| Curing Kids' Cancer Announces 2007 Pediatric Cancer Research Grants
Curing Kids' Cancer also awarded a $2,000 grant to Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, NC to fund pediatric clinical trials at this new hospital that opened in Oct. 2007. Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland was given a $1,000 grant, raised through the "Restaurants Curing Kids' Cancer" program in affiliation with Local Flavor. Details of the program are available at http://www.localflavor.com/curingkids.htm. In all, Curing Kids' Cancer provided $217,000 in research funding in 2007. Curing Kids' Cancer has two national grassroots programs -- Coaches Curing Kids' Cancer and Teachers Curing Kids' Cancer. Both programs urge parents and children to donate money to pediatric cancer research in the name of their coach or teacher rather than buying gifts. Details of the programs are available at www.curingkidscancer.org.
'Saliva tests to identify cancer'
Dentists could one day be able to test patients' saliva for early signs of breast cancer, scientists claimed yesterday. Researchers who analysed the saliva of 30 women said they had found proteins which indicated whether the sample came from patients with a tumour or healthy volunteers. Around a fifth of breast cancers detected by X-ray mammograms are early cancers known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Many of these are removed by surgery including mastectomies, even though doctors do not know whether the tumour will spread or cause future problems. .
Nursing an allergic baby, Mom goes on 'total elimination'
To try to ease her nursing daughter's severe digestive problems, Associated Press writer Rebecca Boone tried eating only a handful of foods and adding new ones, one at a time. BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- About the only thing I knew for certain when I had my daughter last December was that I would breast-feed. Every parenting book I'd read and every childbirth class I'd attended emphasized nursing's nutritional, developmental and emotional benefits for babies. .
Ask Our Experts: Toddler's Weak Reflux Valve
My 3 yr-old is a bright, intelligent boy in a stable, loving environment. However, he's intolerant to egg, cows milk, cocoa powder, some fruits, acids, preservatives, colourings, flavourings and much more (his 15 week-old brother is intolerant to cows' milk and soya). Every so often, when unsettling things happen e.g. when great-grandad died, when Great Nan was very poorly, and when I went into hospital to have the baby, my son makes himself sick after he eats. He finds this really easy as his reflux valve is very weak. My son 's god-mother (and ex-nanny) has got a new job so he hasn't seen her this week, and he's made himself sick after every meal since. I'm so concerned about him, and worry that he's developing an eating disorder. What can I do to break the cycle and stop this from happening? Dave's advice
There are a number of different issues here.
Strong teeth key to overall health
But gum disease remains a common medical problem in the United States. Researchers believe harmful bacteria left in the mouth and changes in saliva flow — such as what happens when taking certain medications — use the gum disease as a port to the body’s bloodstream. Diseases and conditions include: Cardiovascular disease, premature birth, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and osteoporosis.The good news is that most dental problems are preventable. Dentists, hygienists and others in the field have an ever-growing arsenal of weapons that promote healthy teeth and gums."It’s all about prevention," said Dr. Mary Mariani, the dental director at Community Heath Care in Davenport. "We are folks who are trying to put ourselves out of business."Guidelines changeThe American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends that children see a dentist by their first birthday, when baby teeth appear.That is a change in thinking, said Briana Boswell, the Quad-City coordinator for the I-Smile dental advocacy program.Some 9,000 to 10,000 children in the Quad-Cities have no source of dental treatment, she said.
BATTLE GROUND
Academic historians know the full picture of Culloden is not nearly so black and white, and they spend a lot of time debating exactly how many shades of grey were involved. But that's not very exciting. So Culloden lives on in the popular imagination as one of history's great tragedies, with northern Celtic heroes on one side and southern Teutonic villains on the other. Educating the visiting public about what really happened, without losing the magic, is one of the new centre's main aims. Earlier last year I went behind the scenes to witness the creation of the shiny, multimedia extravaganza inside. "You can press buttons on this panel here," explained one of the technicians, "and it will illuminate part of the battle scene on the wall over there." At the time the panel in question was still a mass of wires and circuits with no fascia and the screen was blank, but as with setting up toy soldiers the fun was in imagining what drama would unfold once everything was in place.
Mystery illness hits Minn. plant workers
The cause remains unknown for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, which normally affects two people per 100,000.
State health officials stressed they have no evidence indicating the public is at risk or the food supply was affected.
"All of the information we have to date indicates that the general public is not at increased risk for developing this type of illness," Health Commissioner Sanne Magnan said.
With this particular disease, something triggers the immune system to attack the protective sheath enclosing the nerves, Suraj Muley, a University of the Minnesota associate professor and disease expert, told the Star Tribune.
In the pork processing plant workers' case, "the question is whether the animal might harbor bacteria or a virus that triggered it," said Muley, who isn't involved in the investigation and suggested the plant be closed until the investigation is complete.
Dispense with TV Drug Ads
As many Americans enter rehabilitation centers for prescription drug abuse as for ecstasy, cocaine/crack, methamphetamine, and heroin addictions, according to a recent study from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Too many people have dangerously casual attitudes toward legal medications. For the general public, TV advertising makes use of these drugs seem like an everyday convenience rather than an important decision worthy of serious consideration. Except for New Zealand, no other country in the world allows manufacturers to market prescription drugs directly to consumers. The dangers are especially worrisome with newer prescription drugs whose long-term side effects may still be in question, hence Representative Henry Waxman's (D-Calif.) legislative effort to restrict TV ads for drugs that have been on the market for less than three years.
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