Childhood Disease

Cases of type 1 diabetes among children in a small UK study almost doubled during the peak of Britain's COVID-19 epidemic, suggesting a possible link between the two diseases that needs more investigation, scientists said on Tuesday.

Europe and the United States have seen sharp surges in recent weeks of a severe immune disorder in children linked to COVID-19, health authorities reported Friday, sounding an alarm.

According to a recent study published in the Journal of JAMA Network Open, common oral infection in childhood is linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis in adulthood.

Gunmen shot and killed a female polio vaccinator on Thursday, the fourth this week in the latest surge of violence against efforts to rid the world of the crippling childhood disease, an official said.

Was life before vaccines really so carefree, and were these diseases really so inconsequential? It's impossible to travel back in time, but one can step on a plane and, in under a day, be transported to places where vaccines are not nearly so universally available.

AFM is caused by inflammation of the spinal cord that results in severe muscle weakness and paralysis. More than 400 confirmed cases, most of them in children, have been reported in the past four years, and one child with AFM died last year.

Children who are obese are more likely to develop a debilitating hip disease -- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)

According to the journal Gastroenterology, children who develop inflammatory bowel disease, are at an increased risk of death, both in childhood and later in life. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the ongoing inflammation of all or part of the digestive tract

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Arterial stiffness is one of the first signs of cardiovascular disease, and adults with increased arterial stiffness are at higher risk of developing the clinical cardiovascular disease. However, arterial stiffening may have its origin already in childhood and adolescence.

The study, published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, suggested that higher numbers of hospitalisations for infections were associated with a reduced probability of completing ninth grade, as well as with lower test scores.

Childhood obesity may increase risk of knee and hip osteoarthritis as adults, a recent study states. Know the various risk factors of childhood obesity.

The study also pointed out the links between under-nutrition in childhood with increased risk of obesity and non-communicable diseases in later life.

Children who receive higher levels of vitamin D during infancy and childhood may be significantly at a lower risk of developing islet autoimmune system as well as Type 1 diabetes.

London: Obesity may put children at increased risk of hip disease, a condition that can cause life-long morbidity, suggests new research. Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) is the most common hip disease of adolescence. The condition always requires surgery, can cause significant pain, and often leads to a hip replacement in adolescence or ea...

Cases of type 1 diabetes among children in a small UK study almost doubled during the peak of Britain's COVID-19 epidemic, suggesting a possible link between the two diseases that needs more investigation, scientists said on Tuesday.

Europe and the United States have seen sharp surges in recent weeks of a severe immune disorder in children linked to COVID-19, health authorities reported Friday, sounding an alarm.

According to a recent study published in the Journal of JAMA Network Open, common oral infection in childhood is linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis in adulthood.

Gunmen shot and killed a female polio vaccinator on Thursday, the fourth this week in the latest surge of violence against efforts to rid the world of the crippling childhood disease, an official said.

Was life before vaccines really so carefree, and were these diseases really so inconsequential? It's impossible to travel back in time, but one can step on a plane and, in under a day, be transported to places where vaccines are not nearly so universally available.

AFM is caused by inflammation of the spinal cord that results in severe muscle weakness and paralysis. More than 400 confirmed cases, most of them in children, have been reported in the past four years, and one child with AFM died last year.

Children who are obese are more likely to develop a debilitating hip disease -- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)

According to the journal Gastroenterology, children who develop inflammatory bowel disease, are at an increased risk of death, both in childhood and later in life. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the ongoing inflammation of all or part of the digestive tract

A new virus could help solve major problems faced by kidney transplant patients, improve lives of a vast number of people

Arterial stiffness is one of the first signs of cardiovascular disease, and adults with increased arterial stiffness are at higher risk of developing the clinical cardiovascular disease. However, arterial stiffening may have its origin already in childhood and adolescence.

The study, published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, suggested that higher numbers of hospitalisations for infections were associated with a reduced probability of completing ninth grade, as well as with lower test scores.

Childhood obesity may increase risk of knee and hip osteoarthritis as adults, a recent study states. Know the various risk factors of childhood obesity.

The study also pointed out the links between under-nutrition in childhood with increased risk of obesity and non-communicable diseases in later life.

Children who receive higher levels of vitamin D during infancy and childhood may be significantly at a lower risk of developing islet autoimmune system as well as Type 1 diabetes.

London: Obesity may put children at increased risk of hip disease, a condition that can cause life-long morbidity, suggests new research. Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) is the most common hip disease of adolescence. The condition always requires surgery, can cause significant pain, and often leads to a hip replacement in adolescence or ea...