Using a piece of Gore-Tex fabric to make their repairs, doctors performed corrective surgery on a baby born with his heart outside his chest, and said that the youngster should be able to lead a close-to-normal life.
Stretching out a dose of chemotherapy over six or more hours may reduce the risk of heart problems caused by certain commonly used cancer drugs, according to a new review of recent research.
Children who were allergic to eggs were able to essentially overcome their allergy by gradually consuming increased quantities of eggs over time, researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have found in a small pilot study.
The largest survey ever undertaken of Aboriginal children and families has thrown new light on why most existing intervention programs are failing to produce results needed for overcoming the present levels of Indigenous disadvantage.
Watching television parenting programs like ITV’s Driving Mum and Dad Mad really can help improve parenting skills and modify children’s behavioral problems, according to a study at the University of Manchester.
Within the next 10 years the EU-funded Diabetes Prevention study, part of an international study called TRIGR (Trial to Reduce IDDM in the Genetically at Risk), coordinated at the University of Helsinki, Finland, will generate a definite answer to the question whether early nutritional modification may prevent type 1 diabetes later in childhood.
On the occasion of National Child Day, the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, announced that Health Canada is developing pilot projects to establish and test Patient Wait Times Guarantees (PWTGs) for specific federal health services on reserve, beginning with pilot projects for prenatal care in a number of First Nations communities. Minister Clement made this announcement before the Canadian Institute where he was speaking on patient wait times guarantees in Toronto.
Today Charmin unveils the first ever, fully-staffed, deluxe public restrooms in New York City’s Times Square just in time for the holiday season. Doris Roberts, America’s favorite mom from TV’s “Everybody Loves Raymond,” will inaugurate the stalls with the ceremonial “first-flush” and ribbon cutting.
The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) and ConvaTec, a world-leading manufacturer of ostomy and wound care products, announced today the recipients of the Great Comebacks(R) Program 2006 Ina Brudnick Scholarship and the Comeback Kids awards. Abby Ryan, the 2006 Ina Brudnick Scholar, was honored alongside Lauren Belanger, Becca Davis and Michelle Flude, the 2006 Comeback Kids, in New York City on November 18th at CCFA’s annual meeting.
Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute in California publishes new research that identifies a specific human enzyme that could kill cancer cells.