children affecting Articles
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Understanding Pediatric Cardiomyopathy: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Options
Up to 5,000 American infants and children are diagnosed with pediatric cardiomyopathy each year. Learn more about this rare but potentially serious condition. Cardiomyopathy, which is a general term for diseases of the heart muscle, is relatively rare in children, affecting only about 12 out of every 1 million Americans under the age of 18. Among the approximately 1,000 to 5,000 new cases ...
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Environmental threats to children's health – a global problem
Today's children are exposed to a wide range of environmental threats, whose consequences on health and development may appear early in life, throughout their youth and even later, in adulthood. Health problems linked to environmental hazards are multiplying and becoming more visible due to a rapidly changing environment, rapid population growth, overcrowding, fast industrialisation and ...
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Does Childhood Obesity Cause Asthma?
Obesity rates have been increasing worldwide, especially in North America. Over the past few years, obesity rates have increased to the point that it costs around $14 billion in health expenses each year. The consequences of childhood obesity are numerous, but many wonder about the connection between obesity and asthma. Does childhood obesity make asthma worse? Or is it the other way ...
By Aluna
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Our innovative technology becomes available for patients
Following a successful fundraising in Q4 2016, METAFORA achieves an important milestone by announcing, in partnership with CERBA Healthcare, the availability of the METAglut1 blood test to diagnose the GLUT1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1 DS). Through METAglut1, our disruptive technology becomes available, for the first time, to patients. De Vivo’s disease (the other name of GLUT1 DS) is ...
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Flu is Making a Resurgence
In 2022, flu cases in Australia have spiked earlier and with more cases this season than the previous five for the same time period. Experts discuss global implications of the surge. “Influenza is definitely back in the Southern Hemisphere,” said Professor Ian Barr, Deputy Director of The World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, ...
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Do you Outgrow Pediatric Asthma?
If you or your child suffers from asthma, you’ve probably heard the term, “pediatric asthma”. However, understanding exactly what pediatric asthma is and how it affects your child is critical in managing their asthma. Furthermore, you may be wondering, does pediatric asthma only apply to children? Perhaps you’re even wondering if your child will outgrow pediatric ...
By Aluna
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