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Topic: children’s health

Researchers combine MRIs and blood tests for less invasive autopsy for infants

Researchers combine MRIs and blood tests for less invasive autopsy for infants

May 15, 2013 7:16 pm by | 0 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Bereaved parents who do not want to see their dead babies go through a conventional autopsy could in future be offered a less invasive option which uses ... Read more
Business opportunity: Create safe packaging for home chemo

Business opportunity: Create safe packaging for home chemo

May 2, 2013 4:06 pm by | 0 Comments

Medication mix-up’s are a well-known source of errors and harm in the hospital. So we shouldn’t be surprised that similar errors occur in other settings, including the home. Medication Errors ... Read more
Use of Depakote in pregnancy linked to higher autism risk for baby

Use of Depakote in pregnancy linked to higher autism risk for baby

April 24, 2013 10:19 am by | 0 Comments

Pregnant women who took the anti-seizure drug valproate during pregnancy increased the odds that their baby would have autism, and were roughly twice as likely to give birth to a ... Read more
Sanofi infant vaccine gets EU approval

Sanofi infant vaccine gets EU approval

April 22, 2013 1:41 am by | 0 Comments

PARIS (Reuters) - French drug maker Sanofi SA said on Monday the European Commission has approved its primary and booster vaccine for infants from six weeks of age.The vaccine protects ... Read more
Mothers welcomed first shipments of free polio vaccine in 1955

Mothers welcomed first shipments of free polio vaccine in 1955

April 21, 2013 6:38 am by | 0 Comments

ST. LOUIS -- Two leaders of a mothers' campaign met the train downtown on April 21, 1955. An express worker handed them the first box of a miracle shipment. "This ... Read more
Startup uses camera and web site to extend visiting hours for preemies

Startup uses camera and web site to extend visiting hours for preemies

April 19, 2013 11:19 am by | 0 Comments

NICVIEW has brought web cams to the NICU. The Louisville company has a camera system and a web site that lets parents and other family members check in on premature ... Read more
Minnesota considers insurance mandate for intense autism therapy

Minnesota considers insurance mandate for intense autism therapy

April 14, 2013 3:26 am by | 0 Comments

Minnesota lawmakers are considering a proposal to require insurers to cover an intensive form of autism treatment, which can cost more than $100,000 a year. ... Read more
Generic version of morning sickness drug withdrawn 30 years ago is back on the market

Generic version of morning sickness drug withdrawn 30 years ago is back on the market

April 8, 2013 7:40 pm by | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved a drug to treat morning sickness that was withdrawn from the market 30 years ago amid claims, since debunked, that ... Read more
Study: Heart conditions and heat cause more deaths among student football players than injuries

Study: Heart conditions and heat cause more deaths among student football players than injuries

April 5, 2013 4:31 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Each year in the U.S. an average of a dozen high school and college football players die during practices and games, according to a new ... Read more
Test for heart defects could be required in Missouri, Illinois hospitals

Test for heart defects could be required in Missouri, Illinois hospitals

March 14, 2013 10:39 am by | 0 Comments

About 300 babies born each year in the U.S. are sent home from the hospital with serious heart defects that went undetected by ultrasounds during pregnancy and examinations after birth. ... Read more
Hospital accreditation doesn’t ensure breastfeeding

Hospital accreditation doesn’t ensure breastfeeding

March 13, 2013 4:35 pm by | 0 Comments

For efforts to promote breastfeeding, making sure that a hospital follows so-called baby-friendly practices is more important than whether it is formally accredited by a breastfeeding initiative, according to a ... Read more
Health care cuts from vaccinations to research

Health care cuts from vaccinations to research

March 11, 2013 10:45 am by | 0 Comments

Sequestration spares Medicaid and almost all of Medicare, but automatic cuts to other federal health care programs will make it more difficult for low-income Americans to get maternal and infant ... Read more
Whooping cough vaccine protection wanes

Whooping cough vaccine protection wanes

March 11, 2013 12:39 am by | 0 Comments

Protection against whooping cough starts to weaken a few years after preschool children get their final diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP) shot, a new study confirms. The Centers for Disease ... Read more
Leaping lizards! Pet frogs linked to salmonella outbreak in kids: CDC

Leaping lizards! Pet frogs linked to salmonella outbreak in kids: CDC

March 11, 2013 12:35 am by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Small water frogs marketed and sold as pets are linked to an outbreak of Salmonella infections from 2008 to 2011, according to a report from ... Read more
U.S. childhood obesity fight sees some success: group

U.S. childhood obesity fight sees some success: group

March 7, 2013 6:39 pm by | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies and other groups that have made attempts to reverse the nation's rising childhood obesity rate are starting to see results as more American kids exercise ... Read more