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Interactive video games appear valuable for ICU patients

Interactive video games, already known to improve motor function in recovering stroke patients, appear to safely enhance physical therapy for patients in intensive care units (ICU), new research from Johns Hopkins suggests.

3 Oct 2011

Potential new drug could treat mixed-lineage leukaemia

A team lead by Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that a potential new drug could treat mixed-lineage leukaemia (MLL), the most common form of leukaemia in babies, according to a study published in Nature today.

3 Oct 2011

Hassenfeld family, NYU Langone unveil $50M gift to create new pediatric hospital

NYU Langone Medical Center and the Hassenfeld family unveiled a $50 million gift today that will create a comprehensive pediatric hospital at NYU Langone Medical Center.

3 Oct 2011

General anesthesia linked to learning disabilities in children

Every year millions of babies and toddlers receive general anesthesia for procedures ranging from hernia repair to ear surgery. Now, researchers at Mayo Clinic in Rochester have found a link among children undergoing multiple surgeries requiring general anesthesia before age 2 and learning disabilities later in childhood.

3 Oct 2011

USDTL releases CordStat EtOH assay screens for newborn alcohol exposure in utero

United States Drug Testing Laboratories (USDTL), a reference laboratory specializing in alcohol and drugs of abuse testing, released a new assay testing umbilical cord for newborn alcohol exposure in utero on Monday, October 3, 2011.

3 Oct 2011

SANNI Foundation commits to finance education centre for HIV/AIDS affected children in Southern India

The parents of Susanne Schroff, Gunther and Ingrid Schroff, created the Schroff Foundation out of their private fortune in 1984. Their declared aim was to exploit entrepreneurial success for socially important scientific causes and in the interests of society.

1 Oct 2011

State highlights: Many states moving workers' children to CHIP plans

After a nine-year court battle, a landmark class-action settlement was preliminarily approved this week that would require the state to provide more effective mental health services for the children in or about to enter foster care. Its reach is expected to be significant. California has 61,000 children in the foster care system, and it runs the nation's largest child welfare system at a cost of about $4.7 billion per year.

1 Oct 2011

New research analyses maternal breastfeeding in Spain

New research analyses maternal breastfeeding in Spain throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Experts believe that its development is associated with socio-demographic factors such as the advice of healthcare professionals, longer maternity leave, a woman's integration into the workplace and her level of education.

1 Oct 2011

Literacy Bridge launches program to improve health of women, at-risk children across rural Ghana

Literacy Bridge is responding to the need for a comprehensive solution in global health and hunger by kicking off its Health & Agriculture Communication for Women & Children Program, which is designed to improve the health of 24,000 women and at-risk children in 75 low-literate communities across rural Ghana.

1 Oct 2011

Researchers to create evaluation method to examine three childhood obesity programs

Projects and programs to combat childhood obesity have made great strides in health and behavior, yet the epidemic persists. Indeed, First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" initiative has made the issue of childhood obesity a focal point and national priority.

1 Oct 2011

Researchers discover new inherited disorder that causes mental retardation, liver dysfunction

Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered a new inherited disorder that causes severe mental retardation and liver dysfunction. The disease, adenosine kinase deficiency, is caused by mutations in the ADK gene, which codes for the enzyme adenosine kinase.

1 Oct 2011

Meeting with Bill Gates, Nigerian President Jonathan re-affirms country's commitment to eradicating polio within two years

In a meeting at the presidential villa on Thursday, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan told Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "that he was determined to eradicate polio within two years after the crippling disease re-emerged earlier this year," Agence France-Presse reports.

1 Oct 2011

BEN has garnered the White House's support to help fight childhood obesity

Want to double fruit sales in schools? A new Cornell University study shows it is as easy as putting the fruit in a colorful bowl. According to research presented this week at the American Dietetic Association Conference in San Diego, CA by Brian Wansink, Professor at Cornell University, "Moving the fruit increased sales by 104%."

30 Sep 2011

UCLA scientists create mouse model for autism

UCLA scientists have created a mouse model for autism that opens a window into the biological mechanisms that underlie the disease and offers a promising way to test new treatment approaches.

30 Sep 2011

Loma Linda University's Vision Intervention Program receives Spot screener from PediaVision

PediaVision today announced that Loma Linda University's Vision Intervention Program is the first in the State of California to receive the revolutionary new vision screener from PediaVision called "Spot."

30 Sep 2011

Cincinnati Children's to conduct first medication clinical trial for pediatric migraine

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has received a $12 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct the first clinical trial to determine the medication of choice for preventing migraines in children and teens.

30 Sep 2011

GWAS uncovers new genes associated with type 1 diabetes

The largest-ever analysis of genetic data related to type 1 diabetes has uncovered new genes associated with the common metabolic disease, which affects 200 million people worldwide. The findings add to knowledge of gene networks involved in the origin of this complex disorder, in which patients depend on frequent insulin injections to control their blood sugar levels.

30 Sep 2011

Child Health News

Interactive video games appear valuable for ICU patients

Potential new drug could treat mixed-lineage leukaemia

Hassenfeld family, NYU Langone unveil $50M gift to create new pediatric hospital

General anesthesia linked to learning disabilities in children

USDTL releases CordStat EtOH assay screens for newborn alcohol exposure in utero

SANNI Foundation commits to finance education centre for HIV/AIDS affected children in Southern India

State highlights: Many states moving workers' children to CHIP plans

New research analyses maternal breastfeeding in Spain

Literacy Bridge launches program to improve health of women, at-risk children across rural Ghana

Researchers to create evaluation method to examine three childhood obesity programs

Researchers discover new inherited disorder that causes mental retardation, liver dysfunction

Meeting with Bill Gates, Nigerian President Jonathan re-affirms country's commitment to eradicating polio within two years

BEN has garnered the White House's support to help fight childhood obesity

UCLA scientists create mouse model for autism

Loma Linda University's Vision Intervention Program receives Spot screener from PediaVision

Cincinnati Children's to conduct first medication clinical trial for pediatric migraine

GWAS uncovers new genes associated with type 1 diabetes

New book on worst kids' foods in America

Children of obese mothers more likely to have asthma or wheezing in their teenage years

Toddler chews on a used condom at McDonald’s play area

How does norepinephrine influence anxiety-related behaviours?

Transforming Lab Workflows with Cell Culture Automation

Building Bridges to Scalable Allogeneic Cell Therapy

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