Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Adult stem cells may provide an explanation for the cause of a Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), a rare disease that causes premature aging in children, according to researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These findings, the first to indicate a biological ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
A study by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and the University of Florida suggests that 'tweens' should receive alcohol prevention programs prior to sixth grade, when nearly one in six children are already alcohol users.
The study found that adolescents who already use alcohol are less receptive to ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Thousands of uninsured children in Louisiana will now have access to regular medical care through the State Children's Health Insurance Program, CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems announced in Baton Rouge.
Acting Administrator Weems announced approval of a request by Governor Bobby Jindal to expand the state's current SCHIP, called LaCHIP, at ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
A brief report in the February 28, 2008, New England Journal of Medicine, led by researchers at the New England Newborn Screening Program (NENSP) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), indicates a declining incidence of a genetic disease, providing what may be the first demonstration of a link ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Children who under-achieve at school may just have poor working memory rather than low intelligence according to researchers who have produced the world's first tool to assess memory capacity in the classroom.
The researchers from Durham University, who surveyed over three thousand children, found that ten per cent of school children ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Before lifting off on a space mission or sitting down to write a story, astronauts and authors alike must eat a balanced breakfast. To help boost breakfast participation in schools and excite students about fueling their bodies to power their minds, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has launched the "Fuel ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
The Global Child Nutrition Foundation's 5th annual A Possible Dream Gala will take place Tuesday, March 4, 2008, and honor several champions of child nutrition, including the 2008 recipient of the Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award. The gala supports the Foundation's mission to raise awareness about the global epidemic of ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
House Foreign Affairs Committee members and White House officials met on Tuesday and agreed on a compromise draft bill to reauthorize the U.S. global HIV/AIDS plan, CQ Politics reports. Under the compromise bill, $50 billion would be allocated for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief over the next five ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
A panel of experts that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends all American children over 6 months be vaccinated against seasonal flu, starting as soon as possible but perhaps more feasibly in the 2008-09 flu season because most doctors will have ordered all their flu ...
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