Bone
11 Jul 2007
New Dynamic Brace Developed to Advance Clubfoot Treatment
A new brace that maintains correction for clubfoot, a birth defect in which the foot is turned in toward the body, has shown better compliance and fewer complications than the traditional brace used to treat the condition. Orthopaedic surgeon Matthew Dobbs describes the differences between a traditional brace for clubfoot…
Children's health
11 Jul 2007
New Clues for Treatment of Disease That Causes Accelerated Aging
There is renewed hope for treatment of a rare genetic condition that causes rapidly accelerated aging and leads to an average life expectancy of 13 years. Scientists studying the genes of two infants who died of mysterious illnesses found the infants had mutations in LMNA, the same gene altered in…
Children's health
09 Jul 2007
PCV Cuts Pneumonia Hospital Admissions in the US
Routine infant immunization with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has caused a 39 percent fall in all-cause pneumonia hospital admission rates for American children under 2, according to a Vanderbilt study. Carlos G. Grijalva, M.D., M.P.H., research assistant professor in Vanderbilt’s Department of Preventive Medicine, along with colleagues in the Vanderbilt…
Children's health
08 Jul 2007
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) refers to sudden death, with or without epileptic seizure, with no identifiable cause on post mortem.
Children's health
06 Jul 2007
World First Investigation into the Effects of Burns Trauma on the Heart
Dr Jenny Paratz, a research scientist within the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital’s Burns, Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, along with burns surgeons, intensive care doctors and cardiologists, is beginning a study into a previously underdeveloped area of burns research relating to myocardial dysfunction in patients who have suffered…
Children's health
03 Jul 2007
Premature Infants Do Not Seem to be Predisposed to Food Allergies
Premature infants do not have an increased risk of developing food allergies than normal-birth-weight infants, according to new research in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI). The study, “The risk of developing food allergy in premature or low-birth-weight children,” can be found online at www.jacionline.org. The JACI is…
Blood
03 Jul 2007
Study Suggests Other Causes for Childhood Brain Aneurysms
A new University of Cincinnati (UC) study questions the commonly held scientific belief that childhood brain aneurysms are caused by trauma, infection or underlying vascular malformations. In a retrospective review of 53 Ohio children with intracranial (brain) arterial aneurysms, Todd Abruzzo, MD, found that the most common type of aneurysm…
Bowel
02 Jul 2007
Glycaemic Load (GL)
The glycaemic load (GL) is an extension of the GI, taking into account the quantity of carbohydrates as well. The GL is obtained by multiplying…
Men's Health
29 Jun 2007
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