Juvenile
After a meal, a portion of the food a person eats is broken down into sugar (glucose). The sugar then passes into the bloodstream and into the body's cells via a hormone called insulin. Insulin is produced by the pancreas.
Normally, the pancreas produces the right amount of...
Children and adolescents with Conduct Disorder are described by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as having "great... Read more »
In Honor of Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention month we'd like to talk about bone loss in children with Dr. Catherine Gordon. Dr. Gordon... Read more »
Today we will be interviewing a brilliant young lady, sixteen years old, with idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis (IJO). This story will... Read more »
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), which used to be known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), recently underwent a name change to... Read more »
In the US, 300,000 children and teens live with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis or JIA (previously known as Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis),... Read more »
Teen girls who engage in self-cutting are more prone to mental disorders such as major depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and eating disorders,... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's estimated 15 million children have been diagnosed with a mental disorder, but only about one quarter of them are getting... Read more »
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped organ located in the front of the neck, just over the windpipe. It produces iodine-containing hormones which... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The two major forms of diabetes are type 1, previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes, and type 2,... Read more »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Humira for use in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The approval means that RA... Read more »