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High-quality early childhood development programs can help prevent onset of adult chronic disease

High-quality early childhood development programs with health care and nutritional components can help prevent or delay the onset of adult chronic disease, according to a new study by Nobel laureate economist James Heckman and researchers at the University of Chicago, University College London and the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina.

28 Mar 2014

Review examining effects of public smoking ban finds large drops in pre-term births and child hospital visits for asthma

The introduction of laws banning smoking in public places and workplaces in North America and Europe has had a positive impact on child health.

28 Mar 2014

Health literacy can affect new parent's ability to protect infants from injury

A new parent's health literacy, defined as their ability to obtain, interpret and understand basic health information, can affect their ability to follow recommendations to protect infants from injury, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

28 Mar 2014

Prevalence of autism among 8-year-olds continues to rise in New Jersey

According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the estimated prevalence of autism among 8-year-olds in New Jersey rose in the latest reporting year, 2010, to nearly 22 children per thousand, or approximately one child in 45.

28 Mar 2014

Public smoking bans decrease rates of premature births, hospital visits for asthma

In the first comprehensive study to look at how anti-smoking laws are affecting the health of children, researchers from University of Edinburgh collaborated with researchers from Maastricht University, Hasselt University, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the effect of smoke-free legislation on child health.

28 Mar 2014

Scientists move a step closer to preserving fertility in young boys with cancer

Scientists have moved a step closer to being able to preserve fertility in young boys who undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer. The new research, published in Fertility and Sterility, the journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, addresses the safety of an option scientists are developing for boys who aren't sexually mature and cannot bank sperm.

28 Mar 2014

Economic growth has little to no effect on nutritional status of world's poorest children

A large study of child growth patterns in 36 developing countries finds that, contrary to widely held beliefs, economic growth has little to no effect on the nutritional status of the world's poorest children.

27 Mar 2014

Autism begins during pregnancy, study reveals

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Allen Institute for Brain Science have published a study that gives clear and direct new evidence that autism begins during pregnancy.

27 Mar 2014

Vancouver-led research initiative awarded $1.5M grant to prevent deaths of moms and babies

A Vancouver-led research initiative to prevent deaths of moms and babies got a boost recently with a new $1.5-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will expand efforts to improve diagnosis and care for pregnant women with pre-eclampsia.

27 Mar 2014

Simple blood test can predict obesity levels in children

Scientists have found that a simple blood test, which can read DNA, could be used to predict obesity levels in children.

26 Mar 2014

Toxicologists reveal new methods for estimating infants' exposure to POPs

Toxicologists are revealing new methods and models for estimating infants' exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) today at the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 53rd Annual Meeting and ToxExpo in Phoenix, Ariz.

26 Mar 2014

Loyola study finds fewer children at risk of inadequate or deficient vitamin D levels

Under new guidelines from the Institute of Medicine, the estimated number of children who are at risk for having insufficient or deficient levels of vitamin D is drastically reduced from previous estimates, according to a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study.

26 Mar 2014

Scientists discover why cerebellar granule cell neurons in A-T patients fail to repair DNA damage

A team of scientists, led by Stuart Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., professor and director of the Neuroscience and Aging Research Center at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, recently discovered why cerebellar granule cell neurons in patients suffering from ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) were unable to repair DNA damage and thus died.

26 Mar 2014

Study finds effectiveness of brief behavioral and mental health programs in pediatric practices

Brief behavioral and mental health programs for children can be effectively provided within pediatric practices as an alternative to being referred to a community specialist, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences researchers found in a National Institutes of Health-funded randomized trial.

26 Mar 2014

Endogenous tissue growth: an interview with Laurent Grandidier, CEO, Xeltis

ETG or Endogenous Tissue Growth is a new therapeutic category in which surgeons use implants designed to allow the body to repair itself by spontaneously growing natural, healthy tissue from the inside without the use of stem cells or animal-derived products.

25 Mar 2014

Researchers receive grants to advance work in prevention of premature birth

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center received grants totaling $600,000 from the March of Dimes Foundation to advance their work in the prevention of premature birth, which affects about one out of nine babies born annually in the U.S. and is the leading cause of newborn death.

25 Mar 2014

Anxiety relief in children: an interview with Dr. Golda Ginsburg, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Anxiety is the most common psychiatric disorder among youth. Prevalence rates hover around 10%, although the actual percent varies depending on the specific anxiety disorder, sample, method of assessment, etc.

24 Mar 2014

Breastfeeding increases prevalence of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria in infants

Breastfeeding until at least nine months of age increases prevalence in the gastrointestinal tract of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria, species which are known to contribute to development of a healthy immune system, according to a paper describing the establishment of the intestinal microbiota during the first three years of life.

24 Mar 2014

Researchers estimate that around 1 million children suffer from TB annually

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston have estimated that around one million children suffer from tuberculosis (TB) annually- twice the number previously thought to have tuberculosis and three times the number that are diagnosed every year.

24 Mar 2014

Rare abnormality in chromosomes increases risk of rare childhood leukaemia

Researchers have found that people born with a rare abnormality of their chromosomes have a 2,700-fold increased risk of a rare childhood leukaemia. In this abnormality, two specific chromosomes are fused together but become prone to catastrophic shattering.

24 Mar 2014

Child Health News

High-quality early childhood development programs can help prevent onset of adult chronic disease

Review examining effects of public smoking ban finds large drops in pre-term births and child hospital visits for asthma

Health literacy can affect new parent's ability to protect infants from injury

Prevalence of autism among 8-year-olds continues to rise in New Jersey

Public smoking bans decrease rates of premature births, hospital visits for asthma

Scientists move a step closer to preserving fertility in young boys with cancer

Economic growth has little to no effect on nutritional status of world's poorest children

Autism begins during pregnancy, study reveals

Vancouver-led research initiative awarded $1.5M grant to prevent deaths of moms and babies

Simple blood test can predict obesity levels in children

Toxicologists reveal new methods for estimating infants' exposure to POPs

Loyola study finds fewer children at risk of inadequate or deficient vitamin D levels

Scientists discover why cerebellar granule cell neurons in A-T patients fail to repair DNA damage

Study finds effectiveness of brief behavioral and mental health programs in pediatric practices

Endogenous tissue growth: an interview with Laurent Grandidier, CEO, Xeltis

Researchers receive grants to advance work in prevention of premature birth

Anxiety relief in children: an interview with Dr. Golda Ginsburg, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Breastfeeding increases prevalence of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria in infants

Researchers estimate that around 1 million children suffer from TB annually

Rare abnormality in chromosomes increases risk of rare childhood leukaemia

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