Joints
21 Aug 2007
Virtual Rheumatology Centre
Dr Rob Wills (rheumatologist) recommends medical website myvmc for patients with medical questions and updates for medical professionals.
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
Paediatric Screening Questionnaire Helps Identify Developmental Delays
Developmental and behavioural problems are estimated to affect 12 to 16 percent of children in the United States. Since well-child visits are typically scheduled for 15 to 30 minutes – an insufficient time for assessment of all areas of development in addition to administration of vaccines and discussion of other…
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
Home Safety Products Commonly Misused in Inner City Housing
More than 90 percent of injury deaths in infants and toddlers occurred in the home, according to data from the US National Vital Statistics System (1985-1997). Many residential injuries can be prevented using home safety products such as smoke alarms, stair gates, and cabinet locks. According to a study conducted…
Children's health
21 Aug 2007
Language Barriers Put Patients at Risk for Wrong Prescriptions
Nearly 52 million Americans speak a non-English language at home, and 23 million Americans have limited English proficiency (LEP). Language barriers can result in adverse consequences in health care, but little is known about whether pharmacies provide sufficient care to patients with LEP. In the study, “Language Barriers to Prescriptions…
Bone
21 Aug 2007
Stress Fracture Risk in Active Adolescent Girls May Be Hereditary
For active teen girls and young women, heredity may be more important than the type of sports or exercise they engage in as a risk factor for stress fractures, according to the study, “Family History Predicts Stress Fracture in Active Female Adolescents.” Stress fractures are bone defects resulting from repeated…
