A study team at MedUni Vienna’s Center for Brain Research has found that high-fat maternal diets can cause life-long changes in the brain of the unborn offspring. When a pregnant woman consumes a diet high in polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acids, her body produces an excess of endogenous cannabinoids (endocannabinoids), which overload the foetal organism and […]
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Medicines can have different effects in children than in adults, which is not just a question of the right dose. Yet, still only few pharmaceuticals have been specifically tested and approved for this patient group. For treatment of thrombosis, children currently receive Heparin and Vitamin K antagonists which are problematic and not approved for children. […]
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It would seem that I am a rare breed. I research the safety of aluminium adjuvants used in vaccines (See; Safety concerns around aluminium adjuvants). In doing so, I acknowledge that not all vaccines that include an aluminium adjuvant are completely safe for all recipients. This is not an opinion that is openly shared by […]
NHS pilot found half of children had mutations in their tumours that would be targetable by drugs available for adults Those children who did receive targeted treatments saw significant benefits But only 7 per cent of children with ‘clinically actionable’ mutations could access appropriate drugs, partly due to regulatory and funding barriers, and lack of […]
Keele academics have lent their expertise to a pilot project designed to improve local children’s health and wellbeing. Councillor Dr Janine Bridges, from Stoke-on-Trent City Council, has been piloting an initiative to increase the levels of physical activity in primary school children to improve their health and wellbeing, in partnership with staff from Keele’s School […]
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Gemini Untwined will fund treatment and further our understanding of craniopagus conjoined children around the world Launch follows successful separation of previously conjoined twins in London in February 2019 New technologies of advanced medical imaging, accurate modelling, virtual reality and 3D printing enabled the surgeons to model the structure of the twins’ skulls and make […]
Children from the most income deprived areas experienced similar exposure to tobacco retailing in one day as children from the least deprived areas experienced in one week. This was the finding of new collaborative research between the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, which was published today in the journal Tobacco Control. The researchers used GPS-trackers […]
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Doctors have urged hospitals around the world to reconsider the type of fluids used to treat children gravely ill with sepsis. In a new study, researchers from Imperial College London found saline fluids commonly used to help stabilise critically ill children may trigger the blood to become more acidic, and lead to organ failure. The […]
Last year, the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, part of Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust, became the first hospital in the UK to offer staff the opportunity to wear NHS Rainbow badges, which send a message to people who identify as LGBT+ that the hospital is an inclusive place that welcomes everyone. LGBT+ stands for […]
Children born into poverty show key differences in early brain function – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied the brain function of children aged between four months and four years in rural India. They found that children from lower-income backgrounds, where mothers also had a low level of education, […]
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