News tagged with childhood stroke

Childhood stroke study identifies the contraceptive pill and smoking as risk factors

Researchers are calling for clear guidelines on childhood stroke after a study, published in the November issue of Acta Paediatrica, found wide variations in time lag to diagnosis, investigation and treatment.

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created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Death from childhood stroke

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke is an important cause of childhood morbidity and is in the top ten causes of childhood death. For the first time, new research has looked at trends in death from childhood stroke in ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New national study finds increase in P.E. class-related injuries

Physical education (PE) in schools is one of the main tools used to increase physical activity and to prevent childhood obesity, and PE-related injuries are on the rise. Although increasing physical activity may reduce obesity, ...

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0