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Study finds aggressive surgery is best for children with brain tumors

A new Mayo Clinic study found that children with low-grade brain tumors (gliomas) who undergo aggressive surgery to completely remove the tumor have an increased chance of overall survival. If complete removal is not possible, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find pathway that drives spread of pediatric bone cancer in preclinical studies

Researchers have identified an important signaling pathway that, when blocked, significantly decreases the spread of pediatric bone cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parents experience difficulty with consent process in pediatric cancer trials

Compared with adult cancer patients, parents of children with cancer were more likely to be dissatisfied with the informed consent process for participating in clinical trials, according to a study from Dana-Farber/Children's ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients protest Chinese doctor's risky surgery

(AP) -- At one moment, the Chinese urologist seemed to be at the height of his career: He had invented a surgical procedure to help patients overcome incontinence and was training doctors in America and elsewhere. The next, ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Teaching doctors to treat the individual

Doctors can be taught to listen better to individual circumstances that may affect patient care, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. The findings are reported in the Sept. ...

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created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The cost of over-triage on our nation's health system

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified "secondary over-triage" as a potential area of cost savings for our nation's health care. The phenomenon of over-triage occurs when ...

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created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pediatric clinical studies appear prone to bias, Hopkins review shows

A Johns Hopkins review of nearly 150 randomized controlled trials on children — all published in well-regarded medical journals — reveals that 40 to 60 percent of the studies either failed to take steps to minimize risk for ...

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created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Whiter laundry and a surprising new treatment for kids' eczema

It's best known for whitening a load of laundry. But now simple household bleach has a surprising new role: an effective treatment for kids' chronic eczema.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 9

Can't chalk it up to 'baby fat'

Despite recent widespread media attention given to studies that have indicated one-third of American children have a weight problem, a new study shows just one-third of children who are overweight or obese actually receive ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0