http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Children prenatally exposed to methadone or Subutex (buprenorphine) are prone to developing cognitive difficulties. According to one researcher, these children still need close follow-up after they begin school. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-methadone-children-problems-school.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:00:02 EST news285309982 A mother's milk bank catering to needy infants free of cost has been set up in northwestern India as part of a drive to save the lives of vulnerable children, officials said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-breast-bank-cater-needy-infants.html Health Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:30:02 EST news285239719 Hundreds of scientists, doctors and other experts from around the world launched the Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication today, declaring that an end to the paralyzing disease is achievable and endorsing a comprehensive new strategy to secure a lasting polio-free world by 2018. The declaration's launch coincides with the 58th anniversary of the announcement of Jonas Salk's revolutionary vaccine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-polio-eradication-urgent-declare-global.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:54:06 EST news284896438 In poorer countries, young children are more likely to die in the months before their mother's death, when she is seriously ill, and also in the period after her death, according to a study by international researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-death-young-children-linked-mother.html Health Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:14:38 EST news283540470 Daily baths with an ordinary antibacterial cleanser can safely reduce the risk of dangerous bloodstream infections in critically ill children, according to a trial conducted in five pediatric hospitals and led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. A report on the findings of the research—the first of its kind in children and one of the largest infection-prevention trials to date—will be published online Jan. 26 in the Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-daily-antiseptic-slash-bloodstream-infections.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:30:01 EST news278335094 (HealthDay)—Many babies spend almost three hours in front of the TV each day, a new study finds, especially if their mothers are obese and TV addicts themselves, or if the babies are fussy or active. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-moms-tv-calm-fussy-infants.html Pediatrics Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:58:53 EST news276778719 (Medical Xpress)—Latest research from the University of Otago, Christchurch (UOC) shows the Early Start home visiting programme halved rates of physical abuse against children and lowered non-accidental hospital visits by a third over a sustained period. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-home-programme-child-abuse-longer.html Pediatrics Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:50:03 EST news272009422 UC Davis researchers have found that for children with the genetic disorder known as chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome anxiety—but not intelligence—is linked to poorer adaptive behaviors, such as self-care and communication skills, that affect daily life. The developmental syndrome, which is associated with a constellation of physical, cognitive and psychiatric problems, usually is apparent at birth or early childhood, and leads to lifelong challenges. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-higher-anxiety-poorer-functioning-children.html Pediatrics Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:27:09 EST news271355219 Two studies from UNICEF, forming The Lancet Series on equity in child survival, health, and nutrition, provide compelling evidence for the strategic importance of focusing global health improvement efforts on the poorest and hardest to reach children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-unicef-highlight-importance-equity-maternal.html Health Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:30:04 EST news267291141 Researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health along with Boston Medical Center have found children's academic achievement test scores not affected by intrauterine exposure to cocaine, tobacco or marijuana. However, alcohol exposure in children who had no evidence of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) did lead to lower scores in math reasoning and spelling even after controlling for other intrauterine substance exposures and contextual factors. These findings currently appear on-line in the journal of Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-intrauterine-exposure-drugs-affect-academic.html Health Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:54:29 EST news250170863 Sixty-six percent of publicly-insured children were unable to get a doctor's appointment for medical conditions requiring outpatient specialty care including diabetes and seizures, while children with identical symptoms and private insurance were turned away only 11 percent of the time, according to an audit study of specialty physician practices in Cook County, Ill. conducted by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings are published in the June 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-specialty-physicians-two-thirds-children.html Health Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:00:01 EST news227362110