Archive: 03/10/2013

BMC pediatricians warn that cuts to SNAP program will harm children

(Boston)—In a commentary in this week's issue of Lancet, pediatricians from Boston Medical Center (BMC) call the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program), one of America's most cost-effective ...

Oct 3, 2013

Dampened mTOR signaling linked with the developmental disorder Roberts syndrome

Children born with developmental disorders called cohesinopathies can suffer severe consequences, including intellectual disabilities, limb shortening, craniofacial anomalies, and slowed growth. Researchers know which mutations ...

Oct 3, 2013

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Study makes important step-forward in mission to tackle parasitic worm infections

Researchers from The Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR), University of Manchester have made an important step forward in finding a potential treatment for an infection that affects over a billion ...

Oct 3, 2013

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New data-driven machine learning method effectively flags risk for post-stroke dangers

A team of experts in neurocritical care, engineering, and informatics, with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have devised a new way to detect which stroke patients may be at risk of a serious ...

Oct 3, 2013

Molecular imaging predicts risk for abdominal aortic aneurysms

Several newly identified markers could provide valuable insight to predict the risk of rupture abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), according to new research published in the October issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. ...

Oct 3, 2013

Johns Hopkins experts devise a way to cut radiation exposure in children needing repeat brain scans

A team of pediatric neurosurgeons and neuroradiologists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center has developed a way to minimize dangerous radiation exposure in children with a condition that requires repeat CT scans of the ...

Oct 3, 2013