Pediatric Radiology
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Tamsulosin for Ureteral Stones -- Use in a Pediatrics?Tamsulosin for Ureteral Stones -- Use in a Pediatrics?
Kids with kidney stones may respond to adult treatments, but are those therapies safe in the long run? Urologic Nursing (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
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Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring useful for children with kidney disease
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring can be used to aid clinicians in detecting increased cardiovascular risk among children with chronic kidney disease, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
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Parents of girl, 2, battling terminal brain disease create list of 100 things to do before she dies
Olivia Penney (pictured), from Southampton, Hampshire, was diagnosed with Alexander Disease nine months ago, one of just 50 children in the world to have the condition. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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Many Teenagers Have at Least 1 CVD Risk Factor Many Teenagers Have at Least 1 CVD Risk Factor
Many adolescents have at least 1 risk factor for cardiovascular disease, especially if they are overweight or obese. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Nurses Headlines)
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Nigeria: Emergency for 375 Children Refused Polio Vaccine
[Daily Trust] A massive intervention starts Tuesday morning to immunise at least 375 children aged under five who have not been vaccinated against polio in the ongoing immunisation programme in Kebbi state capital Birnin-Kebbi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)MedWorm Message: Please support the Doctors In Chains campaign for the medics tortured and sentenced for up to 15 years in Bahrain. #FreeDoctors
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Nigeria: Parents Face Arrest for Refusing Polio Vaccine
[Daily Trust] Immunisation officials in Kebbi have threatened to arrest parents who refuse polio vaccine for their children. The threat comes after field vaccinators reported persistent noncompliance (refusal of vaccine) in pockets of the capital Birnin Kebbi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
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Nigeria: Woman Gives Birth in Commercial Bus
[Vanguard] Lagos - The sweet fortune of motherhood smiled on Mrs Grace Obehi in the early hours of Sunday in Lagos, as she was delivered of a baby boy inside a commercial bus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
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Laughing all the way to the bank?
First Holy Communion is the ideal time to teach your children the value of money management, writesSHEILA WAYMAN (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
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Reilly urged to use indemnity funds for patient redress
1,500 women who underwent a controversial childbirth procedure want closure, writesCARL O'BRIEN (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
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Rwanda: Sensitisation On Contraceptive Use to Curb Country's High Abortion Rate
[New Times] Every year, about 60,000 pregnancies are prematurely terminated in Rwanda. As a result, more sensitisation on contraceptive use has been beefed up in order to curb the dangers resulting from abortions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)MedWorm Message: Please have a look at this new site driven by MedWorm: The Breast Cancer Daily
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Rwanda: Cultural Beliefs Undermining Family Planning - Officials
[New Times] The wider use of contraceptive methods within the East Africa region is still undermined by underlying cultural beliefs that glorify large families, health officials said during the 5th Eastern Africa Reproductive Health Network (EARHN) summit. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
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Risk Factors For An Exacerbation-Prone Asthma Phenotype
A number of specific risk factors are associated with an exacerbation-prone phenotype of severe asthma, according to a new study from researchers in Sweden. The results were presented at the ATS 2012 International Conference in San Francisco. "Acute exacerbations are a major source of morbidity and mortality in asthma," said lead author Maciek Kupczyk, MD, PhD, a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm "In children, the costs of asthma care are three times higher in exacerbators as compared to those patients who did not experience any attacks... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)MedWorm Message: Please support the Doctors In Chains campaign for the medics tortured and sentenced for up to 15 years in Bahrain. #FreeDoctors
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The Impact Of Urologic Diseases On The American Public
Urologic conditions like urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and prostate cancer are a major economic burden on Americans, resulting in health care costs of close to $40 billion annually, according to a newly released national report that charts the demographic and economic impact of urologic diseases in the U.S. Urologic Diseases in America (UDA), last published in 2007, has been revised and updated for 2012 and includes a wealth of new, detailed information on the utilization of resources and the costs associated with urologic diseases among men, women and children... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Pediatric Kidney And Brain Tumors May Be Reduced By Folic Acid
Folic acid fortification of foods may reduce the incidence of the most common type of kidney cancer and a type of brain tumors in children, finds a new study by Kimberly J. Johnson, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, and Amy Linabery, PhD, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota. Incidence reductions were found for Wilms' tumor, a type of kidney cancer, and primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET), a type of brain cancer. Since 1998, the U.S... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Driver Distraction Examined By CQ Researcher
More than 5,000 people die each year in vehicle crashes caused by distracted driving, many who were texting and talking on cellphones behind the wheel, according CQ Researcher (published by CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE). Teen drivers appear to be especially susceptible to distraction... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
