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10/05/09
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Item of Interest: National Children's Study Scholars Program
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| The National Children’s Study (NCS) is a unique epidemiological study of children’s environmental health. The largest child health study ever undertaken in the United States, the NCS will longitudinally assess the effects of the chemical, biological, psychosocial-cultural, and physical environments on child health and development, with a special emphasis on gene-environment interaction and gene expression. The NCS will follow women through pregnancy and birth and their children through 21 years of age. Further information about the Study is available at http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov. |
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03/01/09
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Low Levels of Vitamin B12 May Increase Risk for Neural Tube Defects
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| Children born to women who have low blood levels of vitamin B12 shortly before and after conception may have an increased risk of a neural tube defect, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, Trinity College Dublin, and the Health Research Board of Ireland. |
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07/11/08
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Reading, Math Scores Up For 4th and 8th graders, Federal Report Shows
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| The nation’s fourth and eighth graders scored higher in reading and mathematics than they did during their last national assessment, according to the federal government’s latest annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation’s children. Not all the report’s findings were positive; there also were increases in the adolescent birth rate and the proportion of infants born at low birthweight. |
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06/19/08
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Surgeon General's Conference Outlines Agenda to Prevent Preterm Birth
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| Experts convened by the National Institutes of Health for the Office of the Surgeon General released an agenda today for activities in the public and private sectors to reduce the nation’s rate of preterm birth. The agenda calls for a national system to better understand the occurrence of preterm birth and a national education program to help women reduce their chances of giving birth prematurely. |
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04/07/08
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Excess Fat Around the Waist May Increase Death Risk For Women
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| Women who carry excess fat around their waists were at greater risk of dying early from cancer or heart disease than were women with smaller waistlines, even if they were of normal weight, reported researchers from Harvard and the National Institutes of Health. |
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01/29/08
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Thin Bones Seen In Boys with Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder
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| Results of an early study suggest that dairy-free diets and unconventional food preferences could put boys with autism and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at higher than normal risk for thinner, less dense bones when compared to a group of boys the same age who do not have autism. |
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10/04/07
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NIH Announces Addition of 22 New Study Centers in National Children's Study
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| The National Children’s Study announced today that it awarded contracts in late September to 22 new study centers to manage participant recruitment and data collection in 26 additional communities across the United States. Funding for the new study centers and the study’s initial phase is a result of a $69 million appropriation from Congress in fiscal year 2007. |
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10/02/07
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Transcript of National Children's Study Media Briefing - October 4, 2007
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| Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to the National Children’s Study Conference Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question and answer session. Instructions will be given at that time. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. |
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07/13/07
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Report Shows Gains, Setbacks for Nation's Children
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| Compared to national statistics for the previous year, there has been an increase in the percentage of children living with at least one working parent and the percentage of children living in households classified as food insecure has declined. High school students were more likely to have taken advanced academic courses and the percentage of young adults who completed high school has increased. The adolescent birth rate has dropped to a record low. |
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06/27/07
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Boys with Autism, Related Disorders, Have High Levels of Growth Hormones
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| Boys with autism and autism spectrum disorder had higher levels of hormones involved with growth in comparison to boys who do not have autism, reported researchers from the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine. |
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