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Study reveals risk factors of chronic kidney disease in children
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children is rare, making research challenging and leaving significant gaps in the quantity and quality of data that informs young patients with the condition. Even the largest prospective studies are restricted in their use due to selection bias and relatively
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Study finds new infant gene therapy to treat Artemis-SCID patients
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Ten young infants born without functioning immune systems and unable to fight infections are on track for better lives thanks to a new gene therapy procedure developed at UC San Francisco.
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Study finds how concentration of surgery has improved operations for child
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Affecting young children, neuroblastoma is a sympathetic nervous system tumour. In the Netherlands, this diagnosis is given to 25 kids each year. Surgery to remove the tumour tissue is a crucial component of the therapeutic strategy. Since November 2014, treatment for Dutch children with sol
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Woman gives birth to baby girl with 'four' legs in MP's Gwalior
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Aarti Kushwaha gave birth to the baby girl at the Women and Child Pediatrics Department of Kamla Raja Hospital. The newborn is healthy. The two extra legs are inactive, a doctor said.
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Exposing children to digital devices to soothe them may affect their tempe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a Michigan Medicine study published in the journal named 'JAMA Pediatrics', using cellphones and tablets frequently to soothe agitated children ages 3-5 was linked to an increase in emotional dysregulation in children, especially in boys.
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Researchers find new method of microbial pathogen detection in patients wi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
With the aid of the Wyss Institute's FcMBL broad-spectrum pathogen capture technology, researchers have redesigned the procedure for identifying microorganisms in blood samples from paediatric sepsis patients.
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Study finds correlation between lethal childhood disease and age-related m
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New research suggests that adopting some of the strategies behind successfully treating the childhood disease of spinal muscular atrophy may enable the development of therapies to curb the muscle decline that accompanies aging.
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Children's hospital readmission risk can be predicted using new tool: Rese
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to the findings of a study readily available electronic health record (EHR) data can be used to reliably identify readmission risk for children of all ages while they are still in the hospital.
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Lifesaving intervention is not without risk in pediatric patients
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Recently published research found that blood transfusion is associated with adverse outcomes - including infection and higher rates of tumor recurrence - in pediatric solid tumor oncology patients following surgical removal of the tumor.
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Electronic gaming can result in life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in v
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Philadelphia [US], October 15 (ANI): Computer gaming might create life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in vulnerable youngsters whose tendency may have previously gone unreported, according to a new study.
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Study: Electronic gaming can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Philadelphia [US], October 11 (ANI): Researchers revealed how electronic gaming can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in susceptible children whose predisposition may have gone unnoticed previously. The researchers discovered a rare yet distinct trend in youngsters who lose conscio
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Research: More physical exercise and less screen time linked to better exe
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Illinois [US], September 29 (ANI): A new study explored whether adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for diet and physical activity had any relationship with toddlers' ability to remember, plan, pay attention, shift between tasks and regulate their own thoughts and behaviou
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