In what is believed to be the first U.S. study designed to prevent anxiety disorders in the children of anxious parents, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center have found that a family-based program reduced symptoms and the risk of developing an anxiety disorder among these children.
Mike Gibson has devoted his professional life to better understanding genetic metabolic disorders that arise in children. With that knowledge, he focuses on developing treatments in mice--including liver-cell transplants--that could one day be used to treat liver-based illnesses in people.
Researchers have launched an online registry that ultimately aims to help children with a severe type of epilepsy that strikes in the first months of life. It is believed to be the first worldwide registry of children with infantile spasms.
By encouraging childhood play and social interactions, Child Life Specialists at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore identify the progress and improvement of critically ill pediatric patients.
According to a recent study of clinical characteristics of teens who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery from 2002 until 2007, doctors may have a much narrower window of opportunity to reverse morbid obesity in teens than previously thought.
University of Iowa Children's Hospital has teamed up with the University of Iowa Hawkeye football team to make game day an unforgettable experience for thirteen current and former patients of UI Children's Hospital who have been selected as "Kid Captains" for the 2009 UI football season.
A team of researchers led by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center unveiled results today from the largest-ever collaborative study addressing the treatment of a rare pediatric brain tumor. The findings suggest a new standard protocol could improve survival nearly two-fold for pediatric patients with choroid plexus tumors, as reported at the 41st Annual Meeting of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP).
Despite evidence that low-cost diarrhea treatments such as lower osmolarity oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc supplements could drastically reduce the number of deaths among children, little progress has been made in implementing these life-saving techniques.
Child abuse has had a known association with increased risk for virtually all types of psychological and psychiatric problems — but a new evidence review suggests that it raises the risk of physical illness just as much.
Hispanic children diagnosed with brain tumors get high-quality treatment at hospitals that specialize in neurosurgery far less often than other children with the same condition, potentially compromising their immediate prognosis and long-term survival, according to research from Johns Hopkins published in October’s Pediatrics.
More than four million babies are born in the United States every year. A growing number of these infants, more than 10 percent, are “caught” by midwives. This year, UC San Diego Medical Center celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Birth Center—California’s only in-hospital unit dedicated to natural childbirth.
A 16-year-old might be quite capable of making an informed decision about whether to end a pregnancy – a decision likely to be made after due consideration and consultation with an adult – but this same adolescent may not possess the maturity to be held to adult levels of responsibility if she commits a violent crime, according to new research into adolescent psychological development.
A new study from the University of New Hampshire finds that U.S. children are routinely exposed to even more violence and abuse than has been previously recognized, with nearly half experiencing a physical assault in the study year.
It can happen in an instant: a father grabs his daughter’s arm before she runs out into traffic, and the sudden pull produces sharp pain and loss of movement in her arm.
The National Wildlife Federation has teamed with the upcoming feature film Where the Wild Things Are, to launch Be Out There™, a national campaign to get families and kids to spend daily time outdoors for their health, happiness and well-being.
Daughters of women exposed to a common chemical found in some plastics while they were pregnant are more likely to have unusually aggressive and hyperactive behaviors as 2-year-olds, according to a new study by researchers at Simon Fraser University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Many U.S. children face a terrible burden of stressors that can harm the development of their brains and nervous systems, ultimately causing some to die prematurely, a CDC study finds.
Burns are a common cause of pediatric injury worldwide, typically resulting from hot water, flames, hot surfaces, chemicals and electrical appliances. A recent study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, found that from 1990-2006 more than 2 million children younger than 21 were treated in hospital emergency departments for burn-related injuries.
The number of hospital stays for women who had a normal or uncomplicated birth decreased by 43 percent between 1997 and 2007 – from 544,000 to 312,000 stays.
While most moms of young multiples are busy chasing their little ones around the house, marathon runner Becca Farrell, 34, has hit the road with her two-year-old triplets in tow to prepare for the race of a lifetime. This mom of three will lace up her running shoes later this month to participate in the Chicago Marathon.
Poll of Pennsylvania adults suggest many may not be putting a baby to sleep in the best possible position to lower the risk of SIDS.
Most comprehensive study to date on ACL surgery finds younger patients and women are more likely to need subsequent surgery.
People exposed to a H1NI strain of influenza A while in utero were significantly more likely to have cardiovascular disease later in life, reveals a new study to be published in Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease on Oct. 1.
New research by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers looks at the specific ways parents and peers influence teenagers to smoke, drink and use marijuana in combination.
In 2008, the recession affected poverty rates for children under six years old unevenly, with rates in the rural Midwest rising significantly while rates in Northeastern central cities fell slightly. This analysis of data released by the U.S. Census Bureau today is presented in a new report from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a very common virus that causes severe respiratory illness in a small percentage of infants. Which babies will develop severe RSV illness? Low levels of certain types of immune system cells may have an impact, according to a study in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.
“A good attitude and a spirit of cooperation are the keys to successful parent-teacher conferences,” says Donna Henderson, professor of counseling at Wake Forest University. Henderson offers 10 tips for parents of students from elementary to high school on how they can make the most of parent-teacher conferences.
Children in Southern California may soon be breathing a little easier, thanks to the UCLA Breathmobile, an asthma clinic on wheels that provides free diagnosis, treatment, medication and education at school sites for children with asthma.
Unfortunately, kids will probably be dismayed to learn that they will need an extra shot this year since recommendations call for children to receive both a seasonal flu vaccine and the H1N1 vaccine. Here are some tips to help kids survive the needle sticks.
For children and teens with cancer at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a team of child life specialists work to manage the stress and anxiety that patients may experience in the hospital setting.
While infant and toddler brains are rapidly developing, a window of opportunity exists to reduce the impact of autism, which now affects one of every 150 children born in the United States. Gerald Mahoney, director of the Center on Interventions for Children and Families at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences of Case Western Reserve University, received a three-year, $780,000 grant from the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development
Children who are spanked have lower IQs worldwide, including in the United States, according to new groundbreaking research by University of New Hampshire professor Murray Straus. The research results will be presented Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, at the 14th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, in San Diego, Calif.
A kidney condition that can arise in children and was until recently believed to disappear after puberty may persist into adulthood and cause significant long-term complications, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate that better treatment options are needed for children with the disorder, called minimal change nephrotic syndrome.
The latest C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds less than half of parents in the United States intend to have their children vaccinated against H1N1 flu, even though it is strongly encouraged by the CDC that children be vaccinated.
Adults are nervous enough about H1N1. Imagine how our children might fear "Slime Flu." Here's a different kind of anti-viral: common sense advice to calm our children and calm ourselves.
Second, fourth and sixth grade children with and without handwriting disabilities were able to write more and faster when using a pen than a keyboard to compose essays, according to new research.
A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology, developed in full collaboration with the Child Neurology Society, finds that children with microcephaly, that is, children whose head size is smaller than that of 97 percent of children are at risk of neurologic and cognitive problems and should be screened for these problems.
The Pennington Biomedical Research Center (PBRC) released today a second report card on children’s health, giving an overall grade of “D,” which is unimproved from last year, and announced a statewide public health conference to focus on improving children’s health, specifically regarding physical activity and obesity.
Cancer and its treatment causes discomfort on many levels, but controlling pain can speed recovery for children battling the disease, say pain management experts at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Studies have shown that pediatric tumors with positive prognosis usually express the cell receptor TrkA. However, the mechanism by which TrkA induces tumor regression was an enigma. Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered that when TrkA teams with the molecule CCM2, TrkA turns into a cell killer. The team found that CCM2 and TrkA are expressed together in tumors with good prognosis. This work, recently published in Neuron, is the first to identify CCM2 as a crucial accessory in this particular pathway and describe, in detail, just how these two molecules interact.
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health finds few parents would grade schools with an "A" for school bullying and violence prevention programs.
While the state of Illinois requires that women be screened for postpartum depression once at the time of delivery, Loyola University Health System implemented a more comprehensive program that requires women to be screened at 28 weeks, delivery, and two and six weeks postpartum.
After a child is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), many parents feel overwhelmed and experience high levels of stress. While this is a very challenging time, there are steps parents can take to accept the diagnosis and move forward.
New research hints that the common belief that kids who go to daycare have lower rates of asthma and allergy later in life might be nothing more than wishful thinking. While young children in daycare definitely do get more illnesses and experience more respiratory symptoms as a result, any perceived protection these exposures afford against asthma and allergy seem to disappear by the time the child hits the age of eight.
Rates of binge drinking were 37 percent lower among eighth-grade students in communities in seven states that used a prevention system designed to reduce drug use and delinquent behavior compared to teenagers in communities that did not use the system.
On September 10, the NFL kicks off its season, and this fall about 5.3 million children ages 2 to 17 will be watching football with their parents. But what are your children watching besides football? Advertisements. Christy Buchanan, an expert on parent-child relationships and a professor of psychology at Wake Forest University, can address the effect ads for alcohol and other products have on kids and how parents can handle commercial breaks that challenge family values.
The Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire has been awarded more than $1.8 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Justice to combat Internet and other crimes against children.
Parents are unknowingly putting their young children at risk for leg fractures, says new study.
In a new study in Psychological Science, researchers found that priming infants with subtle cues to affiliation increases their tendency to be helpful.
Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA has a new mobile tool to deliver music therapy and help pediatric patients cope with the fear, isolation and pain associated with being in the hospital.
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