Cancer
01 Jan 2013
Surgery in Treating Children With Neuroblastoma
RATIONALE: Surgery alone may be effective in treating children with neuroblastoma. PURPOSE: Phase III trial to study the effectiveness of surgery alone in treating children who have neuroblastoma. Official Title Phase III Study of Primary Surgical Therapy in Children With Low-Risk Neuroblastoma Conditions – localized resectable neuroblastoma- stage 4S neuroblastoma…
Neurology
01 Jan 2013
Assessment of Chronic Guillain-Barre Syndrome Improvement with Use of 4-aminopyridine
In developed countries, Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is the most common cause of acute neuromuscular paralysis, afflicting about 5,000 persons annually in the United States. Over 20% of GBS patients have permanent residual motor deficits that affect their activities of daily living. The goal of this study is to assess the…
Neurology
01 Jan 2013
Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease by Vitamin E and Selenium (PREADVISE)
The Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease by Vitamin E and Selenium (PREADVISE) prevention trial is an important addition to the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT). As a prevention trial, PREADVISE is trying to find out if taking selenium and/or Vitamin E supplements can help to prevent memory loss…
Children's health
10 Dec 2012
New light on virus associated with developmental delays and deafness; offers hope for treatment
A new study published online in PLOS ONE reveals that primitive human stem cells are resistant to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), one of the leading prenatal causes of intellectual disability, deafness and deformities worldwide. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found that as stem cells and other primitive…
Children's health
22 Nov 2012
Teenagers' brains affected by preterm birth
New research at the University of Adelaide has demonstrated that teenagers born prematurely may suffer brain development problems that directly affect their memory and learning abilities. The research, conducted by Dr Julia Pitcher and Dr Michael Ridding from the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Institute, shows reduced ‘plasticity’ in the brains…
Children's health
15 Nov 2012
Helping children with autism
Research Fellow Dr Giacomo Vivanti and his team of researchers at the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC) at La Trobe University have successfully profiled children with autism in order to predict how well they will respond to a particular form of developmental therapy. Research Fellow Dr Giacomo Vivanti and…
Children's health
14 Nov 2012
Research shows binge drinking inhibits brain development
Teenagers who binge drink risk inhibiting part of their brain’s development and many are laying the groundwork for alcoholism down the track a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher has found. Professor Selena Bartlett, from QUT’s Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), studied the effect excessive binge drinking during…
Children's health
06 Nov 2012
World-first procedure on unique paediatric patient
Melbourne researchers have performed innovative world-first kidney surgery to cure a unique combination of medical conditions in a 10-year-old boy. Young patient Matthew Gaythorpe is thought to be the only person in the world born with Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease, Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis (ARPKD/CHF) and Narcolepsy. The rare combination…
Children's health
31 Oct 2012
Inhaled anaesthesia may affect children's brains more
Stony Brook University School of Medicine researchers have found that children’s brains are more affected by an inhaled aesthetic than an intravenous aesthetic with increased levels of brain lactate. Lactate increases brain activation and may lead to metabolic changes associated with anxiety and delirium. Reported in the November issue of…
