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Exposure to air pollution on route to school can decrease working memory growth, study reveals

A study conducted by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has revealed that air pollution exposure on home-to-school routes can have harmful effects on cognitive development in children. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of air pollution exposure during the home-to-school walking commute.

9 Oct 2017

Global study quantifies link between watershed quality and health outcomes of children

A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree cover are less likely to experience diarrheal disease, the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five.

9 Oct 2017

Whitehead Institute scientists identify brain/body connection in genomic region linked to autism

For the first time, Whitehead Institute scientists have documented a direct link between deletions in two genes--fam57ba and doc2a--in zebrafish and certain brain and body traits, such as seizures, hyperactivity, enlarged head size, and obesity.

9 Oct 2017

Study highlights huge disparity in child welfare across the UK

A new research study by Queen's University Belfast launched today in partnership with six other UK-based universities has found significant inequalities in child welfare across the UK, with children in the most deprived areas more likely than those in the least deprived to become involved in the child protection system.

9 Oct 2017

New report highlights need to screen children with reading difficulties for hearing problems

Children with reading difficulties should be more thoroughly screened for hearing problems, a new report by Coventry University academics has said.

6 Oct 2017

Hand washing behavior leads to reduction in bacterial growth, experiment shows

How do you get kids to understand the importance of washing their hands? Make it an experiment, suggests one study in which second graders observed that washing or using sanitizer gel reduced the bacteria on their hands by more than 90 percent.

6 Oct 2017

Markey's cancer researcher wins NIH's New Innovator Award

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Researcher Jessica Blackburn has earned a prestigious National Institutes of Health's New Innovator Award, a grant totaling $1.5 million over five years to fund pediatric cancer research.

6 Oct 2017

PPDC announces latest seed grants to firms developing medical devices for children

The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium has announced its latest round of seed grants to companies developing medical devices for children. The Consortium chose two companies from eight finalists in a competition to receive seed grants of $50,000 each.

6 Oct 2017

Study highlights advantages and challenges of integrating GP service in hospital ED

A new study from the University of Liverpool provides evidence that locating a General Practitioner in a hospital emergency department can reduce waiting times and admissions, but may increases antibiotic prescribing.

6 Oct 2017

Young people help train hospital staff to better support others with mental health conditions

Young people with mental health conditions are helping to train hospital staff to better support others in crisis when they are receiving urgent medical treatment.

6 Oct 2017

Study to determine lowest dose of chemotherapy needed for babies with SCID

Michael Pulsipher, MD, of the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, along with co-principal investigator, Sung-Yun Pai, MD, of Boston Children's Hospital, has been awarded nearly $9 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH to study a new treatment approach for babies born with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) which prevents the immune system from functioning normally.

6 Oct 2017

Wayne State receives $2 million NIH grant for new study on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, which result from maternal alcohol use during pregnancy, is the most common preventable cause of neurodevelopmental disabilities and affects an estimated 2 percent to 5 percent of school-aged children in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

5 Oct 2017

Multivitamin use during pregnancy could protect children from autism with intellectual disabilities

Children whose mothers took multivitamins during pregnancy are roughly 30 percent less likely to develop autism with a co-occurring intellectual disability, according to a new Drexel University-led study.

5 Oct 2017

Researchers find genetic variation linked to effects of prenatal alcohol exposure

Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, have found a genetic variation, which associates with the damage caused by maternal alcohol consumption. This genetic variation clarifies the role of genetic factors in the alcohol-induced developmental disorders and could be useful in future diagnostics.

5 Oct 2017

Air pollution exposure on the way to school can have harmful effects on children's cognitive development

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, an institute supported by the "la Caixa" Banking Foundation, has demonstrated that exposure to air pollution on the way to school can have damaging effects on children's cognitive development.

5 Oct 2017

Astrocytes play important part in regulation of breathing, study shows

Star-shaped cells called astrocytes are much more than simple support cells in the brain. In a new study on mice, researchers at Karolinska Institutet demonstrate that they also play a key part in the respiratory center of the brainstem and release inflammatory molecules that regulate breathing.

5 Oct 2017

Researchers improve genetic decoding of neurodevelopmental disorders

A result that will help in the future diagnosis of children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as intellectual disability, autism or schizophrenia.

5 Oct 2017

Moms of children with rare genetic illness push for wider newborn screening

Kerri De Nies received the news this spring from her son's pediatrician: Her chubby-cheeked toddler had a rare brain disorder.

5 Oct 2017

Researchers discover promising alternative to open fetal surgery for spina bifida repair

Researchers from Children's Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus recently discovered a promising alternative to open fetal surgery for spina bifida repair.

5 Oct 2017

Gene therapy effectively stabilizes progression of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy, trial reveals

In a recent clinical trial, a gene therapy to treat cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD) -- a neurodegenerative disease that typically claims young boys' lives within 10 years of diagnosis -- effectively stabilized the disease's progression in 88 percent of patients, researchers from the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and Massachusetts General Hospital report today.

4 Oct 2017

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Exposure to air pollution on route to school can decrease working memory growth, study reveals

Global study quantifies link between watershed quality and health outcomes of children

Whitehead Institute scientists identify brain/body connection in genomic region linked to autism

Study highlights huge disparity in child welfare across the UK

New report highlights need to screen children with reading difficulties for hearing problems

Hand washing behavior leads to reduction in bacterial growth, experiment shows

Markey's cancer researcher wins NIH's New Innovator Award

PPDC announces latest seed grants to firms developing medical devices for children

Study highlights advantages and challenges of integrating GP service in hospital ED

Young people help train hospital staff to better support others with mental health conditions

Study to determine lowest dose of chemotherapy needed for babies with SCID

Wayne State receives $2 million NIH grant for new study on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Multivitamin use during pregnancy could protect children from autism with intellectual disabilities

Researchers find genetic variation linked to effects of prenatal alcohol exposure

Air pollution exposure on the way to school can have harmful effects on children's cognitive development

Astrocytes play important part in regulation of breathing, study shows

Researchers improve genetic decoding of neurodevelopmental disorders

Moms of children with rare genetic illness push for wider newborn screening

Researchers discover promising alternative to open fetal surgery for spina bifida repair

Gene therapy effectively stabilizes progression of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy, trial reveals

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