Many patients do not know about the uses and potential of umbilical cord blood. Rallie McAllister, MD, MPH, CBR Spokesperson and Co-author of The Mommy MD Guides, discusses…
Martin Lee, author of Smoke Signals, and director of Project CBD, explains his motivations for pursuing cannabinoid research and his interest in the social history of marijuana. He explains the challenge…
Larry Smarr, Founding Director, CALIT2, details the growing epidemic of children, especially those with gastrointestinal disorders, who were not exposed to the necessary microbiomes during the formative years…
Chris Longhurst, MD, Associate Professor, Stanford Medical School, gives insight on the future of a fully digital healthcare system. By 2020, a nationwide learning healthcare system will allow…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Impaired kidney function related to treatment of childhood cancer does not recover over time, according to a Dutch study reported in Cancer Epidemiology,…
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Port-A-Cath-related thrombosis develops in up to 40% of pediatric oncology patients, researchers from Switzerland report. “Children with cancer who…
John Kheir, MD, discusses his journey to find a way to oxygenate blood without the use of lungs. Using microparticles injected with oxygen, Kheir and his team were…
Born with a rare neuromuscular condition called Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, two-year-old Emma Lavelle has severely contracted joints and muscle weakness leaving her without the ability to lift her…
By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are not at increased mortality risk compared with their IBD-free peers, but they do…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chemotherapy given in conjunction with regional hyperthermia produces good response rates in children and adolescents with refractory or recurrent germ-cell tumors, German researchers…