In addition to its strong associations with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, pediatric obesity may induce alterations in thyroid function and structure, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's ...
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The Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Center at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital recently received the Excellence in Life Support Award from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO). The ELSO is an ...
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Patients planning surgery to repair ailing knees, hips and shoulders need a recovery strategy and a good orthopedic surgeon who can tell them what to expect. "The doctor should explain the success rate for the procedure, what kind of pain relief you ...
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PRINCETON, N.J. , Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Children born with a condition that can prevent them from growing to a normal height now have a new treatment option available with the approval of Norditropin(R) (somatropin [rDNA origin] injection ...
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Hundreds of thousands more children are taking medications for chronic diseases, with a huge spike over a four-year period in the number given drugs to treat conditions once seen primarily in adults and now linked to what has become an epidemic of ...
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Nov. 6, 2008 -- Treating abnormally short children with growth hormone can increase their adult height, even in if they are not found to be growth-hormone deficient, according to a team of Swedish researchers who followed children for 20 years. In a ...
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Most girls start puberty in sixth or seventh grade. But imagine dealing with it in first or second? It's something more and more parents have to face. 7's Christa Delcamp looks into these "Premature Periods." Dolls, coloring, dancing. This is how ...
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