Dec 2019

Pregnant women with HIV do not always receive recommended antiretroviral medications

Pregnant women living with HIV don't always receive antiretroviral medications recommended for use in pregnancy, according to a recent study published in Jama Network Open this week.

23 Dec 2019

Antiretroviral regimens prescribed to many pregnant women with HIV do not meet federal guidelines

More than 20% of pregnant women beginning anti-HIV treatment were prescribed an antiretroviral treatment that did not meet federal guidelines for use during pregnancy, according to an analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health.

19 Dec 2019

Parents of children who have special health care needs more likely to be in worse health

In Chicago, 7 percent of parents said that their child or children were limited or prevented in their ability to do things most peers can do, according to the latest survey results released by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and the Chicago Department of Public Health.

19 Dec 2019

Child Health News and Research

Johns Hopkins researchers warn of new infectious diseases and death due to global warming

Vitamin C-B1-steroid combo associated with lower mortality in children with septic shock

Prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure linked to increased risk for SIDS

Study provides data-based answer for preterm baby's discharge from the NICU

Research may open new avenues for big advance in neuroprostheses

Kangaroo mother care increases survival of low birth weight babies

Researchers report first structural model for key enzyme associated with inherited eye diseases

Study examines the time trends in alcohol and marijuana detected in homicide victims

New study finds zinc and folic acid supplements are ineffective at improving male fertility

Zinc and folic acid supplements fail to improve fertility in men

Study: Children with public insurance are more likely to receive unnecessary medical care

Uterine balloon tamponade is almost 86% effective in preventing maternal mortality from hemorrhaging

Scientists map the location of structural proteins in pig ovary for the first time

Online physician reviews and ratings are important to older adults, new poll shows

Researchers offer new perspective on pyrethroid insecticides

Exposure of pregnant women to persistent organic pollutants linked to smaller fetuses

Identical twins with ASD have large differences in symptom severity

Pregnant women with HIV do not always receive recommended antiretroviral medications

Antiretroviral regimens prescribed to many pregnant women with HIV do not meet federal guidelines

Parents of children who have special health care needs more likely to be in worse health

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