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A friend who works at a pediatric cancer ward told me it’s one of the most difficult places to be in. To see children suffering from cancer breaks the heart of anyone who works and visits there. And yet it is also a place where courage runs high.
Childhood cancers are the number 1 disease […]
Stumbling upon the post at Womb Within had me reading about Sarah Palin, Down Syndrome and the rumor that the baby is not hers. But this post is not about the Alaskan governor or her family, it’s about Down Syndrome and maternal age.
It is true that a high percentage of children with Down syndrome […]
Some children who are exposed to cats in their first year of life may have an increased risk for eczema, a new study reveals.
What’s responsible for the increased risk?
Mutation in the gene for filaggrin, a protein on the skin that helps reduce water loss and protects against harsh environment.
As reported in […]
Maybe I should read this book “My Sister’s Keeper” first before I say something about it. But it intrigued me when I read that Dakota Fanning and her little sister Elle are pulling out of the movie adaptation of the book.
And I thought, Dakota? The little miss who has taken on more […]
“I had an emotional breakdown since I really had no idea what diabetes was all about.”
That’s what Nick Jonas, the youngest member of the famous Jonas Brothers, felt when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2005. His symptoms were classic- he was thirsty all the time, lost a lot of weight […]
Here are summaries of some medical news coming out this week that pertain to children’s health:
Mutations in a gene were found to be common in infants and children with cardiac hypertrophy (a thickening of heart muscles), even in those without an apparent family history. Researchers recommend that parents and siblings of children with cardiac hypertrophy […]
Fresh off the press!
A candidate gene has been significantly linked to the development of autism by three separate groups of scientists.
Contactin Associated Protein-Like 2 (CNTNAP2), a strong a priori candidate for autism, has now been “unequivocally implicated” in causing the newly defined Type 1 autism. Scientists from Yale University, the University of California, Los Angeles, […]
Science and Health bloggers from b5 came up with our Top Holiday Tips for our Channel theme day, and boy did we outdo ourselves this time!
Check all of them out…
Angela at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 started our theme day off today with her very witty and I mean witty, post, Top 10 Funny Breastfeeding Slogans.
Kristina at Autism […]
Just when we’re teaching our children to treat everyone fairly, despite color, race, sex or abilities, here comes a leading DNA scientist hitting the wedge deeper with his controversial comments on race and intelligence.
James Watson, one of the genetics scientists responsible for discovering the structure of the DNA molecule in 1962, recently made a racial […]
A simple blood test in babies may identify one disease that causes premature heart attacks and death in the early 40s.
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disease that results in high LDL (low-density lipoprotein) levels that can cause heart attacks and even death at an early age. It’s most popular form is caused by a […]
Health matters for children from infancy to adolescence.
Written by Grace Ibay, M.H.S. [email] for b5media.
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