Published outcomes announced from study on adolescent bariatric surgery safety
Cardiovascular risks of severe pediatric obesity, assessed among adolescents participating in the "Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery" (Teen-LABS) study, were published this week in JAMA...
View ArticleStandardization and simplification is key to helping NICU babies feed and grow
A new standardized approach for feeding infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) helps babies attain full oral feeds sooner, improves their growth and sends them home sooner. The guidelines,...
View ArticleStudy offers clues to early detection of bipolar disorders in high-risk children
New research published today in the American Journal of Psychiatry indicates a strong link between subthreshold manic episodes and likelihood of developing bipolar disorder in children of parents with...
View ArticleGenomeNext achieves unprecedented throughput of 1,000 genomes analyzed per day
GenomeNext, LLC, a leader in genomic data management and integrated analysis, announced today that, through the "Intel Heads In The Clouds Challenge on Amazon Web Services (AWS)" with support from JHC...
View ArticleStudy finds cow milk is added to breast milk and sold to parents online
A study published today on the safety of human breast milk bought over the Internet found that 10 percent of samples contained added cow's milk. The discovery that purchased samples of human milk may...
View ArticleMusculoskeletal outcomes from study on adolescent bariatric surgery safety
Outcomes regarding musculoskeletal disease among severely obese adolescents participating in the "Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery" (Teen-LABS) study were published this week in JAMA...
View ArticleSuicide trends in school-aged children reveal racial disparity
Suicide is a leading cause of death among children younger than 12 years. Suicide rates in this age group have remained steady overall for the past 20 years, but a study published today in JAMA...
View ArticleNational study finds rising rate of marijuana exposure among children five...
Debates about legalizing marijuana have focused on crime rates, economic benefits, and health effects among adults. But a study published today from researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital shows...
View ArticleVitamin K deficiency increasingly common as result of vaccine refusal
Vitamin K, which has been administered to newborns as an injection since it was first recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1961, is vital for blood to clot normally. Despite it being...
View ArticleNew study finds 2.5 million basketball injuries to high school athletes in...
Basketball is a popular high school sport in the United States with 1 million participants annually. A recently published study by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide...
View ArticleBreastfeeding initiation and success is impacted by diabetes status of mother
Women diagnosed with diabetes before or during pregnancy are less likely to initiate and continue breastfeeding their newborns than women without diabetes, a new study suggests. Led by...
View ArticleBoosting Immune process with IFN-gamma helps clear lethal bacteria in cystic...
Boosting a key immune process called autophagy with interferon gamma (IFN-γ) could help clear a lethal bacterial infection in cystic fibrosis, a new study suggests. The work, led by a team in The...
View ArticleSacral nerve stimulation gives pediatric patients hope
Heather Rayser, 16, has a colon that does not function properly and as a result, she has never been to high school, and has been on home hospital care for nine years. Her life is filled with rigidly...
View ArticleImmune function predicts infection risk among child trauma patients
Researchers studying critically ill children with traumatic injuries have identified an immune marker that predicts which patients are likely to develop a hospital-acquired infection. The study, led by...
View ArticlePreeclampsia may share cause with disorders such as Alzheimer's
New research has identified a potential cause of and a better diagnostic method for preeclampsia, one of the most deadly and poorly understood pregnancy-related conditions in the world. The...
View ArticleContinuous antibiotics not necessary for many children with common prenatal...
Up to 5 percent of all prenatal ultrasounds uncover antenatal hydronephrosis, or enlarged kidneys, the most commonly detected prenatal abnormality in the United States. Many children with this...
View ArticleDiscovery of new form of dystrophin protein could lead to therapy for some...
Scientists have discovered a new form of dystrophin, a protein critical to normal muscle function, and identified the genetic mechanism responsible for its production. Studies of the new protein...
View ArticleRegional anesthesia for pediatric knee surgery reduces pain, speeds recovery
A recent study of an ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia technique, called femoral nerve block, shows that it leads to less opioid use and allows the majority of patients to go home within hours of...
View ArticleNew study finds 34 percent of severely injured patients undertriaged in the US
According to the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma, patients with severe injuries should be treated at level I or level II trauma centers. Those centers have the resources to provide...
View ArticleStudy shows medication is frequently, unintentionally given incorrectly to...
According to Nationwide Children's Hospital researchers, 63,000 children under the age of six experienced out-of-hospital medication errors annually between 2002 and 2012. One child is affected every...
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