Protective properties of influenza vaccines
Collaborating scientists from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified an important mechanism for stimulating protective immune responses following seasonal influenza vaccinations. The study was...
Catheter placement important for hospitalized children
Location, location, location. A new Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study shows the real-estate mantra also holds true when it comes to choosing correct catheter placement in children.
The research findings, described online March 18 in...
Saliva testing predicts aggression in boys
A new study indicates that a simple saliva test could be an effective tool in predicting violent behavior.
The pilot study, led by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and published online in the journal Psychiatric...
Sexual abuse in adolescence linked to risk of becoming a teen mom
Abused or neglected teenage girls become teen mothers at nearly five times the national rate of teen motherhood.
A new Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center study, published in the eFirst pages of the journal Pediatrics,...
Operative births: Age, status and ethnicity may have a part
Independent maternal demographic factors such as social status, ethnicity and maternal age can predict the likelihood of operative births in the UK, according to a new study publishedin BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics...
More reseach needed into mums smoking and childhood brain tumours
Researchers from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research are calling for further investigation into a potential link between maternal smoking and childhood brain tumours.
It follows the results of a new study which showed...
Gen Y home leavers going without food to survive
Young Australians who fly the family nest are going without food and borrowing money from friends to survive, a University of Melbourne study has determined.
The research, Is Leaving Home a Hardship?, found women had...
Calls for a greener menu in Australian school canteens
Menus at Australian state schools could do better according to new research, compiled by Monash University and VicHealth for online advocacy group The Parents’ Jury.
A review of 263 school menus across Australia identified 30...
Skimmed/semi-skimmed milk does not curb excess toddler weight gain
Switching to skimmed milk in a bid to curb excess toddler weight gain doesn’t seem to work, indicates research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the...
Shaky ground when it comes to circumcision
The recent stance taken by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on the circumcision of infants is guilty of cultural bias and selective evidence, and is ultimately “untenable,” argue a human rights lawyer and...
