Gastro
21 Aug 2007
Virtual Gastro Centre
Dr Donald Ormonde (Gastroenterologist) recommends medical website Virtual Medical Centre to medical professionals wanting information on drugs and treatment guidelines.
Children's health
21 Aug 2007
Lead Exposure, the Facts : Q and A with Children’s Hospital Boston Toxicologists
Recent toy recalls may leave you wondering about your child’s exposure to lead. Read on to get the facts from Children’s Hospital Boston’s Michael Shannon, MD, MPH, an emergency physician, toxicologist and co-director of the Pediatric Environmental Health Center at Children’s Hospital Boston and Alan Woolf, MD, MPH, a paediatrician,…
Children's health
21 Aug 2007
International Experts Cite Shortcomings in Paediatric Pain and Palliative Care
Advances in pain and palliative care for adults have been significant in the past decade due in part to increased recognition, support and use by caregivers and patients. While acknowledging that lessons from adults can be borrowed to help paediatric patients, an international team of paediatric palliative care specialists is…
Children's health
21 Aug 2007
Novel Drugs Relieve Attacks of Swelling in Hereditary Angioedema
An investigational drug called ecallantide (also known as DX-88 significantly relieves attacks of a rare, life-threatening disease called hereditary angioedema, report researchers from Children’s Hospital Boston and 25 other study sites. The placebo-controlled trial was published in the August issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. A second…
Children's health
21 Aug 2007
Can Iron Deficiency Cause Attention and Recognition Deficits?
Iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA) affects approximately 1 to 2 billion people worldwide, primarily women and children. Although the prevalence of IDA has noticeably declined in U.S. infants, low-income, minority, and immigrant infants and toddlers remain at increased risk. In the study, “An Event-Related Potential Study of Attention and Recognition Memory in…
Children's health
21 Aug 2007
When is the Right Time to Leave the Hospital After Giving Birth?
There is no “one size fits all” answer to readiness for discharge after delivering a baby. The “Life Around Newborn Discharge” (LAND) study is the first ever to examine the decision-making of over 4,000 mothers and their paediatricians and obstetricians about postpartum discharge and to identify which factors most related…
Neurology
14 Aug 2007
Testimonial: Assoc Prof David Howells
Associate Professor David Howells, neurologist and stroke researcher, compliments myVMC as a reliable source of good health and medical information.
Lungs
14 Aug 2007
Testimonial: Assoc Prof Frank Thien
Dr Frank Thien, respiratory and allergy specialist, recommends myVMC (Virtual Medical Centre) for reliable medical information and as a healthcare website.
Children's health
14 Aug 2007
Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis (gastro or stomach flu) from Rotavirus infection causes diarrhoea and dehydration in children. It can be prevented with vaccination.
