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Childhood cancer survivor study report: Late recurrence is a risk for some cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Late recurrence is a risk for some pediatric cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and tumors of the central nervous system, according to a new study published online December 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.


Death from childhood stroke

Death from childhood stroke

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke is an important cause of childhood morbidity and is in the top ten causes of childhood death. For the first time, new research has looked at trends in death from childhood stroke in ...


Parent mentors can improve the asthmatic care of minority children, researchers find

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that informed adults can help families stave off complications associated with asthma. The findings, available online and in the December issue of Pediatrics, suggest that i ...





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New gene findings will help guide treatment in infant leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Pediatric oncologists have identified specific genes, dubbed partner genes, that fuse with another gene to drive an often-fatal form of leukemia in infants. By more accurately defining specific partner genes, researchers ...


Chicken pox vaccine reduces shingles risk in kids -- study of 172,000 kids used EHRs

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against chicken pox, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the December issue of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal.


Nevada professor devises new childhood obesity screening tools

Nevada professor devises new childhood obesity screening tools

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A University of Nevada, Reno professor who thinks the present weight management charts and screening tools for children are too difficult to understand and use has devised new, simpler charts that pediatricians ...


Researchers identify gene that spurs deadly brain cancer

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have identified a new factor that is necessary for the development of many forms of medulloblastoma, the most common type of malignant childhood brain cancer.


Researchers discover how a brain hormone controls insect metamorphosis

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of University of Minnesota researchers have discovered how PTTH, a hormone produced by the brain, controls the metamorphosis of juvenile insects into adults.


Secondhand smoke exposure in childhood increases lung cancer risk later in life

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke have an increased risk of developing lung cancer in adulthood, even if they never smoked.


Why a short run is better than a long walk

Why a short run is better than a long walk

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the latest technology, researchers are uncovering evidence of exactly how major a role activity plays in the battle to keep obesity at bay. In new report published in the British Me ...


3 Questions: Suzanne Corkin on the world's most famous amnesic

3 Questions: Suzanne Corkin on the world's most famous amnesic

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

H.M., the well-known amnesic patient whose condition helped scientists understand memory and memory impairment, died a year ago at the age of 82. H.M. (whose full name, Henry Gustav Molaison, was disclosed ...


Gay, bisexual men who have social anxiety tend to engage in risky sex

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Ryerson University HIV researcher has found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities among gay and bisexual men, some of whom are HIV-positive.


Cardiovascular risk in youth with type 1 diabetes linked primarily to insulin resistance

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), youth with type 1 diabetes have now been found to have abnormal insulin resistance. Having abnor ...



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