Precision Medicine for Children with Cancer
NHS pilot found half of children had mutations in their tumours that would be targetable by drugs available for adults…
Paediatrics
Active Children Perform Better at Primary School
Keele academics have lent their expertise to a pilot project designed to improve local children’s health and wellbeing. Councillor Dr…
Charity Launched to Support Separation of Conjoined Twins Following Landmark Surgery in London
Gemini Untwined will fund treatment and further our understanding of craniopagus conjoined children around the world Launch follows successful separation…
Children from Deprived Areas Six Times More Exposed to Tobacco Retail
Children from the most income deprived areas experienced similar exposure to tobacco retailing in one day as children from the…
New Evidence Questions Use of Saline Fluids to Resuscitate Critically Ill Children with sepsis
Doctors have urged hospitals around the world to reconsider the type of fluids used to treat children gravely ill with…
Rainbow Badges across the NHS
Last year, the Evelina London Children's Hospital, part of Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust, became the first hospital in…
New UEA research shows impact of poverty on children’s brain activity
Children born into poverty show key differences in early brain function – according to new research from the University of…
Children develop PTSD when they ‘overthink’ their trauma
Children are more likely to suffer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) if they think their reaction to traumatic events is…
OUH welcomes research on preserving boys’ fertility
Dr Sheila Lane, Paediatric Oncology Consultant at the Oxford Children’s Hospital welcomed today’s news, originally published in the journal Science,…
Administering Medication in Schools
It is vital that medication is only administered by staff appropriately trained and competent to give it, that it is…