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Raising Safety Awareness Of Firepit Burns
01.07.2008 10:17
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Backyard barbecues and beach bonfires are beloved summer activities across the country, but they also put people - especially children - at risk of painful, long-term injury. Dr. Marianne Cinat, UC Irvine Regional Burn Center director, urges extra caution with the use and cleanup of firepits or barbecues at the beach and at campsites. "We're seeing approximately two dozen firepit injuries each year," said Cinat, a surgery professor at UC Irvine Medical Center.
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Spray Reduces Pain In Children Undergoing Intravenous Procedures
01.07.2008 10:17
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A topical spray reduced pain by 34% in children undergoing intravenous procedures, such as injections and tube insertions (cannulation), compared with a placebo group. The findings from this double-blind, randomized controlled trial have clinical implications, write the researchers. "The vapocoolant spray that we used provided quick and effective reduction of pain due to intravenous cannulation without delaying the procedure," state Dr. William Splinter and colleagues.
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Results Of Trial Of Sucrose As Painkiller For Newborns
01.07.2008 10:17
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Using sucrose to reduce pain in newborns undergoing painful procedures should be limited to babies having blood taken (venipuncture) for the newborn screening test but not for intramuscular injections, write Dr. Anna Taddio and co-authors.
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FDA Proposes New Rule To Provide Updated Information On The Use Of Prescription Drugs And Biological Products During Pregnancy And Breast-Feeding
01.07.2008 09:15
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed major revisions to the physician labeling for prescription drugs (including biological products) to provide better information about the effects of medicines used during pregnancy and breast-feeding.
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Eating Junk While Pregnant Can Harm Your Baby
01.07.2008 08:14
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We all know that smoking and drinking when pregnant can harm the baby, but new research published in The Journal of Physiology suggests that poor diet may also cause long-lasting, irreversible damage in offspring from heart disease to diabetes. Stéphanie Bayol and Neil Stickland at the Royal Veterinary College, London fed female rats a "junk food" diet of crisps, cheese, muffins and other processed foods throughout pregnancy and lactation.
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MRSA Linked To Rising Number Of Severe Bone Infections, Health Complications In Children
01.07.2008 08:14
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The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as a major pathogen has led to more complications and longer hospital stays for children with acute bone infections, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. Acute osteomyelitis, a bone infection that predominantly occurs in children, is usually caused by the staph bacteria. Treatment has traditionally been straightforward because most S. aureus bacteria can be killed with existing antibiotics.
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Health Panel Urges Caution With Fireworks - American Council On Science And Health
01.07.2008 07:13
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The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) urges Americans to celebrate the Fourth of July safely -- especially when the celebration involves fireworks. New York City opthalmologist and ACSH scientific advisor Dr. Emil Chynn warns that some 10,000 people seek treatment each year for fireworks-related injuries -- and that children are particularly vulnerable. In an essay on
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Hope For Progeria - Successfully Validated On Mice, A Treatment Could Soon Be Tested On Children
01.07.2008 06:26
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Five years after the identification of the gene responsible for progeria, a rare disease causing accelerated and premature ageing, a team of Spanish and French researchers (Carlos Lopez-Otin and coll. - University of Oviedo - and Nicolas Levy and coll. - Inserm/AP-HM, Marseille, France) have successfully demonstrated a treatment for the disease, using mice.
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Consumer Fireworks Continue To Injure Children In U.S.
01.07.2008 05:22
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A Fourth of July tradition in many families, consumer fireworks continue to injure children in the U.S. at disproportionately high rates compared to the general population, causing injuries ranging from minor burns and corneal abrasions to severe burns, vision and hearing loss and even death.
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No Added Sugar In Breast Milk, Unlike Formula
01.07.2008 04:32
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In a country where childhood obesity is an epidemic, parents must be cautious of what they feed their children, starting in infancy. A recent article in The New York Times reports that all formulas contain added sugar, and that Similac Organic formula is sweetened with cane sugar (sucrose), a much sweeter sugar. Breast milk, on the other hand, provides the perfect nutrition for babies while reducing the risk of, infections, chronic diseases and childhood obesity.
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