Childhood cancer survivors: Good health for some, long-term complications for others
...ational collaborative effort to study survivors of childhood cancer will present results from six separate stud...CCSS) have found that the majority of survivors of childhood cancer report overall general good health, but the therapies that were used to cure some survivors m...International study of children and adolescents reveals major trend toward overweight and obesity
...ne-fifth in China. In contrast, the incidence of childhood overweight declined by 7% in Russia during the 199... major cause of childrens inactivity and linked to childhood obesity in several studies. In the United States alone, a significantly greater proportion of adole...RSV prevention protects preemies' lungs for many years
...cially susceptible to infection with RSV, a common childhood illness. In healthy children, RSV usually develops into a relatively harmless upper respiratory infection. But in vulnerable children, such as these premature infants, the RSV infection is more likely to become a serious infection of the lungs. Thirt...American Thoracic Society news tips for June (first issue)
...nifestsitself in impaired lung function, begins in childhood and continues into adult life, according toCanadian and New Zealand researchers. For over a decade, the investigators studied a birthcohort of 1,037 New Zealand children born from 1972 to 1973. The youngsters received lungfunction tests at ages 9,1...Breastfeeding associated with lower risk of childhood obesity
...breastfed infants could have a 30% reduced risk of childhood obesity compared with children who were given form...stfeeding is associated with a modest reduction in childhood obesity risk. They also suggest that the reduction in risk is present in early childhood, which is u...Columbia Health Sciences professor named 2002 Soros Advocacy Fellow
...h, dental caries is the single most common chronic childhood disease-five times more common than asthma--and disproportionately affects low-income populations," said Dr. Krol. "It is therefore critical that we improve the interface between providers of medical and dental services for underserved populations. I...Aventis Pasteur ready to meet nation's needs for tetanus and diphtheria vaccine
...t diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis as part of the childhood immunization series. Aventis Pasteur became the primary national supplier of the tetanus and diphtheria vaccine last year when another manufacturer abruptly withdrew from the market. Since then, Aventis Pasteur increased production capacity so tha...Importance of early environmental exposure pinpointed in study of breast cancer development
... may be more sensitive to environmental insults in childhood and that exposures early in life could increase the risk of breast cancer in adulthood," said Freudenheim. "After a first birth, a woman's breast cells may become more resistant to environmental insults. This project is a really good chance to learn...Pets do make a difference for patients in long-term care facilities
...s in the study was the spontaneous recollection of childhood pets by the residents. Participants would talk to their therapy animals about past events with their former pets. For example, one resident spoke to the dog and asked if the dog had gone hunting. She remembered fondly how her pet dog would catch squi...World-first study shows solo mothers choose donor insemination because they lack a partner
...important that these families are followed up into childhood and beyond. It is not clear, for example, how the children of solo DI mothers will react to the knowledge of their conception and whether or not the absence of a father will affect their psychological development as they grow up."...Heart disease is a pediatric problem: New guidelines point to lifestyle 'training' in childhood
...ung. Initiating healthful lifestyle "training" in childhood can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease in b...s, 33 percent less heart disease, 41 percent fewer childhood deaths between one month and five years of age, 50 percent less bladder cancer and 90 percent less l...Women cured of childhood leukaemia should be advised to have children while they are young
...e and infertility. The new finding is that female childhood cancer survivors with an apparently normal menstru...ith a control group of 20 women with no history of childhood cancer. Eight of the women in the ALL group had become pregnant naturally, resulting in 12 babies, ...Poor adherence to control measures for older children with phenylketonuria
...nfants, maintenance of good dietary control beyond childhood will become increasingly important, and more acceptable modes of treatment than available will need to be developed. Even in young patients, maintenance of good biochemical control can be difficult. Our results should serve as a benchmark for the qua...Virus in babies may cause asthma later on
...d physiology. "We think that a virus in infancy or childhood creates a hit-and-run effect, where a brief infection causes permanent changes in the body's anti-viral system." Holtzman led the study, which appears in the July 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The most common cause of lower respi...Infant mortality rate drops, children more likely to have working parent, be read to
...ildren from ages 3 to 5 who were enrolled in early childhood education centers declined, from 60 percent in 199.... "Like family reading, participation in an early childhood education program can provide preschoolers with skills and enrichment that can increase their chance...Socioeconomic factors affect blood pressure
...tors are related to changes in blood pressure from childhood onward. We've looked at this in somewhat a late stage already, so looking at how these factors might impact very early changes in blood pressure would be very important from a prevention perspective." In the United States, blacks typically have hig...Emory brain imaging studies reveal biological basis for human cooperation
...rogrammed or acquired through socialization during childhood and adolescence." "Reciprocal altruism activates a reward circuit, and this activation may often be sufficiently reinforcing to override subsequent temptations to accept but not reciprocate altruism. This may be what motivates us to persist wi...New book is road map to help parents 'find' their child who has autism
...times, starting with diagnosis progressing through childhood and into adulthood. Researchers now know that there is a spectrum of autism disorders affecting people in varying degrees of severity. People with the most severe form, or what is termed classic autism, are often very handicapped and may be mentall...UK study suggests possible link between colorectal cancer and human growth hormone therapy
...h in 1848 people in the UK who were treated during childhood and early adulthood with human pituitary growth hormone between 1959 and 1985. The risk of cancer in the study population was compared with that in the general population. Patients treated with human pituitary growth hormone had an almost threefold i......utism is a chronic condition that appears in early childhood and is characterized by core symptoms of impaired social relatedness, delayed language, and restricted patterns of behavior. It affects as many as 20 children per 10,000. Although the causes of autism are unknown for most cases, available evidence ...