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02/05/2013
Researchers pioneer treatment for viral infection
Researchers at Imperial College London have discovered a new way in which a very common childhood disease could be treated. …
06/14/2012
Neonatologists recommend volume-targeted ventilation for premature babies
Volume-targeted ventilated premature babies have a higher survival rate and suffer less ventilation-related lung damage – this is the result of a survey amongst international …
10/27/2011
USA: The new Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
In 2012, Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital will be in transition, with a change of name as well as location, when its top class technology, physicians, scientists, staff …
10/26/2011
Diagnosing brain tumours - stick to the standards!
As a referral neuroradiologist for paediatric tumour studies, Professor Monika Warmuth-Metz, Consultant at the Neuroradiology Department at University Hospital Würzburg, daily …
10/26/2011
Radiologists need specific knowledge to assess children and adolescents
Comprehensive additional training is necessary in Germany, to specialise in paediatric radiology, and only seven among the country’s 35 university hospitals provide paediatric …
10/26/2011
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound - the benefits for children
For the paediatric radiologist an ultrasound system is as essential as a wrench for the mechanic, for three reasons, says Professor Michel Claudon, Head of the Department of …
10/26/2011
The MR Diagnostics Incubator System
A solution for a large but previously unsolved problem has been solved by LMT Lammers Medical Technology GmbH, which specialises in the interface of neonatology and radiology. …
10/20/2011
Congenital heart disease
New research carried out in the UK has revealed that young children with congenital heart disease are at risk of having harmful toxins in their blood, particularly following …
06/20/2011
SWEET news: A paediatric diabetes network
For three years the SWEET project, funded by the EU and the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), has been preparing the establishment of centres …
06/14/2011
Childhood TB: Decreasing and rising in the EU and EEA
Although the overall rates of childhood tuberculosis (TB) are decreasing in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA), childhood TB is actually rising in …
04/27/2011
How can we measure infants' pain after an operation?
It turns out to be difficult to find out exactly how much a child who cannot yet speak suffers after a surgical operation. Researchers at the University Hospital of La Paz, in …
04/18/2011
France: The country’s first ‘saviour sibling’ is a ‘double-hope baby’
The birth, in France, of its first baby to be conceived by artificial insemination on top of the selection of an embryo based on its blood, has sent new flames into the hot …
03/24/2011
Human milk is medicine for pre-term babies
This is the claim made by Dr Paula Meier during event discussions in the lead up to Medela’s 6th International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium (Amsterdam, 15-16 …
02/28/2011
Bacterial or viral? – Name it! Beat it!
The smaller the child, the more defenceless it is against viral and bacterial attacks. That is why infection accompanied by the symptom of a high temperature is the most common …
02/28/2011
Anything but standard
Although paediatric laboratory medicine and clinical chemistry is a well and long established scientific field, it is still a challenging one with its own special problems, as Dr …
10/28/2010
Does a foetus think - if so, how?
Ultrasound is the undisputed choice for foetal imaging. However, the lack of amniotic fluid, an unfavourable foetal position or maternal obesity could daunt even the best …
06/21/2010
New GE technology powers sick babies’ journeys within hospitals
GE Healthcare has introduced to the European market the Giraffe® Shuttle transportable power source for its Giraffe and Panda families of incubators and warmers. By transforming …
04/30/2010
New children's medicine guide released by UNICEF and WHO
An estimated 9 million children die each year from preventable and treatable causes. A new publication that lists medicines formulated for children is being made available now …
11/14/2007
Close to baby
Every young mother wants to be as close as possible to her newborn baby. The "Leipiziger Wanne", the "Leipzig tub", developed by German engineering company NEL, can fulfil this …
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