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Type of shoe changes how people run, researchers find

The style of your running shoes isn't just making a fashion statement. It may be controlling the way you run and setting you up for injuries down the road. That's what researchers at the University of Kansas Hospital found ...

Health created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

All hospital emergency rooms should be prepared for children

(HealthDay)—All hospital emergency departments (EDs), including community hospital EDs, should have the appropriate medications, equipment, policies, and staff to provide effective emergency care for children, ...

Health created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Can therapy using robots reduce pain and anxiety among pediatric patients?

Pet therapy can help patients cope with the pain, stress, and emotional effects of a serious illness, but access to a companion animal is not always possible. Robotic animals may offer the same benefits, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers to develop next generation immunotherapy for children with deadly solid tumors

Recently, research using adoptive T-cell immunotherapy in blood cancers have shown success, most notably in the case of a seven-year-old girl whose leukemia went into remission using altered T-cells and a disabled HIV virus. ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Melanoma rates rising in US children

(HealthDay)—Melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, doesn't usually occur in kids, but a new study shows that it's happening more often.

Cancer created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Child's cancer often causes parents severe distress: study

(HealthDay)—Many parents of children with advanced cancer have high to severe levels of psychological distress, a new study finds.

Pediatrics created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

AAP updates medicaid policy statement with ACA changes

(HealthDay)—The implications of the expansion of Medicaid resulting from implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on children are discussed in a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics ...

Pediatrics created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parents will push for medication, even if doc says not needed

(HealthDay)—When doctors use quick-and-easy disease labels to sum up symptoms of concern in an otherwise healthy infant, parents are more apt to want to treat their child with some type of medication, even ...

Pediatrics created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

T-cell therapy eradicates an aggressive leukemia in two children

Two children with an aggressive form of childhood leukemia had a complete remission of their disease-showing no evidence of cancer cells in their bodies-after treatment with a novel cell therapy that reprogrammed their immune ...

Cancer created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Youth with diabetes at greater risk following transition from pediatric to adult care

(Medical Xpress)—Type 1 diabetes is a condition in which the body does not produce insulin and cannot convert sugar, starches and other food into energy. Generally diagnosed during childhood or adolescence, the disease ...

Diabetes created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Close-to-the-heart catheters safer for hospitalized children

Location, location, location. A new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study shows the real-estate mantra also holds true when it comes to choosing correct catheter placement in children.

Pediatrics created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Family-centered advanced care planning benefits ailing teens

(HealthDay)—Family-centered advanced care planning (ACP) enables families to better understand and agree on end-of-life decisions for adolescents with cancer, according to a study published online March ...

Pediatrics created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ultrasound increases accuracy of central line placement in children, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—By adopting a technique that's already widely used in adult medicine, pediatric surgeons could save many children from complications associated with a common but risky hospital procedure. That's the conclusion ...

Surgery created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Structured weight loss program helps kids from low-income families lower BMI

Overweight and obese children in low-income households can meet or exceed the Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity when given ...

Pediatrics created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Potential early indicator of kidney injury identified

A guidance cue that helps kidneys form may also be a red flag that they are in danger, researchers report.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast