Children's health
30 Apr 2007
Primary Urinary Tract Infection In Infants: Prophylaxis For Uncomplicated Pyelonephritis
Wan, et al evaluated 95 infants who presented with a urinary tract infection. They reviewed the clinical and laboratory findings as well as the diagnosis and treatment. This study is important since urinary tract infection is one of the most common causes of unexplained fevers in infants with an overall…
Children's health
26 Apr 2007
A Woman’s Age At First Menstruation Influences Risk Of Obesity For Her Children
A new study published in PLoS Medicine suggests that the age when a woman’s periods start may affect her children’s growth rate during childhood, final height and risk of obesity in later life. Researchers from the Medical Research Council and University of Cambridge, led by Dr Ken Ong, studied the…
Children's health
26 Apr 2007
Long-acting stimulant Concerta® added to PBS for children diagnosed with ADHD
Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is still a focus of much public interest and debate. This should not be surprising however, considering that between 3 and 5% of primary school aged children suffer from the condition.1 The DSM-IV criteria for ADHD include displaying six or more symptoms of inattention…
Children's health
26 Apr 2007
Good news for families of children with ADHD as Concerta® is added to PBS
Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is still a focus of much public interest and debate. This should not be surprising however, considering that between 3 and 5% of primary school aged children suffer from the disorder. While the cause of ADHD remains unknown, it is characterised by the presence…
Blood
26 Apr 2007
Childhood Sarcoma Increases Risk Of Blood Clots, Researchers Find
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have determined that children and young adults with a form of cancer called sarcoma are at increased risk of having a thromboembolic event (TE) in their veins. Thromboembolic events can be a blood clot in a…
Bone
26 Apr 2007
Zoledronic Acid Recieves Approval As A Highly Effective Treatment For Patients With Paget’s Disease Of The Bone
Zoledronic acid has received US regulatory approval as the first new treatment in nearly a decade for patients with a bone condition known as Paget’s disease, estimated to affect about one million people in the US alone. Zoledronic acid is the first approved treatment for Paget’s disease patients to be…
Bone
26 Apr 2007
New Method Predicts Hip Joint Decay From Chemotherapy
Investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital say they have found the best way for predicting when patients will need future surgery to repair hip joints that have deteriorated because of paediatric leukaemia or lymphoma treatment. The investigators found that if more than 30 percent of the head of the…
Children's health
09 Apr 2007
Vaccine Significantly Reduces Childhood Pneumonia Cases
Since the introduction of the PCV7 pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, which began in 2000 in the USA, there has been a significant fall in the number of hospital admissions for pneumonia, according to a new report by researchers from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA. The largest drop in hospitalizations…
Children's health
09 Apr 2007
To Contain Flu Epidemic Vaccinate Children, Not The Elderly
The best way to contain a flu epidemic is to vaccinate children, not the elderly, which is the current practice, a Yale School of Medicine researcher reports in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The lead author, Alison Galvani, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health,…
