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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has just released new recommendations on cholesterol in children. The report, published in the July 1 issue of Pediatrics, replaces a previous policy...

Cancer clinicians should understand and consider the economic impact of new interventions, which often have substantial costs, according to a report appearing in the July/August issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

Public health officials in Canada have reported a case of a Salmonella Saintpaul infection that matches those associated with the outbreak in the United States. The individual involved has indicated that he recently travelled to the United States. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) officials will continue to work with their colleagues in Canada and the U.S.

A study of how pediatricians prescribe asthma medications suggests that while most would readily increase a child's medication if needed, many are reluctant to taper off drug use when less might be best. A report on the study, led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers, appears in the July issue of Pediatrics.

The baby's smile that gladdens a mother's heart also lights up the reward centers of her brain, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears in the journal Pediatrics. The finding could help scientists figure out the special mother-infant bond and how it sometimes goes wrong, said Dr.

Dental researchers at the University of Washington have reported a significant reduction of tooth decay in toddlers who were treated with the topical syrup xylitol, a naturally occurring non-cavity-causing sweetener. Their results were presented today during the 86th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research.

Men who develop breast cancer are often not treated until the disease has spread to the point that treatment becomes difficult, new results show. Although most breast cancer patients are women, men make up roughly 1% of cases, Dr. Marina Garassino from the Orion Collaborative Group reported at the ESMO Conference Lugano (ECLU), organized by the European Society for Medical Oncology.

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Fabio Bacarat from Sao Paolo, Brazil reported on an unfavorable early outcome of the new TVT Secur T in twenty consecutive women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). TVT Secur T was reportedly placed into the obturator internus muscle in a 'tension free' fashion. Preoperative Valsalva leak point pressure (VLPP) was 38-115 cm H20, but did not predict outcome in this small cohort of patients.

The novelist is campaigning to stop up to 20,000 girls in Britain being mutilated each year, reports Victoria Lambert.

(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) A study of how pediatricians prescribe asthma medications suggests that while most would readily increase a child's medication if needed, many are reluctant to taper off drug use when less might be best. A report on the study, led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers, appears in the July issue of Pediatrics.