Children's health
27 Jul 2006
Chronic Conditions More Likely in Young Children in Foster Care
Children in foster care are more likely to have chronic conditions if they are young and live in a small family, not because they are poor, less educated or African American, as has been hypothesised. A University of Rochester study in this month’s Journal of Health Care for the…
Children's health
27 Jul 2006
Digital Cameras and Internet Ease the Pain of Oral Disease
Dental researchers are combining the ease of digital photography with the internet to develop a new and inexpensive way to screen for a common childhood oral disease that predominantly plagues America’s inner city toddlers-early childhood dental caries (ECC), or as it is commonly called, ‘baby bottle tooth decay’. The cavities…
Cancer
25 Jul 2006
Pregnancy Advice: An Overview
Preconception care refers to a set of interventions that aim to optimise a woman's health before she conceives. The interventions address her current health by…
Anatomy
24 Jul 2006
Innate immune system
The innate immune system includes skin and other barriers which prevent disease entering the body, and inflammatory and other responses which fight disease.
Blood
15 Jul 2006
Skin rashes
A rash is defined as a change in the skin's appearance, which may involve alternations in texture (eg rough or smooth) and/or its colour. The…
Gastro
12 Jul 2006
Steatorrhoea
Steatorrhoea is a symptom of malabsorption syndrmes like coeliac disease. It causes pale, smelly and loose stools with a high fat content.
Gastro
10 Jul 2006
Flatulence (gas)
Medical information about cause of flatulence gas and cure of flatulence commonly called farting.
Children's health
07 Jul 2006
Key to Early Diagnosis of Autism May be in the Placenta
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered in the placenta what may be the earliest marker for autism, possibly helping physicians diagnose the condition at birth, rather than the standard age of two or older. The findings are reported in the June 26 online issue of Biological Psychiatry.
Children's health
07 Jul 2006
'SCRATCH' The Confusion Away: New Tool to Sort Out Insect Bites in Children
Children afflicted with insect-bite rashes are often misdiagnosed or referred for extensive and costly tests, but a new, easy-to-remember set of guidelines developed at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Centre should help. Called SCRATCH, the letters form a memorable acronym for symmetry, cluster, rover, age, target/time, confused, household). It is…
