AACR awards scholarships for minority and underrepresented scientists
...ical and laboratory research on leukemia and other childhood cancers. Subsequently, she served on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, until her own life was claimed by cancer in 1994. There are 11 AACR-WICR Brigid G. Leventhal Scholars in 2005. The WICR Council sponsors the awards w...Golf-related head injuries in children increasing along with sport's popularity
...s football or basketball, as more common causes of childhood sports injuries. "Golf-related injuries constitute a common type of sports injury in the pediatric population. The increase in frequency of these injuries is largely attributed to the increase in the popularity of golf and greater use of golf carts b...Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs and Dan Haney receive public service awards
...ss America 2005, Deidre Downs has made funding for childhood cancer research a central theme of her reign. Dow...edicine, is serving as a national spokesperson for childhood cancers and their families through CureSearch, a partnership with the Children's Oncology Group. Pri...Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
...enior Specialist to help Spain deal with a growing childhood obesity problem. Dr. Gutin, an exercise physiologi...ing obesity rates as well as a 20-nation survey on childhood obesity. "It's becoming as big a problem as it is here," says Dr. Gutin, who will lecture to faculty...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
...s of initial infection range from a typically mild childhood illness with a fever and sore throat to mononucleosis in teenagers or adults. After the initial infection, the virus settles into the cells of the immune system called B cells, where it remains for life, mostly dormant, with occasional bouts of reac...Competition in health care may not result in better quality
... factors, but show no difference in performance on childhood or adolescent immunization or the management of chronic illness. Performance is better in markets with a greater percentage of HMO enrollment, researchers say. Another problem with the quality measurement systems is that even HMOs are not required t...Older children can benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...nvestigator Group. The Group focuses on studies of childhood eye disorders that can be implemented by both university-based and community-based practitioners as part of their routine practice. The study was coordinated by the Jaeb Center for Health Research in Tampa, Florida. A list of study centers is attach...Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
...le pregnant may have double the risk of developing childhood asthma as a child whose grandmother did not smoke, according to researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). Published in the April issue of the journal Chest, the study suggests that tobacco's harmful ...Late-breaking science presented at 57th AAN Annual Meeting
... Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome is a catastrophic form of childhood epilepsy that is often resistant to treatment with conventional anti-seizure medications. In this trial, 138 patients with treatment-resistant LGS received either the novel drug rufinamide or placebo for 12 weeks. Rufinamide reduced monthly seizure f...Combination vaccine produces lower immune response than vaccines administered separately
... of immunogenic vaccines against major diseases of childhood has dramatically decreased the rates of invasive disease, according to background information in the article. Since the introduction of a monovalent serogroup C meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccine (MenC) into the United Kingdom routine immunization ...Steady rise in allergic diseases over quarter of a century
...sed exposure to specific allergens or to declining childhood infections, they conclude....Gene expression pattern predicts multiple drug resistance, treatment failure in pediatric leukemia
...cent of children with ALL, the most common form of childhood cancer, are not cured with the same drug therapy that cures the remaining 80 percent of children with this disease. A report on the study that produced this new information appears in the April issue of Cancer Cell. Drug resistance is a major cause ...American Heart Association telephone news briefing
...American Heart Association scientific statement on childhood obesity The prevalence of overweight children an...tement outlines the cardiovascular consequences of childhood obesity and suggests prevention strategies. Women with large waistlines and elevated triglyceride...Research reveals emotional trauma parents face when a child is diagnosed with diabetes
...ents associated their child's symptoms with normal childhood illnesses. "The unexpectedness and speed of diagnosis left all parents ill prepared to deal with the situation. Their world suddenly changed, leaving them insecure and uncertain about the future. "Diabetes intruded emotionally and practically upon al...Newborn's first week may be critical period for developing obesity in adulthood
...n, and possibly with a lower risk of overweight in childhood and adolescence. "For a variety of health reasons, the American Association of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding during a baby's first six months of life," says Dr. Stettler. "Although we cannot yet make specific recommendations about tar...Long term outcomes for children who undergo ear tube placement surgery
...ldren into physicians' offices more than any other childhood disease, according to background information in the article. Recurrent acute otitis media (RAOM) and otitis media with effusion are the main reason for the insertion of ventilation tubes (VT) in the ear. Minor surgery to drain the ear and insert tube...Researchers identify marker of heart disease in low-birthweight babies
...levels at birth will have higher apo C-1 levels in childhood and adulthood" Kwiterovich said. "Many people associate HDL as being the 'good' cholesterol, and indeed, higher levels of HDL in general are, in adults, good. It is the higher apo C-1 levels in these infants that we find worth watching as an early p...Child sex abuse policy recommendations published in Science magazine
...gnition and memory that can occur during and after childhood abuse." Freyd, a University of Oregon psychology professor whose theory of betrayal trauma explains why some people do not recall their abuse until later in life, has conducted studies that show abuse perpetrated by a caregiver increases the likeliho...High risk of second cancers in survivors of childhood soft tissue sarcomas
...nd cancer risks were increased for all subtypes of childhood soft tissue sarcoma, with estimates ranging from 6-fold elevations in risk for fibromatous neoplasms to nearly 8-fold risks for rhabdomyosarcoma. Children initially treated with radiation or those with radiation combined with chemotherapy had substan...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 57th annual meeting
...lepsy Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a severe form of childhood epilepsy that is difficult to treat with standard medications. Researchers in Maryland and New Jersey showed that in treatment-resistant patients, the novel drug rufinamide reduced monthly seizure frequency by 33 percent, compared to 12 percent for p...