- Mysterious Child Fevers Of Unknown Origin: Could Surgery Be A Cure? By : Health News
A child spikes a high fever, sometimes as high as 104 or 105 degrees, and sometimes causing seizures. - Prevent Malaria By Netting Mosquitoes By : Health News
Michigan State University scientist Ned Walker is taking on one of the biggest killers in the world - malaria. And he believes he can help win the battle to save lives, especially the lives of children. - Adolescents With Chronic Insomnia Lose More Than Sleep By : Health News
Documenting a "twofold to fivefold" increase in personal problems among adolescents with persistent sleeplessness.......... - State-To-State Differences In Quality Of Care Revealed By New Child Health Data By : Health News
The Data Resource Center, keeper of this data, is a project of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative......... - CDC Vaccine Committee Recommends More Shots For Children By : Health News
The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended yesterday that flu shots be administered annually to children six months through 18 years of age. - New Data On Children's Height And Weight Published, UK By : Health News
Around 80 per cent of school children - an increase of 32 per cent compared to the previous year - in Reception and Year six have been weighed and measured as part of a scheme to fight obesity.......... - UNICEF And Dubai Cares Join Forces To Help Provide Education For One Million Children By : Health News
UNICEF and Dubai Cares announced today a new partnership to boost access for children to education. - The Significant Effects Of The Male Parent In Reproductive Success By : Health News
The consequence of maternal exposure to a variety of potentially toxic agents during pregnancy remains the prime focus of concern in scientific endeavors and in society at large. - Prescription For Teen Dating Do's And Don'ts: Parents Should Talk Openly, Set Limits By : Health News
The Beatles were wrong when the said "all you need is love," says Marilyn Maxwell, M.D., professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at Saint Louis University. - Cook Medical Introduces Umbilical Hernia Graft Designed To Fit Individual Patient Anatomies By : Health News
Cook Medical has released the Surgisis Biodesign™ Umbilical Hernia Graft, a unique solution for umbilical hernia repair that incorporates the company's breakthrough Surgisis Biodesign technology. - Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition Responds To Recent Influenza Outbreaks By : Health News
The recent influenza outbreaks across the country, resulting in at least one confirmed death of a child, is a stark reminder that the influenza virus is a serious disease and as widespread as ever. - Surgery Improves Quality Of Life For Children With Sleep Apnea By : Health News
For children who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy can provide dramatic relief and is successful in solving sleep problems for 80 to 90 percent of children, a Saint Louis University study found. - Help Your Teen Through A Breakup By : Health News
Breaking up is hard to do at any age. But the intense emotions that come with a breakup can be too much for some teenagers to handle. - Why So Many Children Are On The Road To Heart Disease By : Health News
We teach our children how to walk, talk and go to the bathroom, but do we teach them how to eat right? - March Of Dimes Funds Prematurity Research In Illinois By : Health News
The March of Dimes Foundation awarded 3.5 million dollars to10 scientists who are trying to stem the growing pace of preterm birth by studying the role genes and heredity play in premature births and how the rate of fetal lung development, infection, and other factors may trigger labor. - Cord Blood Registry Reports A Significant Increase In Number Of Children Needing Access By : Health News
Cord Blood Registry (CBR), the world's largest and most experienced cord blood stem cell bank.......... - Effect Of Father's Age On Offspring By : Health News
Men over 60 "have healthier babies than teen fathers" reads the headline in the Daily Mail. - Spring Is High Season For Power Lawn Mower Injuries By : Health News
With spring around the corner, it will soon be time to trim the lawn, but spring also marks the onset of what Johns Hopkins Children's Center specialists call lawnmower injury season. - Mock CPR "Codes" Expose Weaknesses In Hospital Emergency Response For Children By : Health News
Staging mock cardiac and respiratory arrests - "code" situations in hospital parlance......... - Helping Families Cope After An Injury By : Health News
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is pleased to announce a $50,000 grant received to help prevent traumatic stress in children after an injury. - Helping Families Cope After An Injury By : Health News
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is pleased to announce a $50,000 grant received to help prevent traumatic stress in children after an injury. - NIH, Gates Foundation To Support Riley Hospital And Moi University Program For Woman And Infant By : Health News
The Indiana University- Kenya Partnership has been selected by the National Institutes of Health to join the Global Network for Women's and Infant's Health Research. - New Study Suggests Link Between Environmental Toxins And Early Onset Puberty In Girls By : Health News
Although scientists have speculated over the negative effects of environmental toxins for years, new data suggest that certain environmental toxins may disrupt the normal growth and hormonal development of girls. - National Survey Shows Minority Children Experience Multiple Disparities In Health Care By : Health News
There is a lack of equity in health care for minority children in America, according to data gathered in a nationwide survey and analyzed by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher. - Children May Have Cholesterol Problems, Too By : Health News
High cholesterol levels are not just found in adults. Children may have high cholesterol, too, even without being overweight. - Urban Sprawl Puts Teen Drivers At Even Higher Risk By : Health News
Driving might be a badge of freedom for teen-agers, but it can also be deadly. - Philips Introduces New Fetal-Maternal Monitors With Optional External, Touch-Screen Display By : Health News
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced the release of its Avalon FM40 and FM50 fetal-maternal monitors. - Chemical Linked To Reproductive Harm Is Getting Into Babies From Shampoo By : Health News
The use of powder, lotions and shampoo on infants markedly increased the levels of phthalates found in the babies' urine, according to a new study by University of Washington researchers published in Pediatrics Journal. - KidCARE Medical Television Network Launches Digital Televison Network By : Health News
KidCARE Medical Television Network (“KidCARE TV”), an advertiser-supported television network for pediatric offices, announced today that it successfully completed its test launch of 100 pediatric offices across the country. The network, the latest brand of Care Media Holdings Corp....... - Somerset Pediatric Group Selects Intergy EHR by Sage Electronic Health Records Solution By : Health News
Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. has announced that Somerset Pediatric Group, an 18-physician, five-site organization, has selected Intergy by Sage for the practice’s Electronic Health Records solution...... - AAFA’s Annual Breath of Life Ball® to Celebrate the California Chapter By : Health News
On Tuesday evening, November 27, 2007, the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America, California Chapter (AAFA-CA) will hold its 2007 Breath of Life Ball® at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This evening will be an historic one, as it will mark the expansion of programs and services statewide in California by AAFA since it’s founding in 1976..... - Rotavirus Vaccine Very Effective At Stopping Gastroenteritis Episodes In Children By : Health News
Two doses of a rotavirus vaccine co-administered with childhood vaccines provides high protection against rotavirus gastroenteritis episodes of any severity in children, and also reduces the need for hospital treatment and medical attention related to the condition. - National Institutes Of Health Selects Children's Hospital Oakland For Grant Award By : Health News
Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland has been selected to share in a $9 million funding award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). - A Higher Risk Of Obesity For Children Neglected By Parents By : Health News
Strategies for decreasing a child's risk for obesity often focus on improving eating habits and maintaining a high level of physical activity. - Peregrine Charities Creates 2008 Triathlon By : Health News
Peregrine Charities today announced it will sponsor and host the first annual Peregrine Charities Triathlon on Sunday, September 28, 2008, at George Wyth State Park in Waterloo, Iowa. ....... - Breastfed Babies Breathe Better, Except When Mom Has Asthma By : Health News
When it comes to feeding babies, the old adage "breast is best" certainly holds true, with breastfed babies having less diarrhea and fewer ear infections and incidents of wheezing in early life. - Pediatric Prosthetics Inc. Internet Outreach Campaign Helps More Young Families Discover Hope By : Health News
Pediatric Prosthetics Inc. (OTCBB:PDPR) Management is pleased to report that its Internet Outreach campaign, designed and launched under the guidance of the people at www.netvisualresults.com, continues to help more and more young families across America find the answers for their children with a limb-loss. .... - Interim Results from a New Trial of CANCIDAS® (caspofungin acetate) in Pediatric Patients with By : Health News
CANCIDAS® (caspofungin acetate), given once daily, was evaluated as a treatment for patients three months to 17 years of age with documented or suspected fungal infections. The use of CANCIDAS in pediatric patients is investigational. Interim results from the first Phase II clinical trial to study this therapy in pediatric patients with invasive candidiasis...... - Pediatric Asthma Programs With CyDex Captisol Technology Acquired by AstraZeneca By : Health News
CyDex, Inc. today announced that rights to pediatric asthma development programs that include CyDex’s Captisol-Enabled® technology have been acquired from Verus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. by AstraZeneca...... - The Children’s Partnership Denounces Bush Veto of Child Health Legislation By : Health News
The Children’s Partnership (TCP), a national advocacy organization for children, denounced President Bush’s veto of the reauthorization of the bipartisan State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). .... - Cold Medicines For Under Age 6 Should Be Banned, Says FDA Panel By : Health News
OTC cough and cold drugs for children less than six years of age should be banned, said a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel. - Children of America Enters Into An Agreement With Titanium Development Group, Ltd. For The Develop By : Health News
World Wide Child Care Corp. (Pink Sheets:WWCC) announces that its subsidiary Children of America, Inc. (www.childrenofamerica.com), a leading U.S. provider of childcare and after-school programs, has entered into an agreement with Titanium Development Group, Ltd. for the development of 300 child care centers throughout the Midwest...... - National Long-Term Study Of Children's Health By : Health News
The University of Delaware has been named a regional research participant in the National Children's Study--the largest long-term study of children's health ever conducted in the United States. - Professor To Collaborate On Hispanic Infant Initiative By : Health News
A Valparaiso University nursing professor will collaborate with East Chicago-based HealthVisions Midwest in evaluating a new initiative to reduce the number of infants in Lake County's Hispanic community who die or are born suffering from disease. - Consistent, Frequent TV Viewing Causes Behavior Problems By : Health News
Consistent, heavy television viewing (more than two hours a day) throughout early childhood can cause behavior, sleep and attention problems. - Consistent, Frequent TV Viewing Causes Behavior Problems By : Health News
Consistent, heavy television viewing (more than two hours a day) throughout early childhood can cause behavior, sleep and attention problems. - Consistent, Frequent TV Viewing Causes Behavior Problems By : Health News
Consistent, heavy television viewing (more than two hours a day) throughout early childhood can cause behavior, sleep and attention problems. - Zinc Supplementation For Zinc-deficient Children Makes To Significant Difference To Mortality By : Health News
Giving children in Nepal who are zinc-deficient zinc supplementation makes to significant difference to their overall mortality. - Reducing Infant Mortality In New York City By : Health News
New York City's infant mortality rate -- widely regarded as a barometer of a population's general health -- fell slightly in 2006, the Health Department reported. - Research Predicts Global Child Mortality To 2015, Australia By : Health News
Research by an international health team, including a University of Queensland academic, shows the rate of decline of global child mortality has not improved from three decades ago. - Study Checks The Safety Of Combination Vaccines By : Health News
A University of Rochester study brings relief to new parents who, while navigating a jam-packed childhood vaccine schedule, can expect to soothe their newborn through as many as 15 "pokes" by his or her six-month checkup. - Study Checks The Safety Of Combination Vaccines By : Health News
A University of Rochester study brings relief to new parents who, while navigating a jam-packed childhood vaccine schedule, can expect to soothe their newborn through as many as 15 "pokes" by his or her six-month checkup. - Study Checks The Safety Of Combination Vaccines By : Health News
A University of Rochester study brings relief to new parents who, while navigating a jam-packed childhood vaccine schedule, can expect to soothe their newborn through as many as 15 "pokes" by his or her six-month checkup. - UNICEF, Special Olympics Champion Cause Of Children With Intellectual Disabilities By : Health News
A partnership to advance the rights of children with intellectual disabilities was announced by UNICEF and Special Olympics International, on the occasion of the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai, China. - TV Puts Children At Risk For Behavior Problems By : Health News
Daily television viewing for two or more hours in early childhood can lead to behavioral problems and poor social skills, according to a study of children 2.5 to 5.5 years of age conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. - TV Puts Children At Risk For Behavior Problems By : Health News
Daily television viewing for two or more hours in early childhood can lead to behavioral problems and poor social skills, according to a study of children 2.5 to 5.5 years of age conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. - Bug Buster Kits To Reduce Head Lice And Social Stigma By : Health News
Working with parents and schools to provide a bug busting approach to head lice is helping to reduce infestation levels, tackle health inequalities and reduce healthcare costs, according to a review in the October issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing. - Preschoolers' Biological Response To Stress Can Be Altered By Early Family Intervention By : Health News
Children with older delinquent siblings are at high risk for becoming juvenile delinquents themselves. - Youth With Shared Deviant Values Affected By High-Quality Adolescent Friendships By : Health News
The types of friendships adolescents have often reflect their childhood relationships and predict how they do in the future. - Risk Perceived Differently By Females By : Health News
A new study finds that young girls and women are more likely to believe that negative past events predict future events, compared to boys and men. - AMA Urges Immediate Action To Cover Kids By : Health News
"Thank you, and good morning. I'm Dr. Edward Langston, Board Chair of the American Medical Association and a family physician in Lafayette, Indiana. - Young People Leaving Foster System Have Problems Accessing Health Care By : Health News
A youth who has spent time homeless after leaving the foster care system has much poorer access to health care compared to youth who had had stable housing situations............ - Toddlers Improve Language Development Through Block-play By : Health News
A toddler who plays with blocks may experience improved language development if he/she comes from a middle or low income family.......... - Intimate Partner Violence Goes A Step Further When Abusive Boyfriends Try To Get Teen Girlfriends By : Health News
Seven years ago, Elizabeth Miller was a volunteer physician in a community-based clinic in Boston, Mass., which offered confidential services to teens. - Portfolio Logic Completes Acquisition of PSA HealthCare By : Health News
Pediatric Services of America, Inc., d/b/a PSA Healthcare (Nasdaq: PSAI), a Delaware corporation (“PSA” or the “Company”), announced today the successful completion of the acquisition of the Company by a subsidiary of Portfolio Logic LLC. PSA’s stockholders approved the transaction at a special stockholder meeting on August 27, 2007..... - Breastfeeding, A Gift From Mother To Child By : Health News
Extensive medical research shows that mothers' milk satisfies babies' nutritional needs far better than any manufactured infant formula. - UNICEF Warns Of Critical Levels Of Malnutrition Amongst Somali Children By : Health News
Following a recent nutrition survey, UNICEF and its partners estimate that 83,000 children in central and southern Somalia suffer from malnutrition - 13,500 of whom are severely malnourished and at risk of dying. - Ability Groups Harm Children's Education, Say Sussex Researchers By : Health News
Education researchers at the University of Sussex have found major flaws in the Prime Minister's education policy............ - Enriched Peanut-Butter Mixture Could Restore Health Of Thousands Of Malnourished Children By : Health News
An enriched peanut-butter mixture given at home is successfully promoting recovery in large numbers of starving children in Malawi............ - Maternal And Neonatal Tetanus Could Be Eliminated If Effective Action Were Taken By : Health News
A new drive to reduce maternal and child mortality globally could effectively set in motion the much needed systemic changes............ - Reception Education The Most Important For Cognitive Development By : Health News
A good reception year teacher makes the biggest and longest-lasting difference to primary school education............. - Wearable Sensor Technology To Be Trialed In Childhood Allergy And Air Pollution Study By : Health News
Caretakers of children who are especially susceptible to air pollution (which can lead to increased risks of respiratory disease) will be able to identify locations in their everyday lives that contain high levels of particulate matter............ - Kids Suffer Anxiety Up To 6 Months Before Starting School By : Health News
The first few days at school can be an anxious time as children face the challenge of a new environment and making new friends but according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council........... - Kids Suffer Anxiety Up To 6 Months Before Starting School By : Health News
The first few days at school can be an anxious time as children face the challenge of a new environment and making new friends but according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council............ - About Four Out Of 10 Maternity Units In England Fail To Adequately Promote Breast-Feeding By : Health News
About four out of every 10 maternity hospitals in England have not implemented a recommendation promoting breast-feeding released last year by the U.K. - Big Babies Are More Beautiful If You're Curvy! UK By : Health News
What makes a beautiful baby depends on our own weight, with adults who are more fleshy preferring babies who are bit on the chubby side. - Motor Vehicle Crash Related Injuries Take Heavy Toll On National Pediatric Population By : Health News
Motor vehicle crashes (MVC) are the leading cause of death due to unintentional injury from ages 1 to 64 years. - Non-Surgical, Low-Tech Treatment For Clubfoot The Focus At International Symposium By : Health News
We often think that high-tech, surgical methods are the best approach when it comes to medical care. - Children Can Learn From Television, UK By : Health News
Children learn from television if pictures are accompanied by language in the same way as in real life. - Children Waiting To Return To School Following Peru Quake - UNICEF Appeals By : Health News
More than 220,000 children in almost 1,000 schools in earthquake-affected regions of southern Peru are waiting for news about when they can return to school. - Texters Remember 2mo Better Than Today, UK By : Health News
Teenagers who text a lot find themselves recalling "textisms" better than real words. - Doctors Bid To Brake Speeding Motorists Make All School Routes 20mph Zones, Says BMA, UK By : Health News
All walk to school routes in Wales should be designated 20 mph zones, according to Welsh doctors leaders. - Back To School. Back To Bullying? By : Health News
As students return to school, too often a situation like this occurs: Maria, who just started kindergarten is excited to ride the school bus until some older students take her lunch and call her "baby" when she becomes upset. - UNICEF Calls For Prompt Return Of Children And Women In LRA Captivity By : Health News
UNICEF urged all parties engaged in ongoing efforts to peacefully resolve the armed conflict between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)............... - Nearly 2 Percent Of US/UK Children Suffer From Restless Legs Syndrome By : Health News
Restless legs syndrome is a common problem in children 8 years of age and older in the United States and the United Kingdom........... - Children With A Learning Disability Banned From UK School Games By : Health News
Over 300,000 children with a learning disability are not allowed to compete in the UK School Games, due to take place in Coventry from 23 - 26 August. - Bush Administration Guidelines Rules Against Poor Children's Health Insurance By : Health News
The Bush administration has imposed new rules which could undermine health insurance access for children who come from a number of low-income families. - When Your Child Visits The Hospital: 10 Tips For Parents By : Health News
Taking your child to the hospital can be a confusing and emotionally taxing experience. - Single Fathers Less Likely To Provide Health Coverage For Children, According To Study By : Health News
Children of single fathers are 23% more likely than those in other family structures to be uninsured for a full year.............. - Paediatricians Warn Against Backyard Trampolines, Canada By : Health News
Trampolines should not be used in homes or in playgrounds, according to a new position statement from the Canadian Paediatric Society and the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. - FDA Warning On Codeine Use By Nursing Mothers - May Increase Chance Of Serious Side Effects By : Health News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned that nursing infants may be at increased risk of morphine overdose if their mothers are taking codeine and are ultra-rapid metabolizers of codeine. - Central Ohio Poison Center Offers Lead Poisoning Information By : Health News
In light of the recent national recalls of products containing lead, the Central Ohio Poison Center at Columbus Children's Hospital offers advice to parents related to the need for testing of lead levels in children. - Central Ohio Poison Center Offers Lead Poisoning Information By : Health News
In light of the recent national recalls of products containing lead, the Central Ohio Poison Center at Columbus Children's Hospital offers advice to parents related to the need for testing of lead levels in children. - More Research Required In Pediatric Pain Relief And Palliative Care By : Health News
Advances in pain and palliative care for adults have been significant in the past decade due in part to increased recognition................... - Introspection Develops Much Earlier Than Previously Thought By : Health News
Preschoolers are more introspective than we give them credit for, according to new research by Simona Ghetti, assistant professor of psychology at UC Davis. - Link Between Children's Mental Health And Later Substance Abuse Studied At Rutgers-Camden By : Health News
Research underway at Rutgers University-Camden seeks to examine links between children's mental health problems and alcohol, nicotine, and illegal drug use over time. - When Dad Is Involved Children Of Depressed Moms Do Better, SLU Researcher Finds By : Health News
Children whose mothers are depressed are less likely to develop problem behaviors if their fathers are actively engaged in family life............... - More Pediatric Palliative Care Research Needed By : Health News
More research is needed into developing approaches in pediatric palliative care (PPC) across different communities, says a group of experts. - Basketball Star Ginobili Appointed UNICEF Ambassador By : Health News
Manu Ginobili, triple NBA champion, Olympic medalist and passionate defender of children, has been appointed UNICEF's newest Argentina Ambassador. - UNICEF Appoints South African Fashion Icon Gavin Rajah- Designer To Champion Protection Of Children By : Health News
UNICEF announced the appointment of top South African couturier and humanitarian activist Gavin Rajah as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
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