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UCH installs GE's CARESCAPE Monitor B850 to enhance clinical decision making in the NICU

GE Healthcare today announced that the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has installed the new CARESCAPE™ Monitor B850, the company's latest advance in bedside patient monitoring, to help enhance clinical decision making in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Deployed in UCH's 50-bed NICU and Neonatal OR, the CARESCAPE Monitor B850 enables access to critical patient information from any bedside monitor anywhere in the unit.

28 Feb 2011

ABC program greatly reduces asthma-related ED visits in preschool children

Nearly one in eleven preschool children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with asthma and in some inner city neighborhoods, the figure is closer to one in seven. But, few asthma management programs are designed for parents of preschool children.

28 Feb 2011

Scientists identify new pathogen linked to childhood dental disease

Researchers at The Forsyth Institute have made a significant discovery about the nature of childhood dental disease. The scientific studies led by Anne Tanner, BDS, Ph.D., identified a new pathogen connected to severe early childhood caries.

28 Feb 2011

Well-being in adolescence linked to life satisfaction in adulthood

Being a 'happy' teenager is linked to increased well-being in adulthood, new research finds.

25 Feb 2011

Symposium examines Bruesewitz vs. Wyeth Supreme Court case

A March 29 symposium at the New York Academy of Sciences, "Vaccines Under the Gun: Politics, Science, Media and the Law," will feature a presentation by Daniel J. Thomasch, JD, national lead trial counsel for Wyeth, who was involved in the case decided by the Supreme Court yesterday in which the justices rejected a lawsuit claiming injury from a Wyeth vaccine.

25 Feb 2011

Maternal fructose intake during pregnancy leads to sex-specific changes in fetal, neonatal endocrinology

A recent study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a publication of The Endocrine Society, reports for the first time that maternal fructose intake during pregnancy results in sex-specific changes in fetal and neonatal endocrinology.

25 Feb 2011

Study: Low Vitamin D levels can cause allergies in children

A study of more than 3,000 children shows that low vitamin D levels are associated with increased likelihood that children will develop allergies, according to a paper published in the February 17 online edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

25 Feb 2011

SPIN program to help mothers produce sufficient breast milk for their premature infants

Approximately 50,000 premature babies weighing less than three pounds are born in the United States each year. These fragile newborns need the highest quality nutrition, which is why UC San Diego Health System developed the Supporting Premature Infant Nutrition program to help mothers produce sufficient breast milk for their premature infants.

24 Feb 2011

New guidelines recommend routine use of allergy tests to improve quality of care in children

The first guidelines for food allergy in children and young people issued by NICE, National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence, recommend routine use of allergy tests in NHS primary care and community settings to confirm suspected food allergy.

24 Feb 2011

Steroid administration may impact immune system in children with asthma

Children experiencing an asthma attack who are treated with a short burst of oral steroids may have a transient depression of immune response according to a new study led by Universit- de Montr-al.

24 Feb 2011

Study: Newborn screening for hemoglobin H disease can reduce mortality rate

A new and groundbreaking study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland hematologists is the first of its type to examine the natural history of heritable blood disorder hemoglobin H (HbH) which is on the rise in the United States.

24 Feb 2011

Progeria-derived iPS cells may treat aging-related disease in children

The current pace of population aging is without parallel in human history but surprisingly little is known about the human aging process, because lifespans of eight decades or more make it difficult to study. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have replicated premature aging in the lab, allowing them to study aging-related disease in a dish.

24 Feb 2011

Bacteria and fungi may protect against asthma in rural children: Study

Children who grow up on farms are less likely to suffer from asthma than other rural children. An international team of researchers including Dr. Markus Ege and Professor Erika von Mutius at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet has published a large-scale study that now indicates that this may be due to differences in the spectrum of microbes the two groups are likely to encounter.

24 Feb 2011

Mass polio vaccination campaigns in Burma and Sudan

After a seven-month-old baby was diagnosed with polio, Myanmar is planning a mass polio vaccination said the United Nations Children’s Fund. UNICEF revealed that just one case is enough to trigger an “emergency response”, and health officials promptly vaccinated 10,000 children in the Mandalay region, central Myanmar, after the illness was first suspected in December 2010.

23 Feb 2011

New study: Society may value $15 million to prevent death from child maltreatment

The amount the public will pay to prevent the death of a child may be twice that of an adult, according to a new University of Georgia study that asked 199 individuals how much they would pay to prevent a death from child abuse or neglect.

23 Feb 2011

USC School of Medicine professor to present keynote on prevention of SBS at Texas conference

On February 28th, Harvey Karp, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor at the USC School of Medicine, will present the keynote address on the prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome at the 25th Annual Conference of Prevent Child Abuse Texas, in Dallas.

23 Feb 2011

Biochemist receives STAC grant to find treatment for C. albicans infection in premature infants

A $200,000 grant from the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council is helping a Bryant University biochemist find a treatment for a fungal infection that is often lethal to premature infants.

23 Feb 2011

OptumHealth names Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island as Center of Excellence for Neonatal Care

For the fifth consecutive year, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island has been named a Center of Excellence for Neonatal Care by the Clinical Sciences Institute of OptumHealth, an independent audit company. According to OptumHealth, not all health care providers are created equal. For complex medical conditions, the disparity is especially high.

23 Feb 2011

Researchers to explore genomes of childhood cancers

In a project supported by Genome BC, a Vancouver pediatric pathologist at the BC Cancer Agency/University of British Columbia is leading the team that will explore the genomes of four of the most challenging childhood cancers known.

23 Feb 2011

Study: Hemoglobin A1c is not a reliable test to diagnose diabetes in children

Doctors are increasingly using a convenient blood glucose test for diagnosing diabetes and pre-diabetes, but a study by the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital shows it's not the best way to diagnose diabetes in children.

23 Feb 2011

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UCH installs GE's CARESCAPE Monitor B850 to enhance clinical decision making in the NICU

ABC program greatly reduces asthma-related ED visits in preschool children

Scientists identify new pathogen linked to childhood dental disease

Well-being in adolescence linked to life satisfaction in adulthood

Symposium examines Bruesewitz vs. Wyeth Supreme Court case

Maternal fructose intake during pregnancy leads to sex-specific changes in fetal, neonatal endocrinology

Study: Low Vitamin D levels can cause allergies in children

SPIN program to help mothers produce sufficient breast milk for their premature infants

New guidelines recommend routine use of allergy tests to improve quality of care in children

Steroid administration may impact immune system in children with asthma

Study: Newborn screening for hemoglobin H disease can reduce mortality rate

Progeria-derived iPS cells may treat aging-related disease in children

Bacteria and fungi may protect against asthma in rural children: Study

Mass polio vaccination campaigns in Burma and Sudan

New study: Society may value $15 million to prevent death from child maltreatment

USC School of Medicine professor to present keynote on prevention of SBS at Texas conference

Biochemist receives STAC grant to find treatment for C. albicans infection in premature infants

OptumHealth names Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island as Center of Excellence for Neonatal Care

Researchers to explore genomes of childhood cancers

Study: Hemoglobin A1c is not a reliable test to diagnose diabetes in children

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