Children's health
25 Jun 2007
GORD: Managing the Symptoms
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD or GERD) is a common and chronic gastrointestinal disorder. Nearly 80% of the population will experience symptoms of reflux at some…
Children's health
25 Jun 2007
40 Percent of 3-Month-Old Infants are Regularly Watching TV, DVDs or Videos
A large number of parents are ignoring warnings from the American Academy of Pediatrics and are allowing their very young children to watch television, DVDs or videos so that by 3 months of age 40 percent of infants are regular viewers. That number jumps to 90 percent of 2-year-olds, according…
Blood
22 Jun 2007
Vascular Imaging Key to Predicting Repeat Childhood Stroke
One of the first major studies of paediatric stroke has revealed that as many as one fifth of children who have had strokes are at risk of a recurrence, and that recurrence can be predicted accurately through the use of cerebrovascular imaging techniques commonly employed to diagnose adults but inconsistently…
Cancer
18 Jun 2007
Quit Smoking Long before Father’s Day: Cigarette Smoke Alters DNA in Sperm, Genetic Damage Could Pass to Offspring
The science has long been clear that smoking causes cancer, but new research shows that children could inherit genetic damage from a father who smokes. Canadian researchers have demonstrated in mice that smoking can cause changes in the DNA sequence of sperm cells, alterations that could potentially be inherited by…
Children's health
14 Jun 2007
Sibling Relationships and Adult Depression
Poor sibling relationships during childhood could predict major depression. Although children spend a large amount of their time with their brothers and sisters, most research on the connection between childhood relationships and later depression focuses on children’s relationships with their parents. Now, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have…
Children's health
14 Jun 2007
Study: Directly Observed HIV Therapy for Children is Promising
The first study in the developing world of directly observed antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children shows this form of treatment is an inexpensive, effective way to ensure that children take life-saving medications. Researchers at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, together with Maryknoll, the international Catholic charity, conducted…
Children's health
14 Jun 2007
Future Parents’ Lifestyle Choices Affect Babies’ Risk of Heart Defects
Prospective parents can take positive lifestyle steps to increase the chance that their babies will be born with a healthy heart, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement. The “Non-inherited Risk Factors and Congenital Cardiovascular Defects: Current Knowledge” statement is published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart…
Bone
02 Jun 2007
Prevent Basketball Injury: Don’t “Court” Disaster
Basketball will be on the minds of millions of Americans as they watch the NBA finals, but Loyola University Health System advises that before fans go out and play the game themselves, they need to take steps to reduce their injury risk. More than 1.4 million injuries related to basketball…
Bone
02 Jun 2007
Researchers Discover First Gene Associated With Idiopathic Scoliosis
Researchers at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC), one of the nation’s leading pediatric centers for research and the treatment of orthopaedic conditions, have identified the first gene — CHD7 — associated with idiopathic scoliosis (I.S.), the most common spinal deformity in children. With no known cause or cure,…
