Does the additional whole cord blood provided by briefly delayed cord clamping provide significant, long-term beneficial effects to the premature infant?
Journal of Perinatology : Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association

The first study of its kind found that parents who had lost a child to cancer considered "hastening death" in cases of uncontrollable pain and suffering.
Medscape Medical News

Vaccinating healthy kids effectively protects the entire community against flu, a prospective randomized trial affirmed.

The Associated Press: "The Supreme Court will decide whether drug makers can be sued by parents who claim their children suffered serious health problems from vaccines...

Bad behaviour in childhood is associated with long-term, chronic widespread pain in adult life, according to the findings of a study following nearly 20,000 people from birth in 1958 to the present day. Chronic widespread pain is a common complaint that can have a major adverse effect on quality of life, often requiring referral to a hospital specialist for investigation and treatment...

Sonic hedgehog, a gene that plays a crucial rule in the positioning and growth of limbs, fingers and toes, has been confirmed in an unexpected place in the embryos of developing mice - the layer of cells that creates the skin. Named for a video game character, Sonic hedgehog describes both a gene and the protein it produces in the body...

This report assesses the local implementation of national...

A new study at the University of Leicester is probing why...

This study is aimed to investigate relationships between...

Metformin reduces insulin-dose requirement in type 1...

Viral bronchiolitis is a leading cause of acute illness and...

Antibiotic prophylaxis in children who have had urinary...

This record is a structured abstract produced by Centre for...

The objective of this Cochrane Review is to evaluate the...

Researchers from the Health Protection Agency report a pair...

The main objective of this Cochrane review is to assess the...

The main aim of this Cochrane review is to assess the...

This review discusses the following: • Epidemiology •...

The Department of Health has announced that the current...

According to a study published in the Archives of Diseases...