New partnership launched to accelerate and evaluate national malaria control program in Africa
...ategies most effectively. Malaria kills an African child every 30 seconds, 3,000 every day. The partnership...mpact of the disease-responsible for 40 percent of child deaths in the country-had prompted the government to make malaria control a priority. "There is a ...Boys, too, suffer long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse
...oholic. Until now, most research on the effects of child sexual abuse has focused on female survivors, and little information was available on male victims. The new study shows that being male offers little protection. "All children are vulnerable to this form of abuse, and the burden is similar for both m...Breastfeeding as good for children's blood pressure as exercise and salt restriction
...those who had not, was 1.7 mm Hg. And the longer a child had been exclusively breastfed, the lower was his ...tolic blood pressure. The effect may increase as a child ages, because the results showed that the greatest impact was on the older children, although the fi...Children living near major roads at higher asthma risk
... researchers determined how far each participating child lived from a major road: a freeway, large highway or a feeder road to a highway or freeway. "The next step will be to verify these results with actual measurements of pollution around the homes near and distant from major roads, and to see if childr...Study shows adherence to pulmicort respules, results in fewer ER visits in asthmatic children
...on, stomachache, oral thrush and nosebleeds. If a child is exposed to chicken pox or measles, consult your child's health care professional. If a child is switching to PULMICORT RESPULES from an oral (syrup or pill) corticosteroid, carefully follow the...Children living near major roads at increased risk of asthma
... researchers determined how far each participating child lived from a major road: a freeway, large highway or a feeder road to a highway or freeway. "The next step will be to verify these results with actual measurements of pollution around the homes near and distant from major roads, and to see if childr...A 'mind-reading' mum - rich or poor - is key to baby's progress
...propriate if a mother appeared to be 'reading' her child correctly, such as remarking that the baby was con...mple, saying he or she was upset or tired when the child showed no signs of this. At 24 months, the babies of mothers from poorer backgrounds scored less wel...NIEHS press conference for the environmental solutions to obesity in America's youth conference
...ico, Sony Computer Entertainment, Stonyfield Farm, child advocacy organization Children Now, youth fitness program Girls on the Run, and child health experts on the role industry and media can play in lowering childhood obesity rates. Youth e...K-State researcher discovers compliments go a long way to improve body self-image in women
...magine what it would be like if parents gave their child or teenager compliments frequently." Although all her research has been involved in women's issues, Fea admits she stumbled upon the topic. She hopes to eventually earn a doctorate degree in this area and would like to further her research by examini...Teenage depression can be enduring, but is more often short-lived
...ssful family factors like a bad marriage, then the child is more likely to have social and interpersonal pr... Mild depression does not have much impact on the child unless it is chronic, she said. Hammen and Brennan plan to study the link between maternal depressio...New NHLBI-sponsored study shows programs can teach children to eat healthier
Parents, take heart: You can teach your child to eat healthier. A study of preadolescent childr...ersity, lead author of the study. "You can raise a child to enjoy healthy eating and to be selective about food choices. Habits developed in childhood will ...New study has surprise findings on childhood depression
...er changes, mother's health problems in pregnancy, child health during the first six months of life, maternal anxiety and marital satisfaction early in the child's development and the mother's attitude towards caregiving. They developed a multiple risk factor model but most of the children perceived to be...Treating autism 'right the first time'
... not appear to be a factor. In fact, the youngest child of this group was among the poorest performing.) Responders received a total of six months, or approximately 190 hours, of treatment. As predicted, they made significant gains on several measures. Children "R1" and "R2," for example, began the study ...NIEHS brings researchers and leaders together to find environmental solutions to childhood obesity
...ico, Sony Computer Entertainment, Stonyfield Farm, child advocacy organization Children Now, youth fitness program Girls on the Run, and child health experts on the role industry and media can play in lowering childhood obesity rates. Youth ex...Day care settings are a significant source of indoor allergens
... of children under five spend 37 hours per week in child care. Exposure to indoor allergens has been shown...hildren. Both licensed family day care homes and child care centers are represented in the study. The researchers used a three-pronged data collection appr...JAMA study finds whooping cough vaccine effective, safe for teens and adults
...ssages. A coughing spell may last so long that the child gasps for breath, making a whooping sound. In 1934, more than 265,000 cases were reported in the United States with nearly 8,000 deaths, mostly in children. In 2003, the number of deaths was 13. Vaccination programs in children have reduced the th...Fitter by degress? Higher education no panacea for adult health
...m the direct effects on adult health, illness in a child has an indirect effect if it limits his or her education. Men's adult social class indirectly affects their health when it comes to adopting healthy behaviours such as not smoking, exercising and good diet. Similarly, childhood social class, and the ...Exposure to aircraft noise may affect children's reading and memory
...derstood about the way environmental noise affects child health. In the largest study of its kind to date, ...irports, to the formulation of policy on noise and child health, and to a wider consideration of the effect of environmental stressors on children's cognitiv...Is there a link between childhood cancer and overhead power lines?
... 2005 at 11.00am, BMA House, London, UK. About one child in 2000 develops leukaemia before the age of 15 years. Although we don't yet understand its causes, researchers have studied a variety of possible explanations including genetic susceptibility, ionising radiation, unusual patterns of exposure to inf...Tercica presents pharmacokinetic and safety data from several studies at Endocrine Society Meeting
...model to estimate the amount of IGF-1produced by a child before and after growth hormone therapy to provide abetter measure of growth hormone sensitivity. "With the development of our POP-PK model, we have greater understandingof IGF-1 pharmacokinetics and can more accurately anticipate the blood IGF-1 lev...