Daily non-political popular news in brief.

Clues to the cause of difficulty with swallowing in children

01-17-2007 · EurekAlert!

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is disease that was first described in children only 20 years ago, but has shown a rising incidence in both children and adults. An inflammatory condition of the esophagus, its symptoms including vomiting, heartburn and difficulty in swallowing.

Keywords: clues, cause, difficulty, swallowing, children, clue

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Clues to the cause of difficulty with swallowing in children":

Schools help hold the line against childhood obesity, study says
02-28-2007 · EurekAlert!
Schools do more to help prevent obesity among children than they do to cause it, new research suggests. A nationwide study found that one measure of obesity rose more than twice as fast when kindergarten and first-grade students were on summer vacation than when they were in school.
Similar news · Read more »
Exposure to mercury preservatives before birth is no higher in children with autism
05-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
The increase in the number of diagnosed cases of autism in recent years has sparked concern that environmental toxins may cause this complex disorder. A new study found, however, that exposure to Rh immune globulin preserved with mercury-containing thimerosal before birth was no higher for children with autism.
Similar news · Read more »
St. Jude study shows genes play an unexpected role in their own activation
06-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered how a single molecular "on switch" triggers gene activity that might cause effects ranging from learning and memory capabilities to glucose production in the liver.
Similar news · Read more »
Constipation most common cause of children's abdominal pain
12-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
Acute and chronic constipation together accounted for nearly half of all cases of acute abdominal pain in children treated at one hospital. The study also suggests that physicians should do a simple rectal examination for constipation when trying to determine the cause of abdominal pain in children.
Similar news · Read more »
Blood protein offers clues to heart attack in seemingly healthy people
07-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
We've all wondered how a seemingly healthy person can actually be at high risk for heart disease or a heart attack. Now researchers have uncovered a new clue to this mystery. The culprit: myeloperoxidase, a protein secreted by white blood cells that both signals inflammation and releases a bleach-like substance that damages the cardiovascular system.
Similar news · Read more »
JCI table of contents: February 15, 2006
02-15-2007 · EurekAlert!
This release contains summaries, links to PDFs and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, February 15, 2006, in the JCI, including: Protein inhibitor tangles with Alzheimer's disease; Proteases cause pain in irritable bowel syndrome; The "shear stress" of it impacts heart disease; Blood pressure heads down in the absence of PPAR-gamma; and Profiling peripheral T cell lymphoma for clues to its pathogenesis.
Similar news · Read more »
New genetic mutations found that may cause cleft lip/palate
03-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
University of Iowa researchers and collaborators have identified new genetic mutations that likely cause the common form of cleft lip and palate. The results could eventually help clinicians predict a family's risk of having more children with the condition. The findings appear in the week of March 5 online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Similar news · Read more »
Children's Hospital physicians publish review of transplant issues in patients with biliary atresia
01-08-2008 · EurekAlert!
The most common indication worldwide for pediatric transplantation, biliary atresia is also the most common cause of chronic liver disease in newborns. Recently, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC physicians completed a review of issues that children with biliary atresia face that lead to the need for transplantation.
Similar news · Read more »
UCLA imaging study provides clues about inability to imitate and empathize in autistic children
05-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
New imaging research at UCLA shows that impairments in autistic children's ability to imitate and empathize can be linked to dysfunction in the brain’s mirror-neuron system.
Similar news · Read more »
Alzheimer's clues from thin brains
05-19-2007 · Science News Online
Children and teens who possess a gene variant linked to Alzheimer's disease have substantially thinner neural tissue in a key brain structure than their peers do.
Similar news · Read more »