By Karla Gale NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 02 – Children who are abused during childhood and who carry a “low-activity” gene encoding monoamine oxidase
Laurie Barclay, MD Aug. 5, 2002 A new method of genetic profiling, described in the Aug. 3 issue of The Lancet, may help predict recurrence
By C. Vidyashankar, MD DELHI (Reuters Health) Jul 29 – An area of muscle wasting surrounded by hypertrophic muscles lateral to the scapula–dubbed the valley
LONDON (Reuters Health) Jul 29 – Britain’s High Court ruled on Monday that the government should reconsider its denial of tokens to buy formula milk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 29 – Regardless of whether or not their mother has asthma, infants who are exclusively breastfed for at least 4
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 23 – Using a mouthpiece to supply nebulized salbutamol (albuterol) appears to achieve better results in children with asthma exacerbation
במהדורת יולי האחרונה של פסיכיאטריה כללית מוצגות תוצאות מחקר לפיו שימוש ב- Desipramine השיג תוצאות יעילות בטיפול בטיקים והפרעות ריכוז (ADHD ) . עד כה לא
WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Jul 25 – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday warned that it has become aware of a possible association
במחקר שנערך במרכז לחקר הסרטן באנגליה, נמצא כי בקרב 1848 מטופלים אשר קיבלו הורמון גדילה בילדותם, בין השנים 1959 ל- 1985, שיעור התמותה מסרטן היה
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) presents differently in children than in adults and death is most often related to immunosuppression, researchers report. NF is often misdiagnosed in
Early treatment with recombinant erythropoietin beta (rhEPO) reduces anemia and the need for blood transfusions in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants, according to
In patients with autism, the brain appears to grow rapidly in childhood and then decreases slightly in size, so that the volume is similar to
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 19 – A combination of four serum markers has high sensitivity in detecting Down syndrome without increasing the rate of
Three and four dose schedules using a pentavalent combination vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae maintain “satisfactory” antibody levels several years after
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a nonsurgical technique for atrial septal defects, which has been in use in Europe for several years.
Children treated with 1% pimecrolimus cream have approximately half the number of flares of atopic dermatitis and need about a third less topical steroids, according
Desipramine effectively reduces symptoms in children with chronic tic disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a report in the July issue of the Archives
In patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), final height may depend upon the severity of growth retardation during the active phase of the disease and
Screening for cognitive impairment in children with epilepsy is reliably performed with the Battery for Rapid Evaluation of Cognitive Functions (BREV) neuropsychological test. It is
Men exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) during adolescence are less likely to have male offspring than normal, according to the results of a population-based study