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Black children have the highest risk of both PICU admission and mortality, study finds

Hospitalized children covered by Medicaid who reside in the poorest neighborhoods are at increased risk of being admitted to the hospital's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and of dying while there, according to research published at the ATS 2022 international conference.

16 May 2022

Smart bioelectronic pacifier could help monitor babies' electrolytes in NICUs

A wireless, bioelectronic pacifier could eliminate the need for invasive, twice-daily blood draws to monitor babies' electrolytes in Newborn Intensive Care Units or NICUs.

16 May 2022

What role do children play in household transmission of COVID-19?

A new study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases reviews the literature systematically. It performs a meta-analysis to assess the prevalence of pediatric COVID-19 in clusters of families, estimate the household secondary attack rate of children, and compare the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 in different age groups.

14 May 2022

Blood adenosine levels positively correlate to the white matter lesions in very low birth weight premature infants

Prematurity affects about 10% of pregnancies worldwide each year. In about 20% of very low birth weight (VLBW) premature infants, punctate white matter lesions (PWML) can be diagnosed at MRI at term equivalent age.

13 May 2022

Opioid use disorder treatment during pregnancy can minimize adverse impacts on the fetal brain

Treating pregnant women with opioid use disorder can help minimize opioid-related brain abnormalities in their newborns.

12 May 2022

New research project to explore sun safety policies in primary schools in Wales

With skin cancer rates rising, much of it preventable, a new research project is to explore the role of primary schools in Wales and assess the effectiveness of sun safety policies in protecting children. The results will help improve prevention of skin cancer in Wales and beyond.

12 May 2022

Playing video games can help increase children’s intelligence

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have studied how the screen habits of US children correlates with how their cognitive abilities develop over time.

12 May 2022

SARS-CoV-2-related caregiver mortality and orphanhood among children

In a new study, researchers illustrated the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-linked caregiver death and orphanhood in children.

12 May 2022

Maternal obesity greatly increases offspring's risk of cardiac problems in later life

Maternal obesity impairs heart health and function of the fetus according to a new study in mice. The study, published in The Journal of Physiology found that maternal obesity causes molecular changes in the heart of the fetus and alters expression of genes related to nutrient metabolism, which greatly increases offspring's risk of cardiac problems in later life.

12 May 2022

Researchers Identify Potential Target for Rhabdomyosarcoma Recurrence Prevention

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Anand Patel and Michael Dyer from St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital about their recent research suggesting EGFR inhibitors may prevent rhabdomyosarcoma recurrence.

12 May 2022

Research may lead to more effective interventions for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

One of the most common causes of disability or death in newborns is a lack of oxygen or blood flow in the brain during labor or delivery.

11 May 2022

Understanding caregivers' attitudes toward post-operative opioid use in pediatric patients

Routine head and neck procedures, such as removal of tonsils and adenoids and the placement of ear tubes, may cause moderate to severe pain in pediatric patients.

11 May 2022

Maternal antidepressant use during pregnancy does not increase epilepsy risk in babies

A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies.

11 May 2022

Children exposed to maltreatment present a response-to-stress pattern like that of adolescents

The acute psychosocial stress states stimulate the secretion of an antibody type protein which is decisive in the first immune defence against infection, but only after puberty. However, children with a history of maltreatment present a similar response to that of adolescents, which suggests there is an early maturation of the immune system in these cases.

11 May 2022

New research on excess mortality in the Nordics during COVID

Both from a scientific and a political standpoint, it is important to record and examine the additional deaths during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

11 May 2022

The 'Big Three' could benefit from the phenomenal strides in vaccine technology

Three historically neglected diseases - the 'Big Three', namely tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS- could be set to benefit from the phenomenal strides that have occurred in vaccine technology in the 2020s.

11 May 2022

Effective anti-vaping advertisements can have the greatest impact on teens

Effective anti-vaping advertisements geared to teens have the greatest impact when they emphasize the adverse consequences and harms of vaping e-cigarettes, use negative imagery, and avoid memes, hashtags and other "teen-centric" communication styles, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

10 May 2022

Child Health News

Black children have the highest risk of both PICU admission and mortality, study finds

Smart bioelectronic pacifier could help monitor babies' electrolytes in NICUs

What role do children play in household transmission of COVID-19?

Blood adenosine levels positively correlate to the white matter lesions in very low birth weight premature infants

Opioid use disorder treatment during pregnancy can minimize adverse impacts on the fetal brain

New research project to explore sun safety policies in primary schools in Wales

Playing video games can help increase children’s intelligence

SARS-CoV-2-related caregiver mortality and orphanhood among children

Maternal obesity greatly increases offspring's risk of cardiac problems in later life

Researchers Identify Potential Target for Rhabdomyosarcoma Recurrence Prevention

Research may lead to more effective interventions for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Understanding caregivers' attitudes toward post-operative opioid use in pediatric patients

Maternal antidepressant use during pregnancy does not increase epilepsy risk in babies

Children exposed to maltreatment present a response-to-stress pattern like that of adolescents

New research on excess mortality in the Nordics during COVID

The 'Big Three' could benefit from the phenomenal strides in vaccine technology

Effective anti-vaping advertisements can have the greatest impact on teens

Researchers find potential pathway linking early life infections to adult-onset cardiovascular disease

Machine learning analyzes temperament data to classify infants by gender and age

Study offers insight into seasonality of children’s growth and weight gain

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