Division of Clinical Sciences, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, St. George’s, University of London, London, UK Department of Paediatric Oncology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK London South Bank University, London, UK Oncology Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK Oncology Unit, Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Despite the widespread acknowledgement of the importance of childhood oral health, little progress has been made in preventing early childhood caries. Limited information exists regarding specific daily-life and community-related factors that impede optimal oral hygiene, diet, care, and ultimately oral health for children. We sought to understand what parents of young ...

Children with primary nocturnal enuresis often, but not always, score about 10% lower on standardized rating scales for self-esteem, or scores for symptoms similar to low self-esteem (sadness, anxiety, social fears, distress) than children without enuresis.

The International Outreach Program of St. Jude Childrens' Research Hospital has been developing programs to help countries with limited resources develop treatment centers to treat children with catastrophic diseases such as pediatric cancer and AIDS. Cure4Kids (www.cure4kids.org) is the Internet learning network that delivers medical education to doctors and nurses on pediatric cancer and AIDS...

Challenges for the Implementation of the First Large-Scale Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening Program in Brazil: The PROVAR Study Experience Julia Pereira Afonso dos Santos,1 Gabriel Assis Lopes do Carmo,1 Andrea Zawacki Beaton,2 Tainá Vitti Lourenço,1 Adriana Costa Diamantino,1 Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes,1 Craig Sable,2 Bruno Ramos Nascimento1 Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de ...

The objective of this paper is to restore the process of development and installation of a project called "Technocity" which aims to develop technology courses of French State Education among the young people from 15 to 18 years old. We develop a gameplay to build a new school guidance tools. We choose to create a dynamic approach with video game and shortly report on different technical job. A...

Alexander C. Jackson, Chen Liu, Makoto Fukuda, Michael Lazarus and Laurent Gautron* 1 Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA 2 Division of Hypothalamic Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA 3 Baylor College of Medicine, Childrens Nutrition Research Ct, Houston, TX, USA 4 Internat...

OBJECTIVE To identify bicycle-related injuries in children and the effect of helmet use on injury patterns and prevention. DESIGN A prospective cohort of injured children with case-control design looking at serious head injuries and helmet use. SETTING A tertiary care childrens' hospital emergency room. PATIENTS All patients presenting between April 1, 1991 and September 30, 1993, between...