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Medically underserved girls receive less frequent evaluation for short stature
— 28 Mar 2011 18:37 | HealthPrimary care doctors are less likely to refer short girls than short boys for diagnostic testing that can reveal underlying medical reasons for their short stature, according to a new…
In pilot study, screening detects potentially serious heart conditions in healthy children
— 17 Mar 2011 20:04 | HealthA pilot study in healthy children and adolescents shows that it is feasible to screen for undiagnosed heart conditions that increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Adding…
Gene variants in autism linked to brain development
— 1 Mar 2011 17:27 | HealthNew research on the genomics of autism confirms that the genetic roots of the disorder are highly complicated, but that common biological themes underlie this complexity. In the current…
HIV makes protein that may help virus's resurgence
— 26 Feb 2011 16:30 | HealthNew research enhances the current knowledge of how human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1), which causes AIDS, controls the cell cycle of cells that it infects. The new findings…
Whole fresh blood for transfusions may have a longer shelf life than now assumed
— 24 Feb 2011 19:50 | HealthIn a finding that may potentially improve survival from war injuries and disasters, laboratory researchers report that refrigerated whole blood may have a shelf life well beyond the…
Protein may be key to new treatment in a childhood cancer
— 8 Feb 2011 16:36 | HealthAfter analysing hundreds of proteins produced by the DNA of tumour cells, researchers have identified one protein that may be central to a new treatment for the often-fatal childhood…
CHOP-led study detects dozens of genes for adult height
— 4 Jan 2011 22:02 | HealthAs much as 90 percent of variation in adult height may be caused by genetic inheritance, but a multitude of genes are involved. Most of these have yet to be discovered…
New gene for childhood cancer neuroblastoma is discovered
— 2 Dec 2010 19:34 | HealthPediatric cancer researchers have identified variations in a gene as important contributors to neuroblastoma, the most common solid cancer of early childhood. The study team, led by…
Gene duplication detected in depression
— 2 Dec 2010 19:31 | HealthA large genetic study of people with major depression has found that a duplicated region of DNA on chromosome 5 predisposes people to the disorder. The gene involved plays an important…
Gene links to anorexia found by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia researchers
— 20 Nov 2010 10:34 | HealthScientists at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have identified both common and rare gene variants associated with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. In the largest genetic…