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Antenatal steroids improve preterm newborn survival in low-resource settings, finds study

The results of a new clinical trial, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that dexamethasone- a glucocorticoid used to treat many conditions, including rheumatic problems and severe COVID-19- can boost survival of premature babies when given to pregnant women at risk of preterm birth in low-resource settings.

23 Oct 2020

Preventive antimalarial treatments drastically reduce malaria infections among school children

With nearly half of the world's population at risk for life-threatening malaria infections, University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers and their colleagues identified an important public health measure to control the disease.

23 Oct 2020

Study raises new questions about viral load in asymptomatic children with COVID-19

New questions are at the forefront as a study published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology from nine children's hospitals finds that most asymptomatic children who tested positive for COVID-19 had relatively low levels of the virus compared to symptomatic children.

22 Oct 2020

Nutritional status may impact susceptibility to COVID-19, study says

Now, a team of researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the University of Oxford wanted to provide a systematic review of the latest evidence on how malnutrition across all forms, including undernutrition, obesity, and micronutrient status, may influence the susceptibility and severity of COVID-19.

22 Oct 2020

Study reveals developmental changes of the immune system during first week of life

Within the womb, a human fetus benefits from the protection of the placenta, limiting their contact with pathogens.

22 Oct 2020

Experts develop a novel intervention in the home kitchen to tackle obesity

Thomaseo Burton, PhD, and Webb Smith, PhD, of Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have developed a novel intervention in the home kitchen to address obesity.

22 Oct 2020

Robotic Trunk Support Trainer helps children with cerebral palsy to sit more stably

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood physical disability - 2.0-3.5 per 1000 births - and children born with it have impaired development and diminished control of movement and posture.

22 Oct 2020

Tumor DNA in spinal fluid can help track children with aggressive brain tumors

For many cancers, doctors are increasingly looking to the DNA that solid tumors shed into the blood stream to help with diagnosis and monitoring. But brain cancer has been a different story thanks to the natural blockade created by the blood-brain barrier.

22 Oct 2020

Studies examine impact of COVID-19 on neonatal intensive care units

Two studies examining the impact of COVID-19 on neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) found the prevalence of COVID-19 in NICU infants is low, yet many hospitals at the start of the pandemic put in place strict parental visitation policies and scaled back NICU services such as lactation support and therapy.

22 Oct 2020

Study looks at childbirth experiences during COVID-19 in the USA

A new study by Elizabeth Mollard at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Amaya Wittmaack from the University of Virginia School of Medicine published on the preprint server medRxiv in October 2020 reveals that pregnant women may feel less supported during their childbirth experience due to the changes in maternity unit practices related to the pandemic.

22 Oct 2020

Scientists develop a way to accurately detect and monitor common pediatric brain cancer

A team of scientists at Texas A&M University, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have developed a way to more accurately both detect and monitor a common type of pediatric brain cancer, setting the stage for giving clinicians a real-time view into how the cancer responds to treatment.

21 Oct 2020

Study explains how certain foods can prevent respiratory tract infections

On 22 October 2020 paediatrician Ellen van der Gaag will receive her PhD for her thesis entitled 'Health-promoting effects of nutrition in children'.

21 Oct 2020

Allergy charities encourage parents, teachers to ‘Check It, Don’t Chance It’ to safeguard allergic children

To mark Allergy Awareness Week (19-25 October), two leading allergy charities are urging parents and teachers to ‘Check It, Don’t Chance It’ to ensure pupils and young adults with allergies are safe in schools.

21 Oct 2020

Research finds one-third of students misusing prescription opioids tend to use heroin later

Nearly one-third of students who reported misusing prescription opioids as high school seniors between 1997 and 2000, but did not have a history of medical use, later used heroin by age 35, according to a University of Michigan study.

21 Oct 2020

Plastic baby feeding bottles shed microplastic particles, say researchers

This new study from researchers at Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, and the Medical University of Vienna shows that an average of 1 million microplastic particles per day are consumed by infants drinking from these feeding bottles. The study results are published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Food.

20 Oct 2020

CDC says 'mask up' when traveling

These updates focus on the prevention of the spread of the infection during travel. Since the onset of the pandemic, international and intra-state travel has been restricted across many nations.

20 Oct 2020

Fever and cough best indicators for COVID-19 in children and adolescents

Most testing is driven by fever, persistent cough of recent onset, and abnormalities in smell. Such symptoms are considered indicative of continuing SARS-CoV-2 infection, requiring quarantine of all such individuals until they test negative for the virus. This approach is justifiable in adults since fever and cough from other causes are rare in healthy adults.

20 Oct 2020

Child Health News

Antenatal steroids improve preterm newborn survival in low-resource settings, finds study

Preventive antimalarial treatments drastically reduce malaria infections among school children

Study raises new questions about viral load in asymptomatic children with COVID-19

Nutritional status may impact susceptibility to COVID-19, study says

Study reveals developmental changes of the immune system during first week of life

Experts develop a novel intervention in the home kitchen to tackle obesity

Robotic Trunk Support Trainer helps children with cerebral palsy to sit more stably

Tumor DNA in spinal fluid can help track children with aggressive brain tumors

Studies examine impact of COVID-19 on neonatal intensive care units

Study looks at childbirth experiences during COVID-19 in the USA

Scientists develop a way to accurately detect and monitor common pediatric brain cancer

Study explains how certain foods can prevent respiratory tract infections

Allergy charities encourage parents, teachers to ‘Check It, Don’t Chance It’ to safeguard allergic children

Research finds one-third of students misusing prescription opioids tend to use heroin later

Plastic baby feeding bottles shed microplastic particles, say researchers

CDC says 'mask up' when traveling

Fever and cough best indicators for COVID-19 in children and adolescents

Newborns analyze the emotional content of their surroundings only at a very basic level

Study reports children with chronic kidney disease may spend more time in hospital

Study: More intervention hours are not necessarily better for toddlers with autism

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