This highly - infectious virus is the leading cause of upper and lower respiratory tract
disease in young children, and each year results in hundreds of thousands of deaths in developing countries and thousands of hospitalisations world - wide.
These highly - infectious viruses are the leading cause of upper and lower respiratory tract
disease in young children, including Croup, responsible for thousands of hospitalizations in the developed world, and hundreds of thousands of deaths each year in developing countries.
It says malnutrition can be a direct cause of death or cause fatal
disease in young children.
It can be a direct cause of death but is also the most important single risk factor for
disease in young children.
Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal
diseases in young children: Promotion of breastfeeding (1984) Feachem R, Koblinsky M. Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Not exact matches
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Children are particularly vulnerable to waterborne diseases and as there have been no vaccinations in Syria for more than four or five years due to a lack of access, young children are more likely to get sick
Children are particularly vulnerable to waterborne
diseases and as there have been no vaccinations
in Syria for more than four or five years due to a lack of access,
young children are more likely to get sick
children are more likely to get sick.»
The most common cause of death
in young children in developing countries is diarrhea (also a major fatal
disease in New York at the turn of the century).
Coeliac
disease can appear at any age, and can be seen
in children as
young as one year old.
It has also been known to boost the possibility of heart
disease and,
in some cases, obesity
in young children.
-LSB-...] We are
in a current climate of
young mothers who were fully vaccinated as
children and therefore, did not undergo routine childhood
diseases like measles and chickenpox, so are unable to pass on those antibodies to their
children via breastmilk.
Many parents worry about their
child's sugar consumption, which is a valid concern considering the rising rate of obesity and chronic
disease in young people.
But the infants and
young children most vulnerable to the malnutrition and
disease that follows can also be the best protected, with the fortification of nutrients and antibodies inherent
in breast milk.
less than or equal to lamivudine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Antiretroviral therapy, usually means 1 - 2 drugs, used
in early studies Antiretroviral zidovudine (also known as ZDV) Breastfeeding Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Breastfeeding and HIV International Transmission Study Combined antiretroviral therapy Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention Deoxyribonucleic Acid Exclusive Breastfeeding Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay Food and Agrigulture Organization Fixed dose combination ART, e.g., lamividine, stavudine, and nevirapine Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, 3 or more drugs for more effective treatment used
in later studies Human Immunodeficiency virus International Atomic Energy Agency Infant feeding Infant and
young child feeding Lopinavir cubic millimetre Mother - to - Child Transmission of HIV Non-governmental organization Nevirapine Polymerase Chain Reaction People Living with HIV Prevention of Mother - to - Child Transmission Replacement Feeding Ritonavir Ribonucleic acid, one of the three major macromolecules (along with DNA and proteins) that are essential for all known forms of life single dose NVP United Nations Agencies Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS United Nations Population Fund United Nations Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Children's Fund U.S. Agency for International Development World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action United Nations World Food Programme World Health Assembly WHO 2010 Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding World Health Organization Zidovudine (same drug as
child feeding Lopinavir cubic millimetre Mother - to -
Child Transmission of HIV Non-governmental organization Nevirapine Polymerase Chain Reaction People Living with HIV Prevention of Mother - to - Child Transmission Replacement Feeding Ritonavir Ribonucleic acid, one of the three major macromolecules (along with DNA and proteins) that are essential for all known forms of life single dose NVP United Nations Agencies Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS United Nations Population Fund United Nations Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Children's Fund U.S. Agency for International Development World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action United Nations World Food Programme World Health Assembly WHO 2010 Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding World Health Organization Zidovudine (same drug as
Child Transmission of HIV Non-governmental organization Nevirapine Polymerase Chain Reaction People Living with HIV Prevention of Mother - to -
Child Transmission Replacement Feeding Ritonavir Ribonucleic acid, one of the three major macromolecules (along with DNA and proteins) that are essential for all known forms of life single dose NVP United Nations Agencies Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS United Nations Population Fund United Nations Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Children's Fund U.S. Agency for International Development World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action United Nations World Food Programme World Health Assembly WHO 2010 Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding World Health Organization Zidovudine (same drug as
Child Transmission Replacement Feeding Ritonavir Ribonucleic acid, one of the three major macromolecules (along with DNA and proteins) that are essential for all known forms of life single dose NVP United Nations Agencies Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS United Nations Population Fund United Nations Commissioner for Refugees United Nations
Children's Fund U.S. Agency for International Development World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action United Nations World Food Programme World Health Assembly WHO 2010 Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding World Health Organization Zidovudine (same drug as AZT)
The degenerative brain
disease being blamed for suicides and mental illness
in pro athletes may have started when they were
young athletic
children and absorbing knocks
in grade school and high school, experts say.
Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually
in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 %
in incidence rate
in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement
in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among
children and adolescents
in developed countries, ranking second among
children aged 1 to 14 years
in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death
in the last few years
in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable
diseases are declining.2
Approximately one
in five drowning deaths occurs
in children age 14 or
younger, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
If you are a student, I ask you to please read this article and the links to my other articles on the deadly toxins
in processed food and how
children as
young as ten are developing diabetes, heart
disease, learning problems because of poor diet.
Malnutrition, caused by inadequate nutrient intake and
disease, is a direct cause of 30 percent of all
child deaths
in developing countries and can result
in a five - to - ten-fold increase
in a
child's risk of death from diarrhea.3 Characterized by low weight and height for age, and low weight for height, malnutrition can be prevented through optimal infant and
young child feeding — exclusive breastfeeding
in the first six months, along with continued breastfeeding and nutritious, hygienically prepared complementary foods during the six to 24 month period.
There is real evidence that extended breastfeeding benefits
children in the developing world, where
young children are challenged by malnutrition and greater exposure to infectious
diseases, which is why the World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding for two years.
When
children are not vaccinated, they are at increased risk for
diseases and can also spread these
diseases to others
in their classrooms and community — including babies who are too
young to be fully vaccinated, and people with weakened immune systems due to cancer or other health conditions.
Exposure to secondhand smoking can cause a vast array of health and respiratory symptoms and issues
in young children, according to the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention, including coughing, wheezing, breathlessness, and acute lower respiratory infections.
When
children are not vaccinated, they are at increased risk and can spread
diseases to other
in their family and community — including babies who are too
young to be vaccinated, and people with weakened immune systems due to cancer and other health conditions.
Eran Bendavid of Stanford University, US, discussing the research
in an accompanying Perspective, says: «Averting deaths of
young children from malaria or vaccine - preventable
diseases such as polio or measles promotes more stable and prosperous societies.
Uganda and South Sudan, where nodding
disease is prevalent; map courtesy of Wikimedia Commons / CIA World Factbook A strange illness has been killing thousands of
young people each year, and recently it has started claiming even more victims
in Africa.Called nodding
disease, it usually strikes
children at the age of 4 or 5 years and starts with occasional bouts of uncontrolled nodding.
However, accurate diagnosis is complicated by a number of factors: other autoinflammatory
diseases show similar symptoms, the clinical picture is often incomplete
in young children, atypical signs may occur, and a suggestive family history is sometimes lacking.
For Spark, the injection site is the eyes of people, mostly
children and
young adults, who have a type of inherited retinal
disease caused by a mutation
in a gene called RPE65.
«The
disease has a wide spectrum
in terms of age distribution so it can also affect
children or
young adults who can have more severe manifestation and long - term damage from
disease as it progresses over time.»
He became increasingly unsettled by a routine century - old procedure he was performing
in young children: replacing damaged or
diseased bladders with sections of the bowel or the stomach.
Petris found that
young mice missing the ATP7A gene
in their intestinal cells were unable to absorb copper from food, resulting
in an overall copper deficiency that mimics symptoms of Menkes
disease in children.
As a result, more than 235 million
children and
young adults (1 through 29 years of age) have been immunized and meningitis A
disease has disappeared
in those areas.
«Our findings confirm the utmost importance of co-contribution of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines
in reduction of burden of severe diarrhea and respiratory
diseases reduction, especially during winter, the season with peak hospitalization rates of
young children,» said principal investigator, Ron Dagan, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious
Diseases at the Pediatric Infectious
Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Israel.
After infection, some healthy people experience a month or more of flu - like symptoms, but the
disease can cause seizures and potentially fatal encephalitis
in the immunocompromised, including patients receiving transplants, those with HIV / AIDS, cancer patients, the elderly, and
young children.
The
disease mainly affects babies and
young children, and while
in some cases the tumours can disappear of their own accord, the majority are aggressive, metastasising cancer tumours that are resistant to modern combinations of surgery, radiotherapy and intensive chemotherapy.
Parents of
young children in daycare quickly learn how good toddlers are at spreading
disease.
The cells may be more beneficent
in type 1 diabetes, a relatively rare autoimmune form of the
disease that usually affects
children and
young adults.
Living
in rural households decreases a person's risk of developing inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD), particularly for
young children and adolescents, according to a new study by researchers at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and the Canadian Gastro - Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (C
children and adolescents, according to a new study by researchers at the
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and the Canadian Gastro - Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (C
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and the Canadian Gastro - Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC).
A new report finds some progress
in combatting pneumonia and diarrhea among
young children in the nations most severely impacted by the two
diseases, but they remain responsible for hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths around the world.
The
diseases causes inflammation of the blood vessels
in small
children that leads to fever, rashes and reddening, and even coronary aneurysms that can cause heart attacks
in the
young.
In 1884, the British Medical Journal reported that the influential psychiatrist James Crichton - Browne had testified to the UK parliament: «I have encountered many lamentable instances of derangement of health, diseases of the brain, and even death resulting from enforced evening study in the case of young children, with the nervous excitement and loss of sleep which it so often induces.&raqu
In 1884, the British Medical Journal reported that the influential psychiatrist James Crichton - Browne had testified to the UK parliament: «I have encountered many lamentable instances of derangement of health,
diseases of the brain, and even death resulting from enforced evening study
in the case of young children, with the nervous excitement and loss of sleep which it so often induces.&raqu
in the case of
young children, with the nervous excitement and loss of sleep which it so often induces.»
In most families, the
children were affected by the
disease at a
younger age, but there were no indications that the
disease was progressing more quickly.
Seasonal influenza can cause severe illness and life - threatening complications
in older people,
young children, pregnant women and people with on - going respiratory
diseases such as asthma or heart
disease.
The story of development of vaccines against rubella and other childhood
diseases in the 1960s pits a daring
young biologist against his world - famous boss, testing that used prisoners, intellectually disabled
children, and other disenfranchised subjects, political roadblocks that nearly derailed the research, and other elements of high drama.
As the single most important cause of serious lower respiratory tract
disease in infants and
young children in the United States and globally, RSV is of considerable public health importance and a high priority for vaccine development.
Endari, the first new treatment for patients with sickle cell
disease in almost 20 years, Genentech's Hemlibra, the first - ever non-blood product to treat patients with hemophilia A with inhibitors, Actemra, the first treatment for adults diagnosed with giant cell arteritis, BioMarin's Brineura, the first treatment for a form of Batten
disease, Benznidazole, the first U.S. treatment for Chagas
disease, Novartis» Kymriah to treat certain
children and
young adults with B - cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which is also the first gene therapy to become available
in the United States, are some of the drugs that received the FDA's stamp of approval
in 2017.
Continue with the sixth year of the Birth Cohort Study, funded by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention to the University of New Mexico Community Environmental Health Program, SRIC, the Navajo Nation Department of Health, and the Indian Health Service to work with
young Navajo women and newborn
children to identify uranium and other environmental sources of health risks
in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona.
That lung
disease exhibited the characteristics of a Th2 - type immunopathology with eosinophils
in the lung sections suggesting hypersensitivity that was reminiscent of the descriptions of the Th2 - type immunopathologic reaction
in young children given an inactivated RSV vaccine and subsequently infected with naturally - occurring RSV [32]--[33].
They include rheumatoid arthritis (affecting joints, such as knees), multiple sclerosis (targeting nerves and muscles), Crohn's
disease (affecting the gut), psoriasis and lupus (affecting skin) and the type of diabetes that typically develops
in young children.
More accurate
disease classification now means some
young children with neuroblastoma will have less intensive treatment with better survival, according to research published
in the Journal of Clinical Oncology *.
NCL is the most common neurodegenerative
disease in children and
young adults.
University of Michigan C.S. Mott
Children's Hospital is one of a very limited number of children's cancer centers in the U.S. that offer certain experimental therapies to children, adolescents and young adults with recurrent illness (relapse), those whose disease has not responded to traditional treatment, and those with a diagnosis that has no reasonab
Children's Hospital is one of a very limited number of
children's cancer centers in the U.S. that offer certain experimental therapies to children, adolescents and young adults with recurrent illness (relapse), those whose disease has not responded to traditional treatment, and those with a diagnosis that has no reasonab
children's cancer centers
in the U.S. that offer certain experimental therapies to
children, adolescents and young adults with recurrent illness (relapse), those whose disease has not responded to traditional treatment, and those with a diagnosis that has no reasonab
children, adolescents and
young adults with recurrent illness (relapse), those whose
disease has not responded to traditional treatment, and those with a diagnosis that has no reasonable cure.