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January issue of WHO Bulletin available online

The January issue of the WHO Bulletin features an editorial examining universal health coverage and the right to health, a public health news roundup, a research article examining research priorities for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries, and a systematic review examining the integration of antiretroviral therapy into antenatal care and maternal and child health settings, among others.

4 Jan 2013

New insight into 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Research out of the George Washington University (GW), published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals another piece of the puzzle in a genetic developmental disorder that causes behavioral diseases such as autism.

4 Jan 2013

Prevalence of obesity and extreme obesity among young U.S. children may have begun to decline

Obesity and extreme obesity in childhood, which are more prevalent among minority and low-income families, have been associated with other cardiovascular risk factors, increased health care costs, and premature death.

26 Dec 2012

Children with chronic conditions use more resources at hospitals

Children with chronic conditions increasingly used more resources in a group of children's hospitals compared with patients without a chronic condition, according to a report that analyzed data from 28 U.S. children's hospitals between 2004 and 2009, and is being published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.

25 Dec 2012

Kenya working to integrate PMTCT services into maternal, child health care clinics

"Health programs integrating services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV into regular maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) clinics, rather than operating PMTCT services as stand-along programs, are showing positive results in Kenya, experts say," PlusNews reports.

21 Dec 2012

New partnership to promote good nutrition in early childcare and education programs

Today, Dole Food Company and Lt. Governor Casey Cagle's Healthy Kids Georgia Program announced a partnership with the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning to promote good nutrition and increased physical activity in early childcare and education programs.

15 Dec 2012

Nurse-Family Partnership may not be as successful in reducing early childhood injuries

New research from PolicyLab at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia shows that one of the nation's largest programs providing home visitation support for at-risk mothers and children may not be as successful in reducing early childhood injuries as it was in earlier evaluations.

13 Dec 2012

Canada's foreign aid agency, Grand Challenges Canada announce global health partnership

"Canada's foreign aid agency will work with Grand Challenges Canada in a bid to bring ideas for health innovation to the developing world, International Co-operation Minister Julian Fantino says," the Globe and Mail reports.

13 Dec 2012

Viewpoints: Pelosi says higher Medicare age 'doesn't work;' Marketplace's clout could lower seniors' drug costs

In the talks to avert the fiscal cliff, the idea of raising the Medicare age is central to the Republican proposal. There's just one critical problem: It doesn't work. It doesn't have public support. It's unfair. And it doesn't lower health expenditures. Such a proposal is a reflection of the broader Republican plan: an assault on the middle class, seniors -- and our future.

12 Dec 2012

Innovation in immunization programs can mean better learning, sharing of information

In this Guardian "Global Development Professionals Network" blog post, Robert Steinglass, senior immunization adviser at John Snow, Inc., and immunization team leader for the USAID-funded Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, writes about the importance of innovation to improving childhood immunization programs and health systems.

12 Dec 2012

Report highlights 80 programs aimed at improving maternal, child health in developing world

"I'm inspired when I see the growing number and quality of health market innovations now emerging in the developing world," Gina Lagomarsino, a principal and managing director at Results for Development Institute (R4D), writes in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog.

12 Dec 2012

Nature, nurture appear to be significant factors in early antisocial behaviors of adopted children

Both nature and nurture appear to be significant factors in early antisocial behaviors of adopted children, a Wayne State University researcher believes.

11 Dec 2012

Parents prefer hearing screenings for kids

Just yelling "turn it down" isn't enough when young people are blasting music directly into their ears via earbuds and headphones, parents say. A new poll from the University of Michigan shows parents are strongly in favor of required hearing screenings for kids all the way up to age 17.

10 Dec 2012

Microarray technology provides comprehensive result during prenatal care of women

A new method for detecting abnormalities in unborn children is providing physicians with more information to analyze the results than conventional, microscopic testing, according to two George Washington University researchers.

7 Dec 2012

Viewpoints: Sen. Whitehouse argues deficit fix shouldn't be about Medicare; Is a plunge over the cliff so bad?

As President Barack Obama and congressional leaders continue discussions to avert the so-called fiscal cliff -; the mix of tax increases and spending cuts set to take effect automatically in January -; we hear a troubling but familiar refrain in Washington: To fix our deficit, we must cut Medicare benefits.

6 Dec 2012

New prenatal genetic test results in more clinically relevant information

A large, multi-center clinical trial led by researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) shows that a new genetic test resulted in significantly more clinically relevant information than the current standard method of prenatal testing.

6 Dec 2012

Environmental tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy may harm child’s health

It is a known fact that active maternal smoking during pregnancy has negative effects on child health, such as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, new research suggests that second hand smoke, or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), may be just as harmful.

5 Dec 2012

Study identifies factors that can predict postpartum pelvic girdle pain in working women

A new study of working women has identified factors during pregnancy and postpartum that can predict pain in the joints that comprise the pelvic girdle. While 90 percent of working women in the Netherlands return to work after the birth of their first child, health issues during the postpartum period often require sick leave. Chief among these health issues is pelvic girdle pain (PGP).

5 Dec 2012

UK and U.S.researchers collaborate to determine long-term outcomes of children with epilepsy

In the first study of its kind, researchers from five institutions from the UK and U.S. collaborating to determine the long-term outcomes of children with epilepsy found that outcomes varied despite similar short-term morbidity among the originally surveyed children when they were followed up within 10 years post-occurrence.

4 Dec 2012

Students from ASU graduate programs visit Africa to study health care and building design

Students from four of Arizona State University's graduate programs traveled to a country known as the Land of 1,000 Hills to study health care and building design in one of Africa's most impoverished areas.

1 Dec 2012

Child Health News and Research

January issue of WHO Bulletin available online

New insight into 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Prevalence of obesity and extreme obesity among young U.S. children may have begun to decline

Children with chronic conditions use more resources at hospitals

Kenya working to integrate PMTCT services into maternal, child health care clinics

New partnership to promote good nutrition in early childcare and education programs

Nurse-Family Partnership may not be as successful in reducing early childhood injuries

Canada's foreign aid agency, Grand Challenges Canada announce global health partnership

Viewpoints: Pelosi says higher Medicare age 'doesn't work;' Marketplace's clout could lower seniors' drug costs

Innovation in immunization programs can mean better learning, sharing of information

Report highlights 80 programs aimed at improving maternal, child health in developing world

Nature, nurture appear to be significant factors in early antisocial behaviors of adopted children

Parents prefer hearing screenings for kids

Microarray technology provides comprehensive result during prenatal care of women

Viewpoints: Sen. Whitehouse argues deficit fix shouldn't be about Medicare; Is a plunge over the cliff so bad?

New prenatal genetic test results in more clinically relevant information

Environmental tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy may harm child’s health

Study identifies factors that can predict postpartum pelvic girdle pain in working women

UK and U.S.researchers collaborate to determine long-term outcomes of children with epilepsy

Students from ASU graduate programs visit Africa to study health care and building design

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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