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$10 Million In Grants Aimed At Enrolling American Indian, Alaska Native Kids In Health Care To Be Awarded HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of up to $10 million in grants to help reach American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children who qualify for, but are not yet enrolled, in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). These new grants are part of a broader effort to find and enroll uninsured children who are eligible for Medicaid or CHIP but not enrolled. ...more	21 Nov 2009
Agriculture Secretary Discusses Importance Of Addressing Child Hunger, Health And Nutrition Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today testified in front of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Environment on the opportunities to combat child hunger and improve the health and nutrition of children across the country during the upcoming reauthorization of USDA's Child Nutrition Programs. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Baby's Sleep Position Is The Major Factor In 'Flat-Headedness' A baby's sleep position is the best predictor of a misshapen skull condition known as deformational plagiocephaly - or the development of flat spots on an infant's head - according to findings reported by Arizona State University scientists in the December issue of the journal Pediatrics. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Giant Snails Could Address Malnutrition A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her country by baking up snail pie. In a research paper to be published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health, she explains snail is not only cheaper and more readily available than beef but contains more protein. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Asthma A Significant Risk Factor For Complications In Children With H1N1 A new study on pediatric H1N1 influenza admissions has found that asthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children with pandemic H1N1 compared with the seasonal flu. The study (http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.091724), led by researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario, is published online in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...more	20 Nov 2009
A Risk Factor In Childhood Asthma Symptoms May Be Mother's Depression Asthma symptoms can worsen in children with depressed mothers, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Federal Lawsuit Filed Over N.J. High School's Decision To Bar Student From Joining Antiabortion-Rights Protest A New Jersey public high school student last week filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her free-speech and religious-freedom rights were violated when her school's administrators prohibited her from participating in an antiabortion-rights protest last month, the AP/Google News reports. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Mathematical Abilities Examined In Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have a number of cognitive deficits, but mathematical ability seems particularly damaged. Little is known about the brain structures related to mathematical deficits in children with FASD. A new study that used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to investigate the relationship between mathematical skills and brain white matter structure in children with FASD supports the importance of the left parietal area for mathematical tasks. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Immunologist At Children's Hospital Receives Daland Prize For Patient-Oriented Research A pediatric immunologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has received a prestigious annual award from the American Philosophical Society, an organization founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin. Jordan S. Orange, M.D., Ph.D., received the Society's Judson Daland Prize on Nov. 13 for his contributions to research and treatment of inherited immune deficiency diseases. ...more	20 Nov 2009
FDA Advisory Committee Finds Data Support The Safety And Effectiveness Of Prevnar 13™ Vaccine For The Prevention Of Invasive Pneumococcal Diseas Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 10 to 1 that the data presented support the safety and effectiveness of its 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate candidate vaccine, Prevnar 13™ (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine [Diphtheria CRM197 Protein]), for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease in infants and young children. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Pfizer Submits New Pediatric Data For Lipitor(R) (Atorvastatin) To The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) announced it has submitted pediatric data for Lipitor® (atorvastatin) to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA). Pfizer has also developed a new chewable form of Lipitor, including a pediatric-appropriate 5 mg dose, which is part of this submission. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Stanford/Packard Study In Mice Suggests New Down Syndrome Treatment At birth, children with Down syndrome aren't developmentally delayed. But as they age, these kids fall behind. Memory deficits inherent in Down syndrome hinder learning, making it hard for the brain to collect experiences needed for normal cognitive development. ...more	19 Nov 2009
GAVI Alliance Drives Down Pentavalent Vaccine Costs, Data Shows The "co-ordinated buying policy" of the GAVI Alliance has driven down "[t]he price of a vaccine that helps babies fight off killer diseases," according to data released by the group, Reuters reports. In 2010, the price of pentavalent vaccine, which protects against Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and hepatitis B, will fall "below $3.0 - a drop of almost $0. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Secondhand Smoke Exposure Worse For Toddlers, Obese Children Toddlers and obese children suffer more than other youth when exposed to secondhand smoke, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. "Secondhand smoke in children is not just bad for respiratory issues, as has been previously described by other researchers," said John Anthony Bauer, Ph.D. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Health Overhaul Triggers Debate About What Lies Ahead For The Children's Health Program Kaiser Health News staff writer Mary Agnes Carey reports on the future of the Children's Health Insurance Program. One of its staunchest backers, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, "isn't ready to see it swallowed up by a new health insurance marketplace designed by Congress" (11/17). This information was reprinted from ...more	19 Nov 2009
Ending The 'Endless Adolescence': U.Va. Psychologists Tell How In New Book Parental nurturing is backfiring, and as a result a generation of teens is growing up less independent, less skilled at common tasks - from doing laundry to choosing college classes - and increasingly unprepared for adulthood, studies show. Even young adults often are highly reliant on their parents; more than 60 percent of 23-year-olds and 30 percent of 25-year olds are still financially supported by their parents. ...more	19 Nov 2009
NIH Awards $8.5 Million For Research On Pharmaceuticals For Children Studying drugs in pediatric populations is challenging because drugs often affect children differently than they do adults. The scarcity of pediatric studies limits the ability of doctors and scientists to predict drug dosing, safety and efficacy in children. To address this gap, the National Institutes of Health has announced 18 grants to help determine outcome measures and increase the likelihood of success of future trials of treatments for children. ...more	19 Nov 2009
ED Drug Improves Heart's Pumping Action In Young Patients With Single-Ventricle Disease Heart function significantly improved in children and young adults with single-ventricle congenital heart disease who have had the Fontan operation following treatment with sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension, say researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Single-ventricle defects are a collection of cardiac malformations that impair the heart's ability to pump blood. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Are Teenagers Wired Differently Than Adults? Parents have long suspected that the brains of their teenagers function differently than those of adults. With the advent of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, we have begun to appreciate how the brain continues to develop structurally through adolescence and on into adulthood. High emotionality is a characteristic of adolescents and researchers are trying to understand how 'emotional areas' of the brain differ between adults and adolescents. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Prediction Of Shortage Of Intensive Care Beds For Children With Swine Flu (UK) Research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood reports that if UK swine flu resurges during the winter months, there may not be a sufficient amount of intensive care beds for one of the most seriously affected groups: children. More than half of admissions to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) are unplanned. Respiratory illness is the second largest cause of admission. ...more	19 Nov 2009
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