Pediatrics

Porto Alegre, Brazil 21 Sept 2019: Encouraging activity and improving diet in children is crucial to cut deaths from cardiovascular disease - and is the focus of an innovative school project in São Paulo, Brazil. The first results are…

In mouse model, repurposed drug attacks medulloblastoma from two sides, reducing need for toxic combination therapies A drug used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia appears to be more effective at stopping a type of medulloblastoma in mouse…

National CPAP program improves survival of newborns with respiratory illnessCredit: Brandon Martin/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Sept. 20, 2019) -- Malawi's national adoption of affordable, rugged, neonatal CPAP technology as a…

Fluoride varnish has become a popular anti-cavity treatment for children, and it isn't hard to see why. It's relatively easy to apply, and not just for dentists or dental hygienists. Pediatricians can do it as well, with minimal…

CU Anschutz study says these shortcomings put women at risk AURORA, Colo. (Sept. 19, 2019) - Nearly half of all Catholic and other religious hospitals fail to comply with required abortion and family planning training for obstetrics and…

Technique designed by Cedars-Sinai-led team produces personalized models of complex cancersCredit: Illustration by Giorgio Luciano for Cedars-Sinai. LOS ANGELES (Embargoed Until Sept. 19, 2019 at 11 A.M. EDT) -- A team led by…

A 21st century nuisance for parents may have proved deadly to early manCredit: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University BROOKLYN, NY - It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of anthropology. What killed off the Neanderthals, and…

Tatum Fettig remembers when her family's lives changed forever. In 2016, her daughter Teagan began vomiting and struggling with balance. At Seattle Children's, Teagan, then 2, was diagnosed with a pediatric brain tumor, medulloblastoma.…

A study recently published in the renowned journal Blood, led by Kaan Boztug, Scientific Director of the St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (LBI-RUD), Adjunct…

What The Study Did: Data on 500,000 children born in Sweden were used to examine the association between mothers with anemia during pregnancy and the risk of children being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder,…