Copyright 2008 Medical News Today Latest Pediatrics / Children's Health News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/pediatrics/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120619.php Knowing how precisely a high school freshman can estimate the number of objects in a group gives you a good idea how well he has done in math as far back as kindergarten, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University found. Pediatrics / Children's Health Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120623.php Children's Cancer Research Fund® and partners Ronald McDonald Charities Upper Midwest, HopeKids Twin Cities and Gilda's Club announce the launch of CompleteTheCure.com, an interactive website designed to educate the public on the childhood cancer experience, introduce doctors who are make progress in the treatment and cure of childhood cancer as well as share the inspirational stories of children with cancer. Cancer / Oncology Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120509.php EndoGastric Solutions (EGS), the recognized leader in the emerging field of Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS), announced that its innovative EsophyX® device was used to complete the first ever incisionless transoral NOS surgery on a child. The 10-year-old boy had suffered from chronic GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) for years and was successfully treated by Todd Overcash, M.D. GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120540.php Childhood injuries constitute a serious issue in the United States. In 2001, there were 12,249 deaths among children ages one to 14: injuries were the leading cause, accounting for 33.2 percent of all deaths for children ages one to four, and 39.4 percent of all deaths for children ages five to 14. A new study has found that numerous off-premise alcohol outlets in neighborhoods can reduce overall guardianship of children's activities, leading to increased injuries. Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120429.php For young children, all states currently require the use of child safety seats, and the minimum age and weight requirements to graduate to seat belts has been increasing over time. A new study in the journal Economic Inquiry reveals that lap-and-shoulder seat belts perform as well as child safety seats in preventing serious injury. However, safety seats tend to be better at reducing less serious injuries. Steven D. Pediatrics / Children's Health Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120427.php The first few weeks of middle school are a frenzy of friends, parties, and school events. It's also time for parents to start talking with their kids about the dangers of drinking alcohol, according to The Science Inside Alcohol Project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Nearly twenty percent of 14 year-olds say they've been drunk at least once, according to the U.S. Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120457.php For women with chronic kidney disease (CKD), getting pregnant is very rare, and a successful pregnancy is even more uncommon, especially for women on dialysis. In the July-August 2008 issue of Nephrology Nursing Journal, Mary Coyle and co-authors present a case report of a 35-year-old woman with Stage 5 CKD who successfully completed a 39-week pregnancy while on hemodialysis. Urology / Nephrology Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120472.php A recent nationwide survey of nearly 4,000 Americans by VSP® Vision Care revealed that more than three-quarters (76 percent) of children under the age of five have never had a comprehensive eye exam. Eye Health / Blindness Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120566.php Children, already casualties of the complex drought, food price and conflict crisis unfolding in the Horn of Africa, are suffering severe effects of the lack of food, water and medical care. Three million children in the arid, marginalized region are at risk of death, disease or the long-term consequences of malnutrition. They comprise a large proportion of the more than 14 million people critically affected and the numbers are on an alarming upward trajectory. Pediatrics / Children's Health Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120512.php Scientists investigating the mechanisms of Down Syndrome (DS) have revealed the earliest developmental changes in embryonic stem cells caused by an extra copy of human chromosome 21 - the aberrant inheritance of which results in the condition. Their study is published online in the American Journal of Human Genetics. Stem Cell Research Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120444.php ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, has granted Children's Hospital of Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska the third annual Health Devices Achievement Award for excellence in health technology management. Pediatrics / Children's Health Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120437.php Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) on Wednesday accepted the vice presidential nomination for the Republican Party at the party's national convention in St. Paul, Minn., the AP/Washington Post reports (Espo, AP/Washington Post, 9/4). Pregnancy / Obstetrics Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120359.php According to a study published in the Journal of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, spending time in an intensive care unit can traumatize children, and the effects can persist even months after returning home. The findings come from an analysis of survey data using the Children's Critical Illness Impact Scale developed by Dr. Janet Rennick (Research Institute of The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Center) and colleagues. Pediatrics / Children's Health Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120455.php Teenagers, minorities and single women in New Jersey all have a higher risk of poor birth outcomes and also are less likely than others to receive early prenatal care, according to a report released on Wednesday by state Health Commissioner Heather Howard, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Women's Health / Gynecology Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120433.php Women who give birth at hospitals in California that have mostly non-white, low-income patients are less likely to breastfeed than women who give birth at other hospitals around the state, according to a report that ranks the rates of breastfeeding mothers in California hospitals released by the University of California-Davis Women's Health / Gynecology Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120432.php More than three-quarters of workers questioned in a national survey view paid sick days as a basic right of employment that should be guaranteed by the government, according to a survey recently conducted by the Women's Health / Gynecology Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120397.php As if things weren't tough enough for premature babies who have tubes down their throats and noses to survive, once the tubes are removed, they are often unable to take nourishment orally that is, suck. But 20 tube-fed preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome treated with the NTrainer, a therapeutic device patented by the University of Kansas, rapidly learned to suck far better and transitioned to oral feeding faster than a control group of babies with the syndrome. Pediatrics / Children's Health Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120405.php UroToday.com - The group from Johns Hopkins reviewed their perioperative management of newborn infants undergoing bladder exstrophy reconstruction between November 1999 and October 2006. They identified 23 newborn infants who underwent reconstructive exstrophy surgery utilizing a combined epidural and general anesthetic technique. They inserted a tunneled caudal epidural catheter in all patients. Local anesthetic without morphine was used, and they sedated the children with Diazepam. Urology / Nephrology Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120440.php CMS on Wednesday announced that it has updated its Hospital Compare Web site to include information on 30-day mortality rates for the pneumonia and inpatient asthma treatment for children, IT / Internet / E-mail Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120450.php Stakeholders involved in St. Lucia's education system met last week to commence work on an HIV/AIDS policy for the sector, the Caribbean Media Corporation/Antigua Sun reports. The policy will include mechanisms to ensure that the education system can deal with the disease, and Nahum Jn Baptiste, head of St. HIV / AIDS Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120491.php Australian researchers and a pathology company have joined forces to develop a world-first computerised system which may reveal a way to predict premature birth with greater accuracy. The University of Melbourne, the University of Newcastle and Symbion Pathology are combining expertise in medical research, engineering and pathology to develop a computer program to predict women at risk of a premature birth. About 17,000 pre-term births occur in Australia each year. IT / Internet / E-mail Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120382.php A pediatric bone cancer survivor who now is studying to become a pediatric hematologist/oncologist…a childhood leukemia survivor who has walked a mile in the shoes of the young cancer patients she now treats. These are just a few of the hundreds of patients treated through the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology program at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), which is celebrating 15 years of patient care this year. Pediatrics / Children's Health Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120396.php Blood pressure in low-birth-weight children younger than 3 years of age not only can be measured but should be, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The findings appear in the September issue of Pediatrics. Pediatrics / Children's Health Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120402.php UroToday.com - This study out of Cairo, Egypt by Dr. El-Sheikh, et al., examined the outcome of the open reconstructive technique in adolescent patients with posterior urethral distraction injuries. They presented 15 patients between 5 and 17 years of age with posterior urethral distractions due to motor vehicle accidents. They utilized a perineal approach to achieve a tension-free spatulated anastomosis. The mean follow-up was 28.4 months. Urology / Nephrology Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120403.php UroToday.com - A manuscript by Dr. M. A. El Gohary on non-descent of the testes was published in the Journal of Pediatric Urology. The author shared cases of impalpable testes where the testes were located in a subrenal position. Laparoscopies were performed, and looping vas deferentia were noted to be going up the colonic gutter towards the kidney. The testes were found just below the kidneys in seven patients. Urology / Nephrology