Children Health Articles & Analysis
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Surgeons at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital are the first in the nation to successfully implant a new brain shunt accessory for young patients with hydrocephalus, a neurological condition that causes a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the deep cavities of the brain that often causes frequent hospitalizations. ...
Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital First in the Country to Implant this Next Generation FDA-Cleared Device Company Welcomes Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mark Geiger, Who Lives with Hydrocephalus Anuncia Medical Inc. ...
October is recognized as Children’s Health Month by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other agencies and organizations. ...
Cardiac arrhythmias affect not only adults, but unfortunately also children struggle with such health problems. It is for little patients that the K.I.D.S. Foundation announced a competition "Telemedicine in Children's Hospitals of the Future". One of the winning projects of this competition is the project "TeleFriends from the Heart" submitted ...
The findings will provide evidence for health care professionals and policymakers on supporting families to give children the best start in life. ...
Clinical and Development Partners Four leading pediatric medical centers have served as investigational sites — University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Akron Children’s Hospital, Dayton Children’s Hospital, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, recently named by ...
Approximately 500 Canadians ages 6-11 are now eligible for TRIKAFTA®- Vertex has submitted this indication to CADTH & INESSS for Health Technology Assessments- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Health Canada has granted Marketing Authorization for the expanded use of TRIKAFTA® ...
In clinical trials, Dupixent significantly reduced asthma attacks, helped children breathe better and improved their health-related quality of life. ...
Matexcel, a leading service provider in material science, now provides up-to-date toys and baby products testing services to help ensure children’s physical and mental health. Consumer concerns about the safety and quality of the products they purchase continue to grow, especially when it comes to children's and infant products. If these ...
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The new BLRV is intended to identify children with higher levels of lead in their blood compared to most children, based on the 97.5th percentile of the blood lead level (BLL) distribution in U.S. children ages 1–5 years. No safe BLL in children has been identified reports the agency, and even low levels of lead in blood ...
PeriGen Inc., the market leader in applying artificial intelligence (AI) to improve safety in childbirth, today announced that SCL Health, a health system operating eight hospitals and 150 clinics in Colorado and Montana, is launching a centralized SCL Health OB Hub utilizing PeriGen’s PeriWatch Command Center enterprise-wide ...
As the Vice Chair of Global Women’s Health at Texas Children’s, Dr. Jeff Wilkinson discovered the harsh reality of maternal mortality, stillbirths, and early neonatal deaths in Malawi. ...
Health facilities nationwide are adopting the units as part of comprehensive overhauls in infection control programs based on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is a meaningful gift for the guest families whose primary concern is their children’s health,” said Oie Osterkamp, Ronald McDonald House executive director. ...
Children’s National Hospital today performed the first surgical use of breakthrough medical imaging technology designed specifically for kids. ...
Professor Zhou Chonggao, Vice Chairman of Neonatal Minimally Invasive Surgery Group of Professional Committee on Minimally Invasive Surgery for Women and Children. China Maternal and Child Health Association and Deputy Director of Neonatal Surgery in Hunan Children's Hospital. Professor Zhong Wei, Deputy Head of Neonatal Surgery Group of ...
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Women's and Children's Health Research Unit, Belgaum, Karnataka, India ? Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital, Balasore, Odisha, ...
The competition focused on innovations in COVID-19-related pediatric medical devices that will improve children’s health care, with 16 finalists competing in a virtual pitch event for a share of $250,000 in total grant awards. ...
Evolve BioSystems, Inc., a global leader dedicated to improving human health through the gut microbiome, today announced a collaboration with Janssen Research & Development, LLC, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to conduct a clinical study in children at risk for developing atopic dermatitis. ...
Kurita Europe decided this year to focus their support on children. Children are the most vulnerable in our society, hence when crisis strikes, they are always among the first to suffer from the consequences and the last to ...
However, they point out, this process of community maturation is disrupted in infants and children suffering from malnutrition. Dr. Gordon and other biologists believe that increased understanding of the metabolites produced by this "microbial organ" in healthy infants and children could ultimately lead to novel interventions to more effectively treat and ...