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New research from the University of South Australia could deliver a breakthrough for children suffering one of the most severe forms of genetic epilepsy, reducing the frequency of their seizures and improving their quality of life. Promising epilepsy treatment trials brings hope of seizure-free life for children | 7NEWSPlay Video Credit: University of South Australia

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Sophie Paczesny, M.D., Ph.D., recently received a four-year grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to investigate solutions to help doctors to fight complications after pediatric bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The $625,635 grant will allow Paczesny and her team to explore biomarkers and a new type of immune

The financial skills of 15-year-olds from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds are similar to 11-year-olds from the most advantaged backgrounds, shows a new report by UCL researchers. The study, commissioned and funded by St James’s Place, Britain’s largest provider of financial advice, measured the financial capabilities and behaviour of 3,745 British 7-17-year-olds through a series of questions

Lynette Henley needed one more year to receive her full pension after 40 years as a teacher, but she couldn’t convince herself it was worth the risk. So Henley, 65, who has diabetes and congestive heart failure, retired last June as a math and history teacher at Hogan Middle School, in Vallejo, California, which serves

In most developed countries, several vaccines have been developed against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), all of which target the immunodominant spike antigen of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A new JAMA study discusses the antibody levels in the newborns born from mothers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and compares these levels

Northwestern Medicine investigators continue to study the COVID-19 pandemic, from the biological mechanisms of disease and infection patterns to the pandemic’s impact on women and sexual and gender minorities. Outcomes of COVID-positive youths at emergency departments Among 3,221 youths who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in emergency departments (EDs), 3.3 percent

The rapid spread of omicron across the nation — and the finding that vaccines continue to provide strong protection against severe disease — brings covid-19 one step closer, perhaps, to truly earning its place on the list of diseases that have been tamed by vaccines. These include polio, measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox, all of

Teens who have frequent suicidal thoughts are at risk for a variety of psychological and social problems, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). These findings, reported in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, can help pediatric primary care physicians identify and care for youths at risk for depression,

Short-term treatment with the drug ruxolitinib prevents B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) in mice that have a genetic predisposition to the disease. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Cancer Research Center in Salamanca, Spain, led the research. The findings appear today in Cancer Research. The work provides the first evidence in an animal of

In a research paper posted to the Research Square preprint* server and under consideration for publication in the European Journal of Pediatrics journal, researchers assess the different clinical symptoms of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children and adolescents across different time periods. Study: Dynamics in COVID-19 Symptoms During Different Waves of

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, a team of researchers used sentinel cards for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) monitoring in schools where individual-level sampling is tedious due to privacy or compliance reasons and higher cost. Study: Sentinel Cards Provide Practical SARS-CoV-2 Monitoring in School Settings. Image Credit: FOTOGRIN/Shutterstock

The University of South Florida recently received a highly competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Training Grant (Award Number T32HL160529), boosting the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine’s (MCOM) capacity to prepare the next generation of scientists in an emerging area of research applicable to many major diseases. The NIH’s National, Heart, Lung, and

Fathers older than age 34 were more open to having their child vaccinated against COVID-19, while younger Black and white mothers were the least open to it, finds a new survey of Medicaid recipients from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Helping younger parents in all ways should be a priority. They

While COVID-19 disease significantly impacts many pregnant women, the rates of transmission from mother to baby in pregnancy are very low. A new study from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has demonstrated that ACE-2, the receptor that allows SARS-CoV-2 to enter cells, is found in lower levels in the placentas of women with COVID-19

Bed nets save lives in the long run, according to a 22-year study in Tanzania which, for the first time, indicates that children who sleep under them at an early age are more likely to survive into adulthood. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, followed more than 6,700 children from 1998,

In a first-ever study, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine examined the unintentional drug overdose mortality in Years of Life Lost among adolescents and young people in the United States.   Study findings are published online in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Excess mortality was calculated in Years of

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that young people who experience loneliness during early adolescence (age 12) are at greater risk of leaving school with lower grades than their non-lonely counterparts, even if they stop being lonely later on. The study, published in Development

A novel gene therapy promoted transfusion independence in more than 90 percent of adult and pediatric patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia, according to a recent clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The therapy represents a potentially curative treatment option for patients who must otherwise rely on life-long red blood cell transfusions. This

Over the past two decades, important progress has been made in implementing services to prevent mother-to-child (vertical) transmission of HIV and to access and uptake of HIV testing for infants and children in countries with a high HIV burden. During the period of upscaling, however, many children living with HIV did not receive HIV testing,

Pain-predominant disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs) in children -; such as functional abdominal pain (FAP) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)-; can lead to disabling symptoms, poor quality of life and high use of health care resources. Studies suggest that an open-label placebo (OLP) approach -; in which patients are aware that they are receiving a

Exposure to lead in drinking water, especially from private wells, during early childhood is associated with an increased risk of being reported for delinquency during teenage years, according to a new study by Indiana University researchers. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that children who get their water from

Fusion oncogenes, such as RET- and NTRK-gene fusions, are associated with more invasive pediatric thyroid cancers, correlating with the highest risk of metastases and a lower likelihood of achieving remission one year after initial therapy, according to a new study by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The findings, which were published in the