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Congress’ tight timetable complicates renewal of children’s health plan

A popular federal-state program that provides health coverage to millions of children in lower- and middle-class families is up for renewal Sept. 30.

8 Sep 2017

Meningitis B vaccine’s high price tag poses a health care conundrum

Four years ago, when meningitis B, an extremely rare but potentially lethal form of the infection, sickened a small number of college students at Princeton and the University of California-Santa Barbara, there was no vaccine against the disease sold in the U.S. Despite its availability abroad, it had never been licensed in the country due to its limited marketability.

8 Sep 2017

Severe cases of polio-like illness observed among children in many countries

In Germany in the summer and autumn of 2016, several cases of illness in children were observed that were accompanied by acute flaccid paralysis.

8 Sep 2017

Possible causes of juvenile stroke often not identified

Strokes without a definitive identifiable cause account for up to 50% of juvenile strokes. In juvenile strokes, the range of causes is wider and their frequency distribution differs from that in older stroke patients, in whom the classic cardiovascular risk factors are primarily implicated.

8 Sep 2017

Maternal folic acid intake round conception may reduce children's pesticide-related autism risk

Researchers at UC Davis and other institutions have shown that mothers who take recommended amounts of folic acid around conception might reduce their children's pesticide-related autism risk.

8 Sep 2017

Comprehensive analysis reveals cumulative burden of chronic disease in childhood cancer survivors

The most complete assessment yet of chronic disease in adult survivors of childhood cancer found they have a nearly two-fold greater cumulative burden of chronic health problems than the general public.

8 Sep 2017

Penn researchers find abnormally shortened telomeres in young DMD patients’ muscle stem cells

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have made a discovery about muscular dystrophy disorders that suggest new possibilities for treatment.

7 Sep 2017

Early signs of cardiovascular risk found in children exposed to 9/11 dust

Sixteen years after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers sent a "cloud" of toxic debris across Lower Manhattan, children living nearby who likely breathed in the ash and fumes are showing early signs of risk for future heart disease.

7 Sep 2017

Study identifies genes that regulate gestational length and likelihood of preterm delivery

The genes that regulate gestational length and the likelihood of preterm delivery, have been identified in a study involving more than 50,000 women. An article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) describes the scientific breakthrough that can lead to improved health and survival among children.

7 Sep 2017

New study reveals safety of oral food challenges for detecting food allergies

The best way to find out if someone has a food allergy is through an oral food challenge (OFC) where the person is given a very small dose of the food by mouth under the supervision of a board-certified allergist to test for a severe reaction.

7 Sep 2017

Structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter seen in children with ASD traits

Structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter match up consistently with the severity of autistic symptoms not only in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but also, to some degree, in those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who also have autistic traits.

6 Sep 2017

Study finds long-term effectiveness of HPV vaccine in preventing cervical cancer

A vaccine that can literally eradicate the majority of cervical cancer cases shows long-term effectiveness in a study published today in The Lancet.

6 Sep 2017

New portable allergen-detection system could help prevent trips to emergency room

For kids and adults with food allergies, a restaurant outing can be a fraught experience. Even when care is taken, freshly prepared or packaged meals can accidentally become cross-contaminated with an offending food and trigger a reaction.

6 Sep 2017

Assessment tools, interconnected webs of relationships help address childhood adversity, trauma

Two new studies led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggest that the bevy of tools available to assess and address childhood adversity and trauma, as well as the interconnected webs of relationships among families and the providers who care for children, are key to healing the effects of these potentially life-altering circumstances.

6 Sep 2017

Split-brain study using fruit fly provides better understanding of autism

A better understanding of the cause of autism may come from an unlikely source, neurological studies of the fruit fly.

6 Sep 2017

Sodium channels play important role in keeping tiny lung capillaries from leaking, worsening pneumonia

Sodium channels in the cells that line the tiny capillaries in our lungs play an important role in keeping those capillaries from leaking and potentially worsening conditions like pneumonia, scientists report.

6 Sep 2017

To insure more poor children, it helps if parents are on Medicaid

Efforts by Republican lawmakers to scale back Medicaid enrollment could undercut an aspect of the program that has widespread bipartisan appeal — covering more children, research published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs suggests.

6 Sep 2017

Another way for anti-vaxxers to skip shots for schoolkids: A doctor’s note

Dr. Tara Zandvliet was inundated with calls and emails from parents last year, after California passed a law nixing personal beliefs as an exemption from school vaccinations. Suddenly, many parents sought exemptions for medical reasons.

5 Sep 2017

High levels of suPAR protein shown to be likely cause of kidney damage in children

High levels of a protein known as suPAR, which has been shown to be a marker and likely cause of kidney damage, is as reliably predictive in children as in adults, according to results of a study published online today in JAMA Pediatrics, a clinical publication of the American Medical Association.

5 Sep 2017

MIT study offers new approach to evaluate risk of preterm birth

Up to 18 percent of babies born worldwide arrive before they are full-term, defined as 37 weeks of gestation. About 1 million of those babies do not survive, and those who do can face developmental problems such as impaired vision or hearing, defects in the heart or lungs, or cognitive impairments.

5 Sep 2017

Child Health News

Congress’ tight timetable complicates renewal of children’s health plan

Meningitis B vaccine’s high price tag poses a health care conundrum

Severe cases of polio-like illness observed among children in many countries

Possible causes of juvenile stroke often not identified

Maternal folic acid intake round conception may reduce children's pesticide-related autism risk

Comprehensive analysis reveals cumulative burden of chronic disease in childhood cancer survivors

Penn researchers find abnormally shortened telomeres in young DMD patients’ muscle stem cells

Early signs of cardiovascular risk found in children exposed to 9/11 dust

Study identifies genes that regulate gestational length and likelihood of preterm delivery

New study reveals safety of oral food challenges for detecting food allergies

Structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter seen in children with ASD traits

Study finds long-term effectiveness of HPV vaccine in preventing cervical cancer

New portable allergen-detection system could help prevent trips to emergency room

Assessment tools, interconnected webs of relationships help address childhood adversity, trauma

Split-brain study using fruit fly provides better understanding of autism

Sodium channels play important role in keeping tiny lung capillaries from leaking, worsening pneumonia

To insure more poor children, it helps if parents are on Medicaid

Another way for anti-vaxxers to skip shots for schoolkids: A doctor’s note

High levels of suPAR protein shown to be likely cause of kidney damage in children

MIT study offers new approach to evaluate risk of preterm birth

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