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Giving children and adolescents with egg allergy small but increasing daily doses of egg white powder holds the possibility of developing into a way to enable some of them to eat egg-containing foods without having allergic reactions, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study results will appear online in the July 19th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine [1].
Administering a new form of immunotherapy to children with neuroblastoma, a nervous system cancer, increased the percentage of those who were alive and free of disease progression after two years. The percentage rose from 46 percent for children receiving a standard therapy to 66 percent for children receiving immunotherapy plus standard therapy, according to the study in the Sept. 30, 2010, New England Journal of Medicine. The randomized phase III clinical trial was coordinated by the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), a national consortium of researchers supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the NIH.
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Sandy Szwarc reviews a study that investigated whether young children adjust how much they eat depending on the calorie content in the foods consumed.
Guest blogger Sara Ost of Healthbolt shares 7 essential steps for non-experts blogging about expert things.
Dr. Rob shows us that the “perfect child” is simply a matter of perspective.
I stumbed across this on Digg a few weeks ago and thought it was interesting. The advent of immunotherapy and the use of bacterial vaccines in the treatment of cancer.
N=1 considers the absence of blogs written by nurses in research and academia.
Wayne Smallman at Blah! Blah! Technology imagines a future where nano-mechanical devices, deriving their power directly from blood flow, replace external wireless communication devices and literally become a part of our body. And you thought the iPhone was cool!
Sell by date? Leftovers? Mark’s Daily Apple reviews how long certain foods really last.
