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Gluten exposure at 4 to 6 months of age lowers risk of celiac disease

Children with gluten exposure from cereal grains at 4 to 6 months of age have a lower risk of celiac disease than children with exposure before or after this time period, according to a study in the May 18 issue of JAMA.

17 May 2005

Exposure to radioactive iodines in childhood is associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer

Exposure to radioactive iodines, mainly iodine 131 (I-131), in childhood is associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer. Importantly, both iodine deficiency and supplementation appear to modify this risk, according to a new study in the May 18 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

17 May 2005

Mathematical way to identify babies at risk for epilepsy

Confusion and speech problems are frequent signs of seizures, but babies offer few such clues as to what ails them.

17 May 2005

Sometimes knowledge can be a bad thing

A new study found adults did better remembering pictures of imaginary animals than they did remembering pictures of real cats.

17 May 2005

Lower doses of chemo just as effective in childhood cancers

In the latest research into treating a common childhood cancer, paediatric oncologist Allen Chauvenet, is optimistic that the long-term side effects that survivors experience as they grow into adulthood can be reduced.

17 May 2005

Routinely reformatting computed tomography (CT) scans to view organs from several different directions may help radiologists improve diagnosis

"You can see things in one view that you might miss in another," said Craig Barnes, M.D., section head of pediatric radiology at Wake Forest Baptist's Brenner Children's Hospital. "It costs no more as relates to scan time or radiation exposure, and we believe it provides added value in diagnosis."

17 May 2005

Peer group pressure influences ethnic/racial prejudice in children

Children's tendency to show ethnic/racial prejudice is greater when their friends exclude individuals on the basis of race and when their peer groups felt threatened by outsiders, finds a new study published in the May/June issue of the journal Child Development.

17 May 2005

Children understand the emotional benefits of following the rules

Want to get your child to wear a bike helmet, quit playing in the street, and stop teasing her little brother? Try showing her how much pleasure you get from following the rules.

17 May 2005

Multi-tasking skills develops late in adolescence

Parents of teenagers frustrated by their children's inability to focus on more than one thing at a time can take hope: a new study from researchers at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis finds behavioral evidence that the part of the brain responsible for the ability to multi-task continues to develop until late adolescence.

17 May 2005

Children of imprisoned mothers generally have insecure relationships with their mothers and caregivers

Children of imprisoned mothers generally have insecure relationships with their mothers and caregivers, according to a new study published in the May/June issue of the journal Child Development. However, the children were more likely to have secure relationships with their caregivers if they were living in a stable environment.

17 May 2005

Genetic factors appear to influence individual differences in language development among children

The study, which also found that environmental influences on children's language development were unique to the individual, not the shared environment, was published in the May/June issue of the journal Child Development.

17 May 2005

Children's goals change significantly if they face obstacles to resolving a conflict on a first or second try

Although they may only look like they're arguing over a video game, when children conflict with their peers they are often trying to achieve a wide variety of goals.

17 May 2005

Deletion on chromosome 11q may guide decision to use chemotherapy for neuroblastoma

When genes are deleted on a particular section of chromosome 11, the result is an aggressive form of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma. A new study suggests that detecting this genetic deletion during the initial evaluation of children with neuroblastoma may indicate to physicians that they should recommend a more aggressive regimen of chemotherapy to fight the cancer.

16 May 2005

Drugs that block the enzyme Odc prevent the onset of cancers

The drug DFMO prevents cancer in laboratory models of lymphoma but fails to kill existing cancerous cells that have lost the ability to self-destruct, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

16 May 2005

Association between maternal exposure to toxoplasmosis and increased risk for developing schizophrenia

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection that can develop from eating undercooked meat and unwashed fruits and vegetables, drinking contaminated water, or not washing one's hands after gardening or changing cat litter boxes. Researchers found a potential link between high maternal toxoplasmosis gondii antibody titers and development of schizophrenia spectrum disorders in the adult offspring.

16 May 2005

Survival rates higher for children receiving living donor liver transplant

Children who undergo liver transplantation have better survival rates with living donor liver transplant graft than with deceased donor organ transplant, although factors other than the type of graft also are important, according to a study in the May issue of Archives of Surgery.

16 May 2005

Emerging evidence supports early detection, monitoring, and in some cases treatment for children suffering from high blood pressure

One year after recommending that children should be checked for high blood pressure starting at age 3, medical experts reviewed additional supporting evidence for the pediatric blood pressure guidelines at the American Society of Hypertension's Twentieth Annual Meeting (ASH 2005).

16 May 2005

Hour of day and time of year has significant impact on blood pressure levels

The odds of measuring an elevated blood pressure can vary by as much as 40 percent depending on the time of day and time of year, according to researchers from the Center for Health Research and Rural Advocacy at Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania. They recommend that clinicians anticipate changes in blood pressure due to these temporal factors when diagnosing and considering treatment options for their patients.

16 May 2005

Botox injections decrease drooling in children with neurologic impairments

Ultrasound-guided Botox injections into the salivary glands decrease drooling in children with neurologic impairments such as cerebral palsy, say researchers from Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.

16 May 2005

Black children are more than twice as likely to die from a traumatic injury as are white children

“Trauma has a far greater impact on minority children than it does on white children,” said Jonathan Groner, the study's lead author and a clinical associate professor of surgery at Ohio State University . “As a group, black children tend to have more serious injuries.”

15 May 2005

Children News and Research

Gluten exposure at 4 to 6 months of age lowers risk of celiac disease

Exposure to radioactive iodines in childhood is associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer

Mathematical way to identify babies at risk for epilepsy

Sometimes knowledge can be a bad thing

Lower doses of chemo just as effective in childhood cancers

Routinely reformatting computed tomography (CT) scans to view organs from several different directions may help radiologists improve diagnosis

Peer group pressure influences ethnic/racial prejudice in children

Children understand the emotional benefits of following the rules

Multi-tasking skills develops late in adolescence

Children of imprisoned mothers generally have insecure relationships with their mothers and caregivers

Genetic factors appear to influence individual differences in language development among children

Children's goals change significantly if they face obstacles to resolving a conflict on a first or second try

Deletion on chromosome 11q may guide decision to use chemotherapy for neuroblastoma

Drugs that block the enzyme Odc prevent the onset of cancers

Association between maternal exposure to toxoplasmosis and increased risk for developing schizophrenia

Survival rates higher for children receiving living donor liver transplant

Emerging evidence supports early detection, monitoring, and in some cases treatment for children suffering from high blood pressure

Hour of day and time of year has significant impact on blood pressure levels

Botox injections decrease drooling in children with neurologic impairments

Black children are more than twice as likely to die from a traumatic injury as are white children

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