Possible new drug treatment strategy for high-risk childhood cancer
Research led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists has identified a possible lead in treatment of two childhood leukemia subtypes known for their dramatic loss of chromosomes and poor treatment outcomes.
The findings also...
Talking about anxiety and depression with kids
Australian mental health professionals are encouraging parents with depression or anxiety to talk with their children about their illness with a free DVD to help get them started.
“Depression and anxiety affects the whole family....
Childhood trauma leaves its mark on brain
It is well known that violent individuals are often themselves the victims of psychological trauma experienced in childhood. Some of these individuals also exhibit alterations in their orbitofrontal cortex. But is there a connection...
Childhood asthma research continues in WA
New research aimed at reducing the airway damage caused by asthma attacks in children has just begun at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Western Australia.
The research, which focuses on the ability...
Some children lose autism diagnosis
Some children who are accurately diagnosed in early childhood with autism lose the symptoms and the diagnosis as they grow older, a study supported by the National Institutes of Health has confirmed. The research...
Fast food diet linked to asthma and eczema severity in kids
Eating three or more weekly servings of fast food is linked to the severity of allergic asthma, eczema, and rhinitis among children—in the developed world—indicates a large international study published in the respiratory journal...
Supplements, cow’s milk and determining vitamin D levels in children
Taking a vitamin D supplement and drinking cow’s milk are the two most important factors that determine how much vitamin D is in a child’s body, new research has found.
Those factors play a bigger...
The ABC’s of having a healthy school year
The first day of school always requires preparations — notebooks, pens and a new set of clothes. But don't forget to prepare for your child's health, says Dr. Joan Bregstein, a physician in the...
The ABC's of having a healthy school year
The first day of school always requires preparations — notebooks, pens and a new set of clothes. But don't forget to prepare for your child's health, says Dr. Joan Bregstein, a physician in the...
E-Games boost physical activity in children
Video games have been blamed for contributing to the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. But a new study by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health...
