Dr. Tricia Larose has written a children´s book about cancer, entitled “A Checklist for Dad”. Her hope is that families can use this book to start a conversation with children and navigate the very difficult topic of cancer.
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CardiovascularChildren and youthCongenital DisordersNTNUhealth
Mapping early signs of cardiac dysfunction in children using ultrasound
Children with dysfunction of the right heart chamber (ventricle), which pumps blood to the lungs, have lower tolerance to exercise and at risk of sudden cardiac death in more severe cases. This dysfunction usually sets in progressively and detection at earlier stages is crucial to guiding therapies and interventions that improve symptoms and survival. New ultrasound techniques, makes it easier detect and quantify the problem.
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Children and youthNTNUhealthPublic Health
How environmental toxins can pose risk to children’s development – A Faroese case study
Humans are in constant interaction with our environments. New research is shedding light on how our environment shapes our health starting early in life and the developmental origins of health and disease (known as DOHaD). One area of global concern is the risks on children’s development posed by environmental toxins, such as heavy metals, air pollution, pesticides, and other pollutants.
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Using a new ultrasound technique, we have been able to visualize and measure how efficiently blood flows through the heart chambers in young children with congenital heart disease. We studied 37 children aged two weeks to 10 years, and among the 26 children, which had congenital heart disease, we found less efficient hearts, meaning they use more energy than a normal heart.
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Blogger: Torstein Vik Professor in the CEBRA Group at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health (LBK) Many children with…
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Blogger: Lars Adde, Paediatric physiotherapist and researcher, NTNU and St. Olavs Hospital A unique collaboration between a paediatric physiotherapist and a music research provides hope…
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Children and youthReproductive Health and Childbirth
30 years of research on small-for-gestational-age and very-low-birth-weight children
Thirty years ago, the first research project on Small-for-gestation-age (SGA)was started at the Department of Public Health and General Practice at NTNU in Trondheim.…
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Blogger: Eva Brekke One of the mantras from our training in paediatrics was that “children are not small adults”. By this they meant to…
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BloodCancerChildren and youthInfectionResearch
Genetic profiling and side-effects of blood cancer treatment in children
Blogger: Bendik Lund During treatment of childhood blood cancer, great variations in side-effects are seen – both in terms of prevalence…
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Children and youthNeurologicalReproductive Health and ChildbirthResearch
Can computer games help memory skills?
Blogger: Kristine Hermansen Grunewaldt Preterm children often have a reduced working memory capacity, which makes it more difficult to learn new things and overcome…
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