Copyright 2009 Medical News Today Latest Pediatrics / Children's Health News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/pediatrics/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156342.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156342.php New research shows that 70 per cent of adults in the UK back proposals to protect children from tobacco by putting it out of sight in shops and 76 per cent support abolishing cigarette vending machines according to Cancer Research UK today (Wednesday) - on the second anniversary of the Smoking / Quit Smoking Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156290.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156290.php Help for families with sick and disabled children in Wales is now available at the click of a mouse, Deputy Minister for Social Services Gwenda Thomas will announce. Ms Thomas will officially launch a new online scheme from the Family Fund Trust called Family Fund Extra, which gives disabled children's families discounts at leading retailers. Pediatrics / Children's Health Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156396.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156396.php As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. Now, a new University of Missouri study has found that overweight children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten. Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156425.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156425.php When left untreated, children infected with Lyme disease can experience many severe complications as a result including arthritis, problems with the heart or central nervous system. Lyme disease in children is often overlooked in its earliest stages, leading to these complications later on, according to Emma Jane MacDermott, M.D., pediatric rheumatologist at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Arthritis / Rheumatology Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156354.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156354.php Researchers at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth and Exeter have received a grant of £9,600 from the Northcott Devon Medical Foundation to continue its research into the genetic causes of eye movement disorders. Last year, the team - along with colleagues from the Children's Hospital in Boston (USA) and King's College London - identified a gene that, when mutated, causes Duane syndrome. Eye Health / Blindness Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156401.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156401.php US researchers said that undiagnosed cases of celiac disease, where the immune system has a strong adverse reaction to the protein found in wheat and other grains, appear to have increased dramatically in the last 50 years. They also found, over a 45 year follow up, that people with undiagnosed celiac disease have a nearly four-fold increased risk of premature death from any cause. GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156334.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156334.php The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a clinic operated by Planned Parenthood-Southwest Ohio Region does not have to release 10 years of child abuse reports and medical records of minors who received abortions, the AP/Middletown Journal reports. Abortion Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156274.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156274.php Sports-related injuries such as bruises, scrapes and broken bones accounted for 22 percent of hospital emergency department visits for children ages 5 to 17 in 2006, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The federal agency's analysis also shows that in 2006: -- Boys had three times more visits to treat sports injuries than did girls (147 visits per 10,000 children vs. 50 visits per 10,000 children). Sports Medicine / Fitness Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156277.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156277.php New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine provides for the first time a solid scientific answer for the long-standing question of whether there is an association between preterm birth and brain malformations. Pediatrics / Children's Health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156282.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156282.php Researchers of the Department of Neuroscience and Health Sciences of the University of Almería and Hospital Torrecárdenas are carrying out an assessment of the physical neuropsychological characteristics of children born before 32 weeks' gestation or whose weight is lower than 1500 grams -very premature-. Pediatrics / Children's Health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156233.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156233.php A low dose of oral interferon alpha shows promise in preserving beta cell function for patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes, or juvenile diabetes, according to researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. The results of the Phase II trial are published in Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156223.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156223.php Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking. Smoking / Quit Smoking Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156225.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156225.php HIV-infected infants risk contracting a deadly form of tuberculosis from the bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, instead of receiving protection against the disease, according to research published today in the international public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. While the BCG vaccine is given to approximately 75% of newborn babies worldwide, a South African study has found that its harm may outweigh the benefits for HIV-infected infants. Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156263.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156263.php The first of two reviews in this week's edition of The Lancet discusses the standards of health and lifestyles of Indigenous people. It is the work of Professor Michael Gracey, of the Unity of First People of Australia, Perth, WA, Australia, and Professor Malcolm King, of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Aid / Disasters Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156207.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156207.php Governor M. Jodi Rell announced that the State of Connecticut is receiving $3.75 million federal grant to expand access to health care in Hartford for low-income women nearing childbirth to ensure their newborns get a healthy start. "Our children are our most precious resource and the health of a child is intrinsic to the health of the mother," stated Governor Rell. Pregnancy / Obstetrics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156146.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156146.php Michigan from 1992 to 2007 experienced improvements in rates of teenage pregnancies, smoking among pregnant women, and six other indicators of maternal and infant health, though there was an increase in out-of-wedlock births and low-birthweight infants, according to a Michigan League for Human Services report issued Tuesday, the Pregnancy / Obstetrics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156195.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156195.php Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) announced that it has completed the analysis and validation of the preliminary results of a Phase II, 514-patient study evaluating the efficacy and safety of SEP-225289 for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder, including patients with melancholic and atypical features. Depression Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156200.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156200.php Liver transplantation offers a good chance for survival for patients with drug induced acute liver failure, however, certain pre-transplant factors are associated with worse outcomes. Patients who are on life support, who have elevated serum creatinine, and children whose liver failure was caused by antiepileptic drugs did not fare as well after transplantation. These findings are in the July issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons. Liver Disease / Hepatitis Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156182.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156182.php A scary unknown for many children, the prospect of surgery can cause intense preoperative anxiety. While some amount of stress is normal, what many parents do not know is that extreme anxiety before surgery can contribute to the occurrence of emergence delirium, a distressing incidence of acute behavioral changes experienced when "waking up" from anesthesia. Pediatrics / Children's Health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156192.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156192.php WHAT: Food prices rose by 5.5 percent in the past year and are expected to increase up to an additional 4 percent in 2009. Americans are seeking to get the most out of their dollar, and since together, dairy foods provide a unique package of nine essential nutrients, they are a nutritional bang for the buck. Nutrition / Diet Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156137.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156137.php Medarex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MEDX) announced it will receive a milestone payment of an undisclosed amount from Novartis Pharma AG (Novartis), in connection with the marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to market Ilaris® (canakinumab, previously known as ACZ885) for the treatment of children as young as four years old and adults with cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, or CAPS, a serious life-long auto-inflammatory disease caused by rare genetic mutations. Pediatrics / Children's Health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156154.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156154.php Statement from Texas Medical Association President William H. Fleming III, MD, in response to today's press conference by Sen. Eliot Shapleigh (D-El Paso) and Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston). Senator Shapleigh and Representative Coleman called on Governor Rick Perry to add legislation that would expand the Children's Health Insurance Program in the special session. "Texas physicians applaud Sen. Eliot Shapleigh (D-El Paso) and Rep. Pediatrics / Children's Health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156168.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156168.php "Siblings are Special," a pilot prevention program targeting fifth graders and their younger siblings, recently received $1.45 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse as part of the National Institutes of Health's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. The award is for two years. The program aims to enhance the quality of sibling and family relationships and thereby decrease risky behavior and use of drugs among youth as they move into middle school. Pediatrics / Children's Health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156112.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156112.php The Guardia Pro Protective Embryo Transfer Catheteris uniquely engineered to protect and guide embryos through cervical mucus and blood and to eliminate the need for cervical flushing or aspiration prior to transfer. The Guardia Pro's outer sheath protects the embryo through entry and then opens in petals to further advance the inner transfer catheter allowing placement of the embryo in the uterine cavity. Fertility Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155984.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155984.php Doctors at a seminar at Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) in Karachi, Pakistan, on Monday said that at the current rate, it will be impossible for Pakistan to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to child mortality and maternal health by 2015, the International News reports. Pediatrics / Children's Health