Children's health
17 Aug 2007
Safety and Efficacy of Once-weekly Application of Etanercept in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Etanercept – a recombinant TNF receptor fusion protein – has been approved for the treatment of resistant polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Researchers at the University Children’s Hospital Tubingen, Germany, studied the safety and efficacy of once-weekly Etanercept in children with JIA. 0.4 mg/kg was given subcutaneously twice weekly. For…
Children's health
14 Aug 2007
Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis (gastro or stomach flu) from Rotavirus infection causes diarrhoea and dehydration in children. It can be prevented with vaccination.
Children's Health
14 Aug 2007
Obstructive sleep apnoea
Obstructive sleep apnoea is a serious, potentially life-threatening condition. Dr Linda Schachter talks about causes, risk factors, symptoms, potential dangers and treatment.
Cancer
14 Aug 2007
Cancer: Prevention Strategies
Don't know how to avoid cancer? Quit smoking, eat a healthy diet, exercise everyday and avoid excessive sun exposure to reduce cancer risk.
Children's Health
14 Aug 2007
Obesity Management
Obesity management refers to weight loss strategies for overweight people and includes calorie controlled diets, exercise programs, medications and surgery.
Children's health
14 Aug 2007
Hayfever
Hayfever or seasonal allergic rhinitis is an allergy, just like asthma. Hayfever symptoms can be relieved with allergy treatments.
Children's health
14 Aug 2007
Epilepsy (Video)
Epilepsy is caused by specific areas of the brain, however no single test can identify parts of the brain responsible for epileptic seizures.
Children's health
14 Aug 2007
New Daily Persistent Headache
New daily persistent headache (NDPH) is a type of chronic daily headache, like transformed migraine, chronic tension-type headache and hemicrania continua.
Children's health
14 Aug 2007
Memory Problems
Memory problems or memory loss is commonly caused by Alzheimer's disease or dementia, but sleep disturbance and thyroid conditions also affect memory.
