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Research reveals protective properties of influenza vaccines

(Medical Xpress)—Collaborating scientists from Nationwide Children's Hospital, Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified an important mechanism for stimulating protective ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Muscle regeneration may provide ideal environment for rhabdomyosarcoma

Inflammation, cell division and cell differentiation that occur during skeletal muscle regeneration may provide an ideal environment for the highly malignant tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma to arise. These are the findings from a ...

Cancer created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The antibiotic, amoxicillin-clavulanate, before a meal may improve small bowel motility

The common antibiotic, amoxicillin-clavulanate, may improve small bowel function in children experiencing motility disturbances, according to a study appearing in the June print edition of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology an ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New mouse model helps explain gene discovery in congenital heart disease

Scientists now have clues to how a gene mutation discovered in families affected with congenital heart disease leads to underdevelopment of the walls that separate the heart into four chambers. A Nationwide Children's Hospital ...

Genetics created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High fever and evidence of a virus? Caution, it still may be Kawasaki disease

Clinicians should take caution when diagnosing a child who has a high fever and whose tests show evidence of adenovirus, and not assume the virus is responsible for Kawasaki-like symptoms. According to a new study from Nationwide ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Evidence supports blocking immune response to enhance viral therapy against solid tumors

Following several years of study, investigators have found more evidence that viral therapy to treat solid tumors can be enhanced by blocking the body's natural immune response.

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Summer sees a spike in chemical injuries in kids

Hydrocarbons, a chemical compound commonly found in household items from cleaning products to gasoline, are among the top 10 causes of pediatric poisoning deaths in the United States. A new study by researchers ...

Pediatrics created May 06, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0