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GI concept tested in children
08-21-2007 · EurekAlert!A new study provides encouraging evidence that a low-GI start to the day may be a good option to keep obesity at bay in the young.
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- Should children be permitted to get genetic testing for BRCA 1/2 mutations?
01-15-2008 · EurekAlert!
It's an ethical dilemma with serious implications. Should children be tested for gene mutations that predispose them to developing breast cancer and/or ovarian cancer later in life? New research suggests the next generation of parents may support testing minors even when any steps to reduce that risk will be postponed until adulthood -- a finding that challenges current policies.
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- Investigational nonstimulant Guanfacine XR significantly improved child, adolescent ADHD symptoms
05-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
Shire plc announced positive results of four studies of the investigational medication guanfacine extended release (GXR, previously referred to as SPD503), a selective alpha-2A-adrenoceptor agonist. These data from two short-term and two long-term phase 3 studies, presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, demonstrated GXR significantly improved all core symptoms of ADHD in children aged 6 to 17 years. GXR is the first selective alpha-2A-adrenoceptor agonist tested in well-controlled studies as an ADHD treatment.
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- New drug lets kids feel good in their skin
01-16-2008 · EurekAlert!
College student Maria Anichini no longer has to hide her skin under long sleeves and pants. Her skin and life have rebounded since she became part of a trial testing an injectable drug for children and adolescents with psoriasis, a common skin disease causing red scaly patches all over the body. Northwestern University researchers report the drug etanercept -- FDA approved for adults but never before tested in children for psoriasis-- dramatically reduced psoriasis flare-ups.
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- Most children in US hospitals receive medicines off-label
03-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
Nearly four out of five hospitalized children receive medications that have been tested and approved only for adults, according to a study of hundreds of thousands of patient records. This so-called "off-label" use of drugs was thought to be especially common in children, and the new research, the largest-ever U.S. pediatric study, confirms this.
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- Experts propose cholesterol tests at 15 months of age
09-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
Children could have their cholesterol levels tested at about 15 months of age to prevent heart disease later in life, say doctors in a study published online today. High cholesterol which runs in families is known as familial hypercholesterolaemia. It affects about two in every 1000 people and causes very high levels of low density lipoprotein or "bad cholesterol" in the blood. It carries a high risk of death from coronary heart disease.
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- Gene Signatures Match Cancer And Other Diseases With Potentially Effective Drugs
09-29-2006 · ScienceDaily
In one of the most ambitious spinoffs of the human genome project, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Children's Hospital Boston, the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, and other collaborating centers have unveiled a new, systematic approach to drug discovery that matches diseases with potential treatments using a universal language based on cells' distinctive gene activity profiles, or "signatures."
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- Adult Survivors Of Childhood Cancer Face Long-term Health Problems
10-14-2006 · ScienceDaily
Survivors of childhood cancer may face long-term health problems well into adulthood, as reported in a multicenter study of over 10,000 adults who survived a childhood battle with cancer. One of the co-authors of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study is a long-standing pioneer in the field. Anna T. Meadows, M.D., and colleagues at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia were the first researchers to investigate the late effects of childhood cancer, starting in the mid-1970s.
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- Grandparents play role in driving Chinese expansion
10-19-2006 · EurekAlert!
In China, when working-age adults migrate, leaving the elderly to care for their children, it occupies a culturally sanctioned role within the family and also helps to fuel the Chinese economy. A new USC study has found that grandparents living in three-generation households or with grandchildren in skipped-generation households in rural China have a more positive attitude than those living by themselves.
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- Child pornography link to abuse of children unclear
10-27-2006 · EurekAlert!
Although the Internet has made it easier to view child pornography, it remains difficult to predict what someone possessing it might do to a child.
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- New study on school bus safety shows injuries well exceed previous reports
11-06-2006 · EurekAlert!
Each year in the United States, 23.5 million children travel 4.3 billion miles on 450,000 school buses -- and a new study shows that kids may not be as safe as previously thought. Researchers at the Columbus Children's Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio, found that an estimated 17,000 injuries occur annually -- three times more than previously reported.
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