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Children With Big-Bone Fractures Rarely Require Anti-Clotting Drugs

May 24, 2012
Children with pelvic and thigh fractures develop dangerous blood clots so rarely that anti-clotting therapy should be given only to those with underlying conditions that increase clotting risk, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Children's Center. The research, to be published in the June issue of the Journal of ...

Physical Therapy – A Quick Fix For Sacroiliac Joint Pain In Many Children And Adolescents

May 24, 2012
Investigators report that a simple bedside manual therapy to correct a painful misaligned sacroiliac joint was highly successful in a group of 45 patients 10 to 20 years of age. Thirty-six patients (80 percent) obtained significant pain relief, whereas nine patients (20 percent) experienced minimal to no relief. In 24 ...

Association Between Asthma Medication And Arrhythmias In Children, Young Adults

May 24, 2012
Use of inhaled anticholinergics (IACs) has been associated with an increased risk of potentially dangerous heart arrhythmias among young asthma patients, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The medications are commonly used to help control asthma flare-ups, and recent studies have shown ...

Children with obesity more likely to have idiopathic intracranial hypertension

May 24, 2012
Children who are overweight or obese -- particularly older, non-Hispanic white girls -- are more likely to have a neurological disorder known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension, a rare condition that can result in blindness, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

Severe Asthma With Fungal Sensitization May Be Cause Of Children Failing Asthma Therapy

May 23, 2012
New research presented at the ATS 2012 International Conference in San Francisco suggests that a significant proportion of children with asthma failing Step 4 or greater therapy may have severe asthma with fungal sensitization (SAFS)...

Failing combination asthma therapy may lead to SAFS in children

May 23, 2012
New research presented at the ATS 2012 International Conference in San Francisco suggests that a significant proportion of children with asthma failing Step 4 or greater therapy may have severe asthma with fungal sensitization (SAFS).

Benefits of ICS treatment vary among children with differing demographic, clinical characteristics

May 23, 2012
A further analysis of a previously published National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded study of children with mild persistent asthma reports the relative benefits of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment varies among children with differing demographic and clinical characteristics.

Weight loss improves SBD and metabolic dysregulation in obese children

May 23, 2012
(American Thoracic Society) Weight loss improved both metabolic parameters and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in obese children in a new study from researchers in Belgium, confirming links between metabolic dysregulation, SDB and obesity.

Children failing asthma therapy may have severe asthma with fungal sensitization

May 22, 2012
ATS 2012, SAN FRANCISCO New research presented at the ATS 2012 International Conference in San Francisco suggests that a significant proportion of children with asthma failing Step 4 or greater therapy may have severe asthma with fungal sensitization (SAFS). "SAFS is a newly described sub-phenotype of asthma, ...

Baseline characteristics of children with mild persistent asthma predict response to ICS

May 22, 2012
ATS 2012, SAN FRANCISCO A further analysis of a previously published National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded study of children with mild persistent asthma reports the relative benefits of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment varies among children with differing demographic and clinical characteristics. ...

New initiative aims to increase mobility for disabled children worldwide

May 22, 2012
A team of global partners has tasked itself with the daunting challenge of bringing mobility to disabled children of developing nations. "Mobility to a child in a developing country is the difference between education versus no education, societal engagement versus no societal engagement and individual freedom versus ...

Baseline characteristics of children with mild persistent asthma predict response to ICS

May 22, 2012
(American Thoracic Society) A further analysis of a previously published National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded study of children with mild persistent asthma reports the relative benefits of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment varies among children with differing demographic and clinical characteristics.