Archive for the ‘Pediatrics / Children's Health’ Category
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Children who have been abused psychologically, physically or sexually are more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain and nausea or vomiting than children who have not been abused, a study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers concludes...
Monday, March 8th, 2010
The nation's champion for babies has received the 2010 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award. Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, who has served as president of the March of Dimes since 1990, was honored March 2 by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NIFD) at a ceremony at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner, Va. "Dr...
Friday, February 26th, 2010
A mother's nurture may provide powerful protection against risks her baby faces in the womb, according to a new article published online today in the journal Biological Psychiatry...
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
New guidance published today (24 February) by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) aims to reinforce the safety of donor breast milk by making recommendations to maintain high standards of practice in specialist milk banks in the UK. New mothers can choose to donate their breast milk to a dedicated milk bank. It can then be used by hospitals that request it...
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
More research and attention are urgently needed to understand and reduce the incidence of preterm births and stillbirths worldwide, according to experts from the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS)...
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
A new report identifies the enormous global impact of preterm birth and stillbirth-and what can be done to decrease it. Globally, an estimated 13 million babies are born preterm each year. Newborn deaths now account for more than 42 percent of mortality in children under the age of five, a rise from 37 percent in the year 2000. Additionally, an estimated 3...
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
The landmark National Children's Study is intended to collect and analyze a wide assortment of specimens from up to 100,000 pregnant women in 105 counties and track the women and their children for 21 years, the New York Times reports. Researchers are expected to collect samples ranging from breast milk to carpet dust to assess connections between genetics, the environment and public health...
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Heavy backpacks place a measurable strain on the spines of children, with heavier loads causing greater spinal strain and increased back pain, reports a study in the January 1 issue of Spine...
Monday, January 25th, 2010
The average birthweight in the U.S. decreased slightly from 1990 through 2005 for unknown reasons, according to a study published in the February issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Los Angeles Times reports (Stein, Los Angeles Times, 1/22). The study of about 37 million births found that the average birthweight of a full-term infant dropped by 1...
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Feeling guilty that you didn't breastfeed your children enough or at all? Relax. New research shows that breast milk is not as important for either the mother or the child's health. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have found that the association between breastfeeding and healthy children is not as strong as has previously been believed...
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Striking inequalities exist between developing and developed countries in the survival chances of preterm babies. Approximately 13 million premature babies are born every year worldwide, according to the first global overview of preterm births published today in the international public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization...
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) expect to receive more than $4.5 million in grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act.), including nearly $1 million from the highly competitive Challenge Grant program for a study that seeks to reduce the number of children who die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, it has been announced...
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
McClatchy published a three-part series examining the "population boom" in Africa. Summaries appear below. One article looks at the relationship between Africa's rising population and poverty. "Although it's frequently portrayed as a continent decimated by epidemics, starvation and war, Africa is gripped by one of the greatest population explosions ever recorded...
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
McClatchy published a three-part series examining the "population boom" in Africa. Summaries appear below. One article looks at the relationship between Africa's rising population and poverty. "Although it's frequently portrayed as a continent decimated by epidemics, starvation and war, Africa is gripped by one of the greatest population explosions ever recorded...
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Men who have a history of delinquency in childhood are more likely to die or become disabled by the time they are 48, and not just from the obvious consequences of antisocial behaviour, new research indicates...
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Men who have a history of delinquency in childhood are more likely to die or become disabled by the time they are 48, and not just from the obvious consequences of antisocial behaviour, new research indicates...
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
A steep decline in black infant mortality in Dane County, Wis., could provide insight for researchers studying racial disparities in infant deaths across the U.S., the New York Times reports. The latest federal data taken in 2007 found an infant mortality rate of six deaths per 1,000 infants for whites and 13 per 1,000 for blacks...
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
The Department of Health is publishing new guidance to help the NHS improve the care provided for premature and sick babies during their first days. The NHS has made great progress in caring for babies with the lowest infant mortality rates and NHS neonatal services now care for over 60,000 babies a year. Babies who are born prematurely, or have a low birth weight, require very specialised care in their first hours and days.
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO), a therapy used in the treatment of premature newborns with respiratory failure that had shown promising results in short-term studies, does not significantly improve long-term outcomes, according to a national study led by critical care researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Most teens who give birth or father a child are from two-parent households and live above the federal poverty level, according to a new study conducted by not-for-profit research organization Child Trends for the
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
The number of Down's syndrome pregnancies has risen sharply over the last 20 years as women have opted to have children later, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal*. Over the same period, there have been major improvements in pre-natal screening for the condition and an increase in the number of women being screened.