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Pediatrics

MedImmune grants 5 new fellowships to help expand premature infant follow-up care research

EUREKALERT Contact: Tor Constantino MedImmune commits $175,000 for fellowships beyond $550,000 in 2008 grants in support of pediatric health BOSTON, MA, October 13, 2008 Five neonatology fellows have been awarded grants...

Docs double kids' vitamin D recommendations

American Academy of Pediatrics suggests 400 units daily to fight disease CHICAGO - The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D...

Uganda: Kampala Opens Paediatric Aids Care Centre

Having spent billions of shillings over the years on programmes for the care and treatment of adult HIV/Aids patients, Uganda has become the first country in the East African region to set up a clinic dedicated to the care of...

Kids, take all your vitamins & double up on D

Kids should double up on Vitamin D. That's the latest word from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which now says children should get twice the daily recommended dose of Vitamin D because it may help reduce the risk of serious...

Insurance coverage studied in child-abuse death cases

By Peggy O'Farrell • pofarrell@enquirer.com • October 13, 2008 Insurance coverage studied in child-abuse death cases Babies without private health insurance were nearly four times more likely to die from abuse-related injuries...

On the trail of a targeted therapy for blood cancers

INDIANAPOLIS: Investigators from the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine are focusing on a family of blood proteins that they hope holds a key to decreasing the toxic...

Microwaves are a menace for young kids

Monday, October 13, 2008 Every year, young children suffer burns when they remove hot liquids from microwave ovens, a new study finds. “Scalds are the leading cause of burn-related emergency room visits and hospitalisations for...

Families dismayed that pediatric oncology program suspended

URBANA – Patti Welander thinks about the countless nights during her young son's ordeal with cancer that his doctor, Mark Musselman, came to the hospital to see him. Often, she'd feel bad about interrupting Musselman's...

Curbing cough syrup for kids

They include antihistamines, which dry the moist membranes of the nose and mouth, and cause sedation in the brain; compounds with mild amphetamine-like effects, which decongest nasal passages; dextromethorphan, a relative of...

Sleep-training babies with J&J's bedtime routine

By Earl D.C. Bracamonte, Contributor Good sleep is essential to a baby’s growth and development. Dr. Luis Rivera, a sleep expert at the Makati Medical Center, cites that the lack of good nighttime sleep for Filipino babies may...

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