http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Recent finds in two articles in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A indicate correlations between autism and vaccinations. With the rapid rise of autism in the United States that began in the 1990s, these articles titled "A Positive Association found between Autism Prevalence and Childhood Vaccination uptake across the U.S. Population" and "Hepatitis B Vaccination of Male Neonates and Autism Diagnosis" in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A may answer some questions as to why there is an increase in cases of this disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-articles-corrleations-autism-vaccinations.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:26:55 EST news283505112 Among infants undergoing major surgery, postoperative use of intermittent intravenous paracetamol (acetaminophen) for the management of pain resulted in a lower cumulative morphine dose over 48 hours, according to a study appearing in the January 9 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-post-operative-intravenous-acetaminophen-morphine-infants.html Surgery Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:00:01 EST news276864462 (HealthDay)—A genetic variant, AGT2R, in mothers, fathers, and neonates is associated with a significantly increased risk of preeclampsia in mothers with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m² or more, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in Placenta. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-gene-environment-interaction-ups-preeclampsia.html Health Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:10:03 EST news274379046 Clinical drug trials are a vital part of pharmaceutical manufacturers gaining approval for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A Commentary scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics assesses the issues surrounding the lack of clinical trials on medications used by children, most notably neonates, and how drug manufacturers and academic researchers could work together to create clinical trials that would benefit this underrepresented population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-experts-neonatal-inclusion-pediatric-drug.html Pediatrics Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:42:04 EST news270355265 The ability for substances to pass through the blood-brain barrier is increased after adult stroke, but not after neonatal stroke, according to a new study the UCSF that will be published July 11 in the Journal of Neuroscience. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-blood-brain-barrier-permeable-newborns-adults.html Neuroscience Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:00:22 EST news261155926 (HealthDay) -- Maternal smoking has been identified as a risk factor associated with the development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in premature infants, according to a study published June 11 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-preemies-maternal-tied-necrotizing-enterocolitis.html Pediatrics Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:36:53 EST news258640517 Poorly managed pain in the neonatal intensive care unit has serious short- and long-term consequences, causing physiological and behavioral instability in preterm infants and long-term changes in their pain sensitivity, stress arousal systems, and developing brains. In a study published in the November issue of PAIN, researchers report that breastfeeding during minor procedures mitigated pain in preterm neonates with mature breastfeeding behaviors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-breastfeeding-pain-preterm-infants.html Health Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:29:17 EST news238213734 Modifying stomach acid levels may not be enough to treat symptoms in neonates suspected of having gastroesophageal reflux disease. According to a study from Nationwide Children's Hospital, this is the first study to classify reflux and its associated symptoms in neonates based on how and what is refluxed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-symptoms-characteristics-acid-reflux-neonates.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:10:20 EST news232026050