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Childhood cancer project under way Chicago Sun-Times Share     What's touted as the biggest effort ever to find all of the genetic mutations that cause childhood cancer is now under way. "For the first time in history, we have the tools to identify all of the genetic abnormalities that form a white blood cell into a leukemia cell or a brain cell into a brain tumor," says Dr. William Evans, chief executive officer of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, which is leading the three-year, $65 million effort that could help develop new treatments for pediatric cancers that strike more than 10,000 American children under 14 every year. More
New health policy blog launched NACHRI Share
N.A.C.H., the National Association of Children’s Hospitals, recently launched With All Our Might, a blog that focuses attention on child health policy issues in a crowded policy environment. The latest posts have featured findings of the NACHRI Pediatric Subspecialty Physician Survey of Children’s Hospitals; game-changing elections in Massachusetts and the possible scenarios for moving health reform forward; state budget woes and the impact on children’s hospitals; and a Medicaid briefing highlighting access to care issues. Join the discussion by following the blog and commenting on the issues raised. More Creating Connections pre-conference workshops NACHRI Share
The NACHRI 2010 Creating Connections Conference, which takes place March 9 – 12 in San Diego, offers discipline-specific tracks in child advocacy, facilities design, financial management and planning, analytics, philanthropy, pediatric health informatics and technology, public relations and communications, and quality improvement. We’re also excited to offer two compelling pre-conference workshops:
Medical journal retracts study linking autism to vaccine CNN Share
The medical journal The Lancet retracted a controversial 1998 paper that linked the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism. The research subsequently had been discredited. Last month, the study's lead author Dr. Andrew Wakefield was found to have acted unethically in conducting the research. More Drug linked to hearing loss may protect newborn ears St. Louis Post-Dispatch Share
As a flight nurse overseeing the transport of premature infants to St. Louis Children's Hospital, Mary Jude Weathers worried about the levels of noise the tiny babies were being exposed to by helicopters. So Weathers reached out to scientists from Washington University's School of Medicine for answers. Their collaboration has yielded a surprising new finding that shows that a type of antibiotic that can cause hearing loss in people can actually protect the ears when given in extended low doses to very young mice. The research, set to be published in the Journal of Association for Research of Otolaryngology, may help in the development of drugs with similar effects, potentially helping a wide range of people who are exposed to loud, damaging noises such as soldiers, airline workers and even premature infants. More Metformin may help obese teens lose weight WebMD Health News Share
The diabetes drug metformin may help obese teenagers lose weight when combined with healthy lifestyle changes. A new study in the February issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine shows that non-diabetic obese teenagers treated with metformin XR (extended release formulation) along with healthy lifestyle modifications had a more significant decrease in body mass index than those treated with lifestyle changes alone. More
Childhood asthma in premature babies linked to pregnancy bug USA Today Share
A common complication during pregnancy may predispose children born prematurely to asthma, a large study reports. The condition, chorioamnionitis, is inflammation of the fetal membranes and amniotic fluid from a bacterial infection. It is thought to be linked to more than half of all preterm births, before 37 weeks' gestation, scientists write in the most recent edition of Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. More Fewer childhood deaths from rheumatic disease BusinessWeek Share
Death rates for U.S. children with rheumatic diseases are much lower than previously reported, a new study has found. Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzed data on 48,885 patients in the national Pediatric Rheumatology Disease Registry, who were diagnosed with rheumatic diseases between 1992 and 2001. There were 110 deaths among these patients, a number that was significantly less than expected, the researchers noted. The risk of death was notably greater for children with systemic lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis, but not for systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The risk of death was markedly less for children with pain syndromes. More
Rethinking health reform: The need for a more incremental approach Health Affairs blog Share
As expected, President Obama put health reform on the back burner in his State of the Union speech. After a year of debate, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid have been unable to bridge the ideological divide within their own party over the scope of the legislation and the government’s role in a reformed system. The lack of agreement on the legislation is not confined to Capitol Hill. As the President said, the ugly political process caused the public to ask what was in this for them -- and more importantly, what was in this that would make matters worse. More Haitian children evacuated to Philadelphia hospitals Philadelphia Inquirer Share
Undeterred by a suspension of the U.S. military's evacuation flights from Haiti, a medical-aid group used a private plane to bring three gravely ill children to Philadelphia yesterday for potentially lifesaving treatment. A 5-year-old girl with tetanus, a 14-month-old boy with pneumonia, and a baby with third-degree burns caused by sun exposure after last month's earthquake were rushed to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia by three of the facility's critical-care transport teams waiting at Philadelphia International Airport. The baby was later transferred to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. More |
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