Joe Simon reports for Civil Beat that a global research team including University of Hawaii Manoa, University of Pittsburg and the University of Wisconsin have been awarded a five-year, $6.2 million grant to study how having HIV puts children at greater risk...
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University of Wisconsin Madison Leads Cancer Drug Study on Children
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the University of Wisconsin Madison (UW-Madison) Carbone Cancer Center will lead a Phase I clinical trial focusing on an experimental cancer drug developed by Cellectar Biosciences. Patients (children and adolescents) will be...
Fighting Children’s Cancer Promising Immunotherapy Trial
As reported in KomoNews, Harper Beare is just shy of her second birthday, and almost everything about her is typical two-year-old. But this little girl has spent nearly half her life in and out of hospitals after being diagnosed with leukemia. "It's a real gut punch,"...
Univ. North Carolina Research Focuses on Acute Leukemia in Children
As reported in EurekAlert!, researchers from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have made important discoveries that could lead to better treatment for a rare blood cancer in children that...
NIH Awards NYU $65 Million to Research Environment and Children’s Health
Harrison Cook reports from Becker’s Hospital Review that The National Institutes of Health awarded New York City-based New York University more than $65 million over the next five years to study how environmental factors influence children's health. The funding is...
Researchers Plan to Test Genomic-Based, Individualized Drug Cocktails for Kids with Brain Tumors
More than 28,000 kids live with brain tumors in the United States and UCSF Researchers, leveraging genomic data plan to test new approaches to help children coping with a deadly disease. UCSF has partnered with NantHealth Inc. for this research effort. Allen Cone...
Call for Clinical Cannabis Trials for Children
EurekAlert! reports that Canadian parents use unregulated cannabinoids for seizure control in children with neurologic conditions like epilepsy, and clinical trials are needed to inform doctors and parents on prescribing, according to a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian...
Study About Children in the United States Using Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillators
According to DotMed HealthcareBusiness Daily News a wearable cardioverter defibrillator may represent "a safe and effective alternative for children with ventricular heart rhythm disorders that pose the risk of sudden cardiac arrests or deaths according to researchers...
Emergency Departments Overusing Neuroimaging for Pediatric Headaches
The study team concluded that ED "imaging rate was 26.5 times higher than our positive result rate." The researchers post that ED "decrease unnecessary neuroimaging." Study authors: Meghan R. Cain, MD Mayo Clinic Hospital Dimitrios Arkilo, MD, Sr. Medical Director,...