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Tag: Pediatrics
New model to help identify risk factors for reading difficulties in children
Featured intervention is a new book program for babies in Neonatal Intensive Care UnitCredit: Cincinnati Children's Researchers at Cincinnati Children's ...
FDA approvals strengthen Octapharma USA pediatric critical care product portfolio
Octaplas™ and fibryga® receive new product labeling following FDA's approval of BLA supplements to update therapy research; FDA expands fibryga® ...
New clinical study aims to prevent type 1 diabetes in children
Credit: ©Andreas Pfohl, NOZY Films GmbH SINT1A is led by Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, and part of the international GPPAD initiative ...
Pediatric heart transplant method developed by U of A doctors allows for more surgeries, better outcomes: Study
Blood type-incompatible heart transplant surgery for infants under the age of two pioneered in Canada, now used worldwideCredit: Lindsey Kemp ...
Therapeutic bed can help keep preterm newborns’ brain oxygen levels stable
Credit: Photo credit: Liisa Holsti A medical device that has been shown to manage pain among babies born preterm can ...
‘Break a leg’ not so lucky when it leads to limb deformities
Surgery could be eliminatedCredit: University of South Australia Orthopaedic researchers are one step closer to preventing life-long arm and leg ...
School-based telehealth connects underserved kids to quality and sustainable health care
Implementation of school-based telehealth in communities facing health care barriers across South Carolina provides children with accessible care.Credit: Medical University ...
Positive self-image and self-esteem protects against weight gain in adolescence
Credit: Eivind Meland A new study from the University of Bergen (UiB) shows that the way young people view their ...
Children exposed to tobacco smoke use more emergent health services
UC study: Childhood illness from tobacco smoke exposure drives up health care visits and costsCredit: University of Cincinnati Tobacco smoke-exposed ...
Physical activity helps curb low-grade inflammation in children
Low physical activity, unhealthy diet quality, and being overweight is the most unfavourable combinationCredit: Photo: University of Jyväskylä. According to ...
Children’s Hosp Colorado & STAQ Pharma develop solution to pediatric medication challenges
New partnership and product development optimizes patient care while addressing drug shortages and medical wasteCredit: Children's Hospital Colorado AURORA, Colo. ...
UC-led research looks at alternative to treat eye diseases
Federally funded study says drug delivery for certain common eye diseases could be improvedCredit: University of Cincinnati Getting poked in ...
Exercise during pregnancy may save kids from health problems as adults
Parental obesity predisposes children to develop diabetes, metabolic issuesCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Exercise during pregnancy may let mothers ...
National poll: Pandemic has negatively impacted teens’ mental health
Nearly half of parents have noticed a new or worsening mental health condition in their teen since the pandemic started; ...
Natural “brake” against malignant neuroblastoma
Credit: Photo: Sabine Taschner-Mandl, PhD, and Tamara Weiss, PhD Copyright: St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute Image: Immunofluorescence image of ...
CHOP researchers find ribosome assembly essential for stem cell regeneration
Findings enhance our understanding of the importance of ribosome assembly in stem cell regeneration and potential therapeutic strategies for ribosomopathies, ...
Children’s dietary guidelines need to change, experts say
Parents need better advice on how to encourage kids to eat veggiesCredit: Flinders University Dietary and infant feeding guidelines should ...
MUSC is first in nation to enroll kids in trial of novel MIS-C therapy
Using an investigational cell therapy, Medical University of South Carolina pediatricians successfully treated two patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in ...
NYITCOM researcher wins prestigious NSF CAREER grant
Research project aims to improve understanding of cranial birth defectsCredit: Akinobu Watanabe Old Westbury, NY--Akinobu "Aki" Watanabe, Ph.D., assistant professor ...