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Archive - Apr 19, 2010 - Story

OECs may hold promise for pediatric cerebral palsy treatment

A unique cell type that supports and surrounds (ensheathes) neurons within the nose (olfactory system) known as olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), possess the ability to regenerate, are relatively ea
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Purina Mills Undertakes Limited Recall of Strategy® Horse Feed and Layena® Poultry Feed

Purina Mills, LLC, is voluntarily recalling two specific lots of 50-pound bags of Strategy® Professional Formula GX horse feed and one lot of Layena® SunFresh® Recipe Pellet poultry feed.
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Questions posed concerning the impact that nutrition in womb, early life has on healthy life chances

The evidence emerging from the EC funded EARNEST Project is beginning to shine some light into intriguing and potentially difficult ethical questions concerning the impact that nutrition in the womb a
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Methotrexate therapy not recommended beyond 6 months after remission: JAMA

For patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in remission, withdrawal of treatment with the drug methotrexate over 12 months vs.
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Milwaukee child care directors unnecessarily send mild illness children home: Study

In a new study, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, working with Community Coordinated Child Care, have found that many metropolitan Milwaukee child c
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Study: Tobacco company's nicotine pellet can lead to accidental nicotine poisoning in children

A tobacco company's new, dissolvable nicotine pellet--which is being sold as a tobacco product, but which in some cases resembles popular candies--could lead to accidental nicotine poisoning in childr
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7% of elementary school children infected with T. tonsurans: Pediatrics

Approximately 7 percent of elementary school children across the bi-state, Kansas City metropolitan area are infected with the fungus Trichophyton tonsurans, the leading cause of ringworm in the U.S.,
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Health Net of Arizona to sponsor 2010 March for Babies event

Health Net of Arizona is proud to sponsor the 2010 Arizona March of Dimes - March for Babies. For over 25 years, Health Net has supported the March of Dimes in its mission.

Celebrities, sports stars join March for Babies event to fight preterm birth

With two weeks to go to most March for Babies events, celebrities, sports stars, and elected officials pledged to join the March of Dimes to fight preterm birth and give all babies a healthy start in
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