Children's Health
11 Oct 2006
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis is an acute infection with Toxoplasma gondii. It can have serious health risks for pregnant women or people with suppressed immune function.
Blood
07 Oct 2006
The Virtual Medical Centre Review Program- A New Model for Continuing Medical Information
The RACGP QA&CPD office (WA) recently endorsed a unique approach to the provision of continuing medical education proposed by the Virtual Medical Centre (VMC) for general practitioners. The VMC, an online provider of information for health professionals comprises 18 separate sites focussing on different diseases. Each site is headed…
Cancer
26 Sep 2006
Contraception (Birth Control)
Contraceptives, also commonly referred to as family planning or birth control methods, are a range of devices, procedures and medications which assist women to prevent…
Children's health
24 Sep 2006
Taking A "Wait-And-See" Approach To Childhood Ear Infections Is As Effective As Immediate Antibiotics
A new study reveals children whose parents take a “wait-and-see” approach to treating childhood ear infections get better at the same rate as children whose parents administer antibiotics. The research was led by the Director of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University, and will…
Cancer
24 Sep 2006
Improved treatment raises medulloblastoma survival rate
A team of investigators led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has announced that improvements in the treatment of the childhood brain cancer medulloblastoma have significantly increased the rate of survival of children with this disease. The treatment increased the overall five-year survival for 86 children with average-risk medulloblastoma…
Cancer
24 Sep 2006
Clues to hearing loss from chemotherapy
Children with cancer who suffer hearing loss due to the toxic effects of chemotherapy might one day be able to get their hearing back through pharmacological and gene therapy, thanks to work done with mouse models at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Mice with a variety of genetic mutations that…
Children's health
12 Sep 2006
Vaccine combination leads to fevers, more ER visits for babies
Infants receiving a new combination of vaccines were twice as likely to require medical attention for fevers after their shots as babies who received the prior shot regimen, University of Florida and Columbia University researchers have found. Babies who received a new shot that mixes five vaccines into one…
Children's health
12 Sep 2006
What is childhood depression?
Depression in children has dramatically increased in recent years with approximately 3 to 5 percent of preteens and up to 15 percent of teenagers suffering from depression. The good news is that awareness and intervention from parents or other adults can help children with depression live normal, happy, functioning lives.
Children's health
12 Sep 2006
Fact or fiction: Somatoform disorders explored
Sometimes a child complains continually of a pain or physical disability for which a physician cannot find a physical cause or the cause found does not account for the level of impairment experienced by the child. The pain or disability, however, is very real to the child. When pain…
