‘Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders’ has just been published by the International Pediatric MS Study Group as a supplement to the journal Neurology. The Group was founded by the National MS Society (USA) to foster global cooperation in studying and addressing the challenges associated with what is generally thought of as an adult neurological disease when it occurs in a non-adult population.
The culture of a school can dampen — or exacerbate — the violent or disruptive tendencies of aggressive young teens, new research indicates. A large-scale study from the University of Illinois found that while personal traits and peer interactions have the most direct effect on the aggressive behavior of middle school students, the school environment also influences student aggression.
Younger siblings of children with autism are at risk to suffer from delayed verbal, cognitive and motor development in their early childhood years.
A team from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University is providing technical assistance to the East and Southern Africa Regional Office of the United Nations Children?s Fund (EASRO UNICEF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the government of Kenya to build strategies for implementing Kenya?s National Food and Nutrition Policy.
Special grant to be announced for health ministry in area churches, mosques and synagogues. 400-plus diverse faith, community representatives attend rally in support of State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reauthorization and expansion. 160,000 of Michigan’s children, most in working families, are uninsured.
Every day thousands of new parents assume the responsibility of caring for and protecting a child. Many of these first-time caregivers are unaware of the dangers of unintentional poisonings often related to medicines and household products commonly found in the home, such as personal care products, over-the-counter pain relievers and cleaning substances.
FDA seized all implantable medical devices from Shelhigh, Inc., after finding significant deficiencies in the company’s manufacturing processes.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is partnering with basketball star Yao Ming, Chinese actor Pu Cunxin, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the non-governmental organization (NGO) Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center to minimize the stigma attached to those living with HIV/AIDS in China.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced sadness at the shooting rampage at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the United States, while expressing hope that the many affected individuals and communities would be able to embark on a deep process of healing.
This article out of Johns Hopkins reviewed the risk of renal cell carcinoma occurring as a secondary malignancy after chemotherapy in childhood.