September 16, 2024 by Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA syndrome that paralyzed children in Colorado and across the nation seems to have disappeared almost as mysteriously as it arrived, leaving scientists to figure out what happened and survivors to adapt as they grow up. Doctors first identified cases of unexplained muscle...
August 8, 2024 by Radboud University Senior author Lilly Verhagen, pediatric infectious disease specialist and immunologist at Radboudumc. Credit: RadboudumcA saliva test can more accurately indicate the severity of recurrent respiratory infections in children than the standard blood test. If saliva contains too few broadly protective antibodies, a child is more likely to suffer from...
It’s one of the first things parents and teachers tell a child who gets upset: “Take a deep breath.” But research into the effect of deep breathing on the body’s stress response has overwhelmingly ignored young children—and studies done with adults typically take place in a university lab, making them even less applicable to children’s actual...
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CHIEF OF PEDIATRIC PULMONARY MEDICINE AT UPMC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH, AND THE NIELS K. JERNE CHAIR OF PEDIATRICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE view more CREDIT: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Aug. 25, 2020 – Contrary to earlier results, vitamin D supplements do not prevent severe asthma attacks in at-risk children,...
Tumor cells in younger and female patients accumulate cancer-causing mutations that are more poorly presented to the immune system, better enabling tumors to escape detection and clearance UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO DUE TO A PROCESS KNOWN AS IMMUNO-EDITING, YOUNGER AND FEMALE PATIENTS WITH CANCER HAVE CANCER-CAUSING GENETIC MUTATIONS THAT ARE LEAST VISIBLE TO...
by Massachusetts General Hospital In the most comprehensive study of COVID-19 pediatric patients to date, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Mass General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) researchers provide critical data showing that children play a larger role in the community spread of COVID-19 than previously thought. In a study of 192 children ages 0-22, 49...
Patients with undiagnosed flu symptoms who actually had COVID-19 last winter were among thousands of undetected early cases of the disease at the beginning of this year. In a new paper in the journal EClinicalMedicine, epidemiological researchers estimated COVID-19 to be far more widespread in Wuhan, China and Seattle, Washington weeks ahead of lockdown measures...
Study suggests the hemoglobin A1c test can identify youth at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes and associated cardiovascular problems JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH A simple blood test that does not require overnight fasting has been found to be an accurate screening tool for identifying youth at risk for type...
Study results indicate ibuprofen is also an effective and safe option for fracture pain UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA SUMIT GUPTA, MD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE EXAMINES A PEDIATRIC PATIENT DURING A CLINIC APPOINTMENT. view more CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE Doctors have traditionally avoided prescribing nonsteroidal...
Credit: Syracuse University Syracuse, N.Y. – Syracuse University chemistry professor Dr. Robert P. Doyle has developed a new drug lead to treat type 2 diabetes in millions of patients who are seeking to better control their blood sugar without the common side effects of nausea, vomiting, and in select cases, undesired weight loss. Doyle’s research...
