Pediatrics News and Research

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Low and high birth weights linked to severity of liver disease in children

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with a cohort of clinical collaborators from across the United States, have demonstrated the impact of low and high birth weights in developing Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), a chronic disease that often leads to a need for organ transplantation.

4 Apr 2017

Research suggests using combined OGTT and HbA1C tests to screen children at high risk of diabetes

Doctors should add an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to their hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) when they screen high-risk children for prediabetes and diabetes, new research from South Korea suggests.

4 Apr 2017

Treating PCOS in adolescent girls may help prevent future subfertility, research suggests

In adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), bringing the amount of abdominal visceral fat and liver fat down to normal restores ovulation, normalizes the symptoms of androgen excess, and may help prevent future subfertility, new research from Spain suggests.

4 Apr 2017

Electronic hookah kills 80% more lung cells than traditional counterpart

Hookah-tobacco users might want to rethink how they heat up their water pipes, based on research by chemists at the University of Cincinnati.

4 Apr 2017

Scientists develop novel technique to screen non-coding DNA of genome for diseases

Researchers have developed a method to swiftly screen the non-coding DNA of the human genome for links to diseases that are driven by changes in gene regulation.

4 Apr 2017

Babies cry more in Britain, Canada and Italy than rest of the world, research reveals

Babies cry more in Britain, Canada and Italy, than the rest of the world -- according to new research by the University of Warwick.

3 Apr 2017

Maternal Tdap vaccination during pregnancy reduces pertussis risk in infants

Among infants of women who received the Tdap pertussis booster vaccine during pregnancy, the risk of contracting pertussis was reduced by an estimated 91 percent during the first two months of life - the critical period before they can receive their first childhood acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccination.

3 Apr 2017

Breakthrough technique harvests stem cells from urine to study Down syndrome

One of the biggest challenges in studying Down syndrome is finding the right research model. Animals and established cell lines are limited in their ability to mimic human disease, and results don't always translate to patient populations.

28 Mar 2017

Mothers with history of mental health disorders feel less ready for discharge from NICU, research shows

Each year, more than 450,000 babies are born preterm in the U.S., many of whom spend days, weeks or even months in a neonatal intensive care unit.

28 Mar 2017

New study explores biomechanics of head injury in pediatric patients

The biomechanics of head injury in youths (5 to 18 years of age) have been poorly understood. A new study reported in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics set out to determine what biomechanical characteristics predispose youths with concussions to experience transient or persistent postconcussion symptoms.

28 Mar 2017

Patients with allergy experience rising out-of-pocket costs for life-saving epinephrine auto-injectors

Commercially insured patients who use the life-saving epinephrine auto-injector known as 'EpiPen' have experienced skyrocketing out-of-pocket costs since 2007, according to research published March 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

28 Mar 2017

CHLA receives NIH grant for biomedical research training to disadvantaged undergraduate students

Emil Bogenmann, PhD, EdD, at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, received a five-year renewal grant of $1.3 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to provide biomedical research training to disadvantaged college undergraduates.

27 Mar 2017

Multipronged study of schizophrenia-associated syndrome receives $3.1 million NIH grant

A research team at Emory University is embarking on a multipronged study of 3q29 deletion syndrome, a genetic mutation associated with a 40-fold increased risk for schizophrenia and a range of other neuropsychiatric conditions including mild to moderate intellectual disability, autism and anxiety.

24 Mar 2017

Study finds increased body fat in childhood brain cancer survivors

McMaster University researchers have discovered that while survivors of childhood brain tumours have a similar Body Mass Index (BMI) to healthy children with no cancer, they have more fat tissue overall, and especially around the abdomen.

24 Mar 2017

Researchers describe set of observable characteristics linked to congenital Zika syndrome

Even as the Zika virus becomes more prevalent — the Centers for Disease Control reports that the number of U.S. infants born with microcephaly and other birth defects is 20 times over the normal rate — researchers are still trying to fully pin down the identifying consequences of the viral infection.

24 Mar 2017

Pediatrics News and Research

Latest Pediatrics News and Research

Low and high birth weights linked to severity of liver disease in children

Research suggests using combined OGTT and HbA1C tests to screen children at high risk of diabetes

Treating PCOS in adolescent girls may help prevent future subfertility, research suggests

Electronic hookah kills 80% more lung cells than traditional counterpart

Scientists develop novel technique to screen non-coding DNA of genome for diseases

Babies cry more in Britain, Canada and Italy than rest of the world, research reveals

Maternal Tdap vaccination during pregnancy reduces pertussis risk in infants

Breakthrough technique harvests stem cells from urine to study Down syndrome

Mothers with history of mental health disorders feel less ready for discharge from NICU, research shows

New study explores biomechanics of head injury in pediatric patients

Patients with allergy experience rising out-of-pocket costs for life-saving epinephrine auto-injectors

CHLA receives NIH grant for biomedical research training to disadvantaged undergraduate students

Multipronged study of schizophrenia-associated syndrome receives $3.1 million NIH grant

Study finds increased body fat in childhood brain cancer survivors

Researchers describe set of observable characteristics linked to congenital Zika syndrome

Study evaluates screening and treatment for subclinical thyroid disease during pregnancy

‘Supportive touch’ experiences can help preterm infants in NICU respond better, research suggests

USC study close to finding gene involved in cleft lip and palate

Easier non-medical vaccine exemption policies linked to greater risk for measles outbreak

Research findings hold promise to generate blood cell precursors from hPSCs

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