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Therapeutic bed can help keep premature babies' brain oxygen levels steady during procedures

A medical device that has been shown to manage pain among babies born preterm can also help keep their brain oxygen levels steady during medical procedures, finds new analysis by researchers at UBC.

25 Mar 2021

FDA approves new indication for drug to treat pediatric NDO patients

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new indication for Myrbetriq (mirabegron extended-release tablets) and Myrbetriq Granules (mirabegron for extended-release oral suspension) to treat neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO), a bladder dysfunction related to neurological impairment, in children ages three years and older.

25 Mar 2021

$Researchers move one step closer to preventing limb deformities from childhood fractures$

Researchers move one step closer to preventing limb deformities from childhood fractures

Orthopedic researchers are one step closer to preventing life-long arm and leg deformities from childhood fractures that do not heal properly.

25 Mar 2021

Nosing in on kids who had Covid and lost their sense of smell

Orange. Eucalyptus. Lavender. Peppermint. Doctors at Children's Hospital Colorado and Seattle Children's Hospital will use scents like these to treat children who lost their sense of smell to Covid-19. Parents will attend clinics and go home with a set of essential oils for their child to sniff twice a day for three months. Clinicians will check their progress monthly.

25 Mar 2021

New recommendations to improve “mother's own milk” for premature infants

For premature infants who can't breastfeed on their own, "mother's own milk" (MOM) is by far the best nutrition. There's an urgent need for effective ways to increase the relatively low rates of MOM feeding for preterm infants born to Black and Hispanic mothers.

25 Mar 2021

New initiatives expand COVID-19 saliva-based testing to underserved schools in Illinois

The University of Illinois System, with a $1.4 million grant from The Rockefeller Foundation, announces the expansion of its SHIELD Illinois and SHIELD CU COVID-19 testing initiatives to help safely reopen underserved K-12 schools in communities across the state using the covidSHIELD test, an innovative, saliva-based test developed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

24 Mar 2021

School-based telehealth could help improve access to care for underserved children

Many children of low-income families across the country do not have access to quality health care. Lack of health care can have a domino effect, affecting educational outcomes in the classroom.

24 Mar 2021

Maternal exposure to small amounts of nitrate in drinking water results in smaller babies

The more nitrate there is in mothers' drinking water, the smaller the babies they give birth to. But alarmingly, the declining birth weight can also be registered when the women are exposed to nitrate levels below the EU's threshold of 50 milligrams of nitrate per liter.

24 Mar 2021

Tobacco smoke-exposed children more often use emergent health services

Tobacco smoke-exposed children utilize emergency and urgent care services more often than unexposed children, which contributes to a large toll on the nation's health care system, says research led by the University of Cincinnati.

24 Mar 2021

Preemies have greater risk of death from chronic diseases in adulthood

The risk of dying from heart disease, chronic lung disease or diabetes in adulthood is twice as high for preemies —premature infants — as for the general population.

23 Mar 2021

Indiana school goes extra mile to help vulnerable kids weather pandemic

After Covid-19 forced Olivia Goulding's Indiana middle school to switch back to remote learning late last year, the math teacher lost contact with many of her students.

23 Mar 2021

Vigorous physical activity can curb adiposity-induced low-grade inflammation in children

According to a recent Finnish study, accumulating more brisk and vigorous physical activity can curb adiposity-induced low-grade inflammation.

23 Mar 2021

Study suggests SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in breast milk are robust, neutralizing and durable

A new study addresses the issue of passive immunity to SARS-CoV-2 for newborns via breast milk.

23 Mar 2021

STAQ and Children’s Hospital Colorado launch sterile compounded drugs for pediatric patients

STAQ (Safety, Transparency, Availability, Quality) Pharma and Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) announced today the completion of product development work and the launch of several important sterile compounded medications that are widely used in pediatric hospitals.

23 Mar 2021

Swiss research shows clusters of SARS-CoV-2 infection are rare within school classes

Researchers from Switzerland recently presented the results of a longitudinal cohort study they conducted in the city of Zurich. The prospective cohort study's key objective was to analyze the longitudinal changes in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and assess the clustering of seropositive children in school classes from June to November 2020 in Zurich, Switzerland.

23 Mar 2021

Study reveals the incidence of structural abnormalities in the developing brain

A large study of brain MRI scans from 11,679 nine- and ten-year-old children reviewed by UC San Francisco neuroradiologists identified potentially life-threatening conditions in 1 in 500 children, and more minor but possibly clinically significant brain abnormalities in 1 out of 25 children.

22 Mar 2021

Inherited behaviors, traits that appear during adolescence may be related to adult cannabis use

While some youth experiment with marijuana but don't go on to long-term use, others develop a problematic pot habit that continues into adulthood.

22 Mar 2021

What are the chief predictors of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children?

A new study seeks to explore the factors associated with the diagnosis in children. The ability to rapidly diagnose COVID-19 in this age group is essential not only for monitoring progressive disease in individual children, but to avert further transmission chains.

22 Mar 2021

United States ranks lowest in overall policies aimed at helping parents support children

National work-family policies that give lower-income families more time together while allowing them paid time off are more effective for children's psychological health than cash transfers, according to a study of developed nations led by Baylor University.

22 Mar 2021

New study to identify prenatal and early childhood markers of high risk for food allergy and eczema

A study to identify prenatal and early childhood markers of high risk for food allergy and atopic dermatitis, or eczema, as well as biological pathways that lead to these conditions, has begun.

22 Mar 2021

Child Health News

Therapeutic bed can help keep premature babies' brain oxygen levels steady during procedures

FDA approves new indication for drug to treat pediatric NDO patients

Researchers move one step closer to preventing limb deformities from childhood fractures

Nosing in on kids who had Covid and lost their sense of smell

New recommendations to improve “mother's own milk” for premature infants

New initiatives expand COVID-19 saliva-based testing to underserved schools in Illinois

School-based telehealth could help improve access to care for underserved children

Maternal exposure to small amounts of nitrate in drinking water results in smaller babies

Tobacco smoke-exposed children more often use emergent health services

Preemies have greater risk of death from chronic diseases in adulthood

Indiana school goes extra mile to help vulnerable kids weather pandemic

Vigorous physical activity can curb adiposity-induced low-grade inflammation in children

Study suggests SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in breast milk are robust, neutralizing and durable

STAQ and Children’s Hospital Colorado launch sterile compounded drugs for pediatric patients

Swiss research shows clusters of SARS-CoV-2 infection are rare within school classes

Study reveals the incidence of structural abnormalities in the developing brain

Inherited behaviors, traits that appear during adolescence may be related to adult cannabis use

What are the chief predictors of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children?

United States ranks lowest in overall policies aimed at helping parents support children

New study to identify prenatal and early childhood markers of high risk for food allergy and eczema

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