Children's health
19 Jun 2007
UT Southwestern Establishes First U.S. Morphea Registry and DNA Repository for Both Adults and Children
Dermatologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center are establishing a DNA repository aimed at people with morphea, a poorly understood, incurable and sometimes disfiguring disease that causes patches of skin to thicken and harden. Once established, the facility will be the only morphea DNA repository for both adults and children in…
Bone
19 Jun 2007
Dietary Calcium is Better than Supplements at Protecting Bone Health
Women who get most of their daily calcium from food have healthier bones than women whose calcium comes mainly from supplemental tablets, say researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Surprisingly, this is true even though the supplement takers have higher average calcium intake. Adequate calcium is…
Children's health
18 Jun 2007
Treatment of severe psychosis with risperidone
A new oral formulation of the antipsychotic medication risperidone has been found to be effective in treating acute severe psychosis in schizophrenic patients. Severe acute psychosis is a medical emergency, requiring rapid and effective management. Traditional treatment of acute severe psychosis has included intramuscular injection of a high-strength typical antipsychotic,…
Children's health
18 Jun 2007
Initial treatment of severe acute psychosis with fast orally disintegrating risperidone tablets
An observational study on the use of fast orally disintegrating Risperidone tablets for the treatment of severe acute psychosis has demonstrated rapid and clinically significant resolution of symptoms in affected patients. Acute severe psychosis is a medical emergency, requiring rapid and effective management. Traditional treatment of acute severe psychosis has…
Children's health
18 Jun 2007
Link Between Infection and Hypoxic Apnoea
Apnoea and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) represent major medical concerns in the neonatal population, and infection may play a crucial role in their pathogenesis. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have now exposed a mechanism for how mild infection can cause apnoea and death due to hypoxia in neonates. Their results,…
Children's health
18 Jun 2007
Allergy and Eczema: a New Explanation
The rising incidence of allergy and allergic diseases in the developed world might be attributable to excessive washing with harsh soaps and abrasive skin care products which strip away a protective layer of skin. Researchers at the UCL Institute of Child Health/Great Ormond Street Hospital propose a new mechanism to…
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
15 Jun 2007
Liver Transplants
Liver transplant is a surgical procedure in which a diseased liver is replaced with a donor organ. It treats cirhossis and acute or chronic liver…
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…
