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Boy getting new heart  -  Mar 19, 2008
Cincinnati Enquirer,It was the result of Kawasaki disease, which he was diagnosed with in October. The disease is thought to be caused by a virus and is one of the leading

Heart disease has no boundaries  -  Feb 25, 2008
Utica Observer Dispatch,Nicholas was diagnosed in 2006 with Kawasaki disease - a rare childhood illness that causes inflammation of his blood vessels. Last year, he had undergone

Checkups good place to start  -  Feb 27, 2008
Joliet Herald News,Acquired heart disease includes Kawasaki disease, rheumatic fever and infective endocarditis, as well as hypertension and cardiovascular complications from

Tragedies create special bond  -  Mar 7, 2008
Canada.com,Young athletes may also suffer myocarditis, or heart arrhythmia; aneurisms; Kawasaki's disease; and Marfan's syndrome, which tends to afflict tall people,

Baby fever  -  Mar 15, 2008
Malaysia Star,...malignancies (for example, leukaemia) and inflammatory or immune system disorders (for example, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or Kawasaki disease).

Fundraiser will help Ogden family  -  Mar 5, 2008
MPNnow.com,Then came another blow: Jeremie Gary Powers was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, a chronic disease that inflames the blood vessels and can provoke a deadly

Red Cap Ambassador: Nicholas Jordan of Rome  -  Feb 25, 2008
Utica Observer Dispatch,In October 2006, Nicholas was diagnosed with Kawasaki Disease, which is a very rare and severe childhood illness that causes inflammation of the blood

The Clinical Presentation of Pediatric Myocarditis  -  Feb 29, 2008
AAP Grand Rounds (subscription),...were admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, two with Kawasaki disease, two with unspecified febrile illnesses, and one with status epilepticus.

Vasculitis support group to meet at Mayo Clinic  -  Feb 19, 2008
AZ Central.com,Henoch-Schoniein Purpura, HypersensitivityVasculitis, Kawasaki Disease, Microscopic Polyanghtis, Polyanteritis Nodosa, Polymyalgia Rheumatica,

Pneumonia deaths seen with Glaxo vaccine-US FDA  -  Feb 15, 2008
Guardian Unlimited,Last year, the label for Merck's vaccine was changed to include reports of Kawasaki disease, a serious but uncommon illness that causes fever and

Anti-Platelet Therapy for Pint-Sized Patients  -  Jan 23, 2008
WebWire (press release),Others had problems with floppy or imperfect valves and one had Kawasaki disease, a condition that causes inflammation in coronary arteries.

Endocarditis Prophylaxis: Do We Have It Right This Time?  -  Feb 4, 2008
AAP Grand Rounds (subscription),A guideline from the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the

Anti-Clotting Drug Helps Infants With Heart Ills  -  Jan 29, 2008
Washington Post,Other children had floppy or imperfect heart valves, and one had Kawasaki disease, which causes inflammation in coronary arteries. Many were facing multiple

'We owe his life to them'  -  Feb 12, 2008
Wakefield Express,At eight months old he was diagnosed with the rare Kawasaki's disease, which causes fever and inflammation, and later suffered acute liver and kidney Along

6-year-old making recovery  -  29 Dec 2007
Cincinnati.com,Parker was diagnosed in October with Kawasaki disease, which includes flu-like symptoms and might be caused by a virus. Though it's rare - about 4000 cases

New Genetic Variation That Affects A Child's Risk Of Getting ...  -  Dec 16, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Kawasaki Disease, a pediatric illness characterized by fever and rash, is not a rare illness but it is most prevalent in Japan. In San Diego County,

Genetic link discovered to Kawasaki disease  -  Dec 22, 2007
North County Times,Children who have a newly discovered genetic variation are more at risk of getting Kawasaki disease, an inflammatory illness that can cause heart damage.

Gene variation linked to Kawasaki disease  -  Dec 20, 2007
United Press International20 (UPI) -- Japanese researchers have discovered a new genetic variation that affects a child's risk of getting Kawasaki disease, or KD.

Genetic variation linked to Kawasaki disease identified  -  Dec 16, 2007
Thaindian.com,Kawasaki Disease is a pediatric illness characterized by fever and rash and is most prevalent in Japan. In San Diego County, 20 to 30 children per 100000

Biomarkers For Inflammatory Disease  -  Dec 6, 2007
Science Daily (press release)5, 2007) — Gene-expression profiles might be used to identify prognostic biomarkers for Kawasaki disease, and help to unravel the underlying biology of the

What is Kawasaki disease?  -  Dec 3, 2007
Irish Independent,By Rowena Walsh Kawasaki disease is a condition that affects young children, typically bet-ween nine and 12 months. Excluding congenital defects, Kawasaki

Risk of Atherosclerosis After Kawasaki Disease  -  Nov 30, 2007
AAP Grand Rounds (subscription),Are patients after Kawasaki Disease at increased risk for accelerated atherosclerosis? J Pediatr. 2007;151(3):244–248; doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.03.056.

Understanding the Genes of a Childhood Disease  -  Dec 6, 2007
Ivanhoe,...(Ivanhoe Newswire) – The answers are all in the genes – that’s the theory behind new research on Kawasaki disease. Study authors say by studying the genes

Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Systemic Juvenile ...  -  Dec 27, 2007
Medscape (subscription)...and includes fever of unknown origin, such as malignancy, infection, other autoimmune disease, Kawasaki disease, and other inflammatory disorders.

6-year-old needs new heart  -  Dec 11, 2007
Cincinnati.com,But then one noticed the symptoms appeared to be those of Kawasaki disease. "They sent us to Children's Hospital right away, and we found out some of his

the disease called 'kawasaki'  -  Nov 20, 2007
Sun.Star,...my suspicion proved to be right. i immediately advised her for admission to be treated. kawasaki disease is a very rare disease. it was first reported

devastating diagnosis  -  Nov 12, 2007
St. John's Telegram,...happy baby. he developed pneumonia at three months, and before he reached six months, he was diagnosed with a rare condition called kawasaki disease,

hot babies  -  Nov 10, 2007
Malaysia Star,...leukaemia) and inflammatory or immune system disorders (for example juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or kawasaki disease). under normal circumstances,

my beautiful tot has alzheimer's  -  Nov 12, 2007
The Sun,...cruel blow when he was also found to be suffering from kawasaki disease – a condition which inflames the blood vessels and can result in heart attacks.

doctor says wegener's granulomatosis is difficult to diagnose ...  -  Nov 2, 2007
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier,...henoch-schönlein purpura, hypersensitivity vasculitis, kawasaki disease, microscopic polyangiitis, polyarteritis nodosa, polymyalgia rheumatica,

"Ahr Stars" still shine for ailing kids  -  Oct 15, 2007
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,Eileen O'Connor's son Declan, 2, has Kawasaki disease, an autoimmune disease that causes cardiac aneurysms, generally in children under 5 years old.

AAP/Indian Academy of Pediatrics meeting  -  Oct 1, 2007
AAP News (subscription)States and India will present topics such as tuberculosis, metabolic syndrome, asthma, child abuse, antibiotics, neonatology and Kawasaki disease.

Account established to assist with boy's medical expenses  -  Sep 4, 2007
DeRidder Beauregard Daily News,Roshell suffers from Kawasaki disease, a children's illness, also known as Kawasaki syndrome or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome.

Fatal childhood illnesses 'missed by inexperienced' staff covering ...  -  Aug 30, 2007
Daily Mail,...general practice at Oxford University, says the NHS might be missing cases of meningitis, pneumonia, septicaemia and a fever known as Kawasaki disease.

Isabel helps doctors determine diagnosis  -  Sep 3, 2007
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,For example, Chinnock said, the system is especially helpful in offering diagnoses for Kawasaki disease, which predominately affects young children.

Mix-up leads to health crisis for sick child  -  Aug 29, 2007
Checkbiotech.org (press release),Gibson has a rare form of Kawasaki disease, which enlarges the coronary arteries. If unchecked, it could be fatal. "...He can internally bleed without us

Around Lafayette  -  Aug 29, 2007
The Daily Advertiser,21, faculty will present information on asthma management, common cardiac problems, Kawasaki disease and syncope. On Sept. 22, they will present information

FELLOWS IN THE NEWS  -  Aug 1, 2007
AAP News (subscription)...and prospective cohort studies on outcomes of congenital heart disease and the pathogenesis, treatment and long-term sequelae of Kawasaki disease.

Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease Detected by ...  -  Aug 1, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),...[CrossRef][ISI][Medline] Special Writing Group of the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease of the Council on Cardiovascular

Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Rheumatology  -  Jul 24, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),The chapters on vasculitis are well covered and appropriate, though Kawasaki disease deserves more attention and a more adequate discussion.

Merck rotavirus vaccine label to cite disease data  -  Jun 15, 2007
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The label for Merck & Co Inc.'s rotavirus vaccine will include reports of a serious illness called Kawasaki disease in some children

FDA-MedWatch- RotaTeq- Changes Made To The Adverse Reactions and ...  -  Jun 18, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The ADVERSE REACTIONS section was updated to include six cases of Kawasaki disease that were observed during the Phase 3 clinical trial.

Allograft aortic root replacement in complex prosthetic valve ...  -  Jul 5, 2007
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (subscription)Pallasch TJ, Takahashi M, Taubert KA; Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young;

Know your child`s heart  -  Jun 10, 2007
PR-GB.com (press release),In addition, a small proportion of children who are born with normal heart acquire heart disease in the form of Rheumatic heart disease, Kawasaki disease,

Revised Labeling for RotaTeq  -  Jun 19, 2007
Facts and Comparisons,The revised Adverse Reactions section includes 6 accounts of cases of Kawasaki disease observed during the phase 3 clinical trial.

Label FDAS more safety minded in follow-up on Merck's RotaTeq  -  Jun 20, 2007
Newark Star Ledger,Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved a label ing change for the RotaTeq vac cine to include information about Kawasaki disease,

Health Highlights: June 15, 2007  -  Jun 15, 2007
Austin American-Statesman (subscription),Its adverse reactions section on the label will now carry a warning about the potential risk of Kawasaki disease. There have been five cases of Kawasaki

Travolta Fires Back After Autistic Son Conspiracy Claims  -  Jun 10, 2007
andPOP,...because his controversial religion Scientology sees it as a "weakness," and instead claim the teen is suffering from Kawasaki Disease.

Getting ahead  -  Jun 16, 2007
NorthJersey.com,Merck, based in Whitehouse Station, revised the prescribing information for RotaTeq to note five cases of Kawasaki disease in clinical trials and three

Conflict-of-Interest Reporting Serves to Replace Fact With Fiction ...  -  Jun 25, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The FDA announced last week that RotaTeq will now carry a label warning for pediatricians and parents about the vaccine's link to Kawasaki Disease,

John Travolta Fires Back After Autistic Son Conspiracy Claims.  -  Jun 1, 2007
FemaleFirst.co.uk,...because his controversial religion Scientology sees it as a "weakness", and instead claim the teen is suffering from Kawasaki Disease.

Renick sixth grade class brings awareness of Kawasaki Disease ...  -  May 11, 2007
Moberly Monitor Index,Tami is also the co-founder of the Kawasaki Disease Foundation along with Greg Chin. The Kawasaki Disease Foundation which is an organization that educates

Tomisaku Kawasaki  -  May 25, 2007
The Japan Times,In 1992 in "Nelson," the standard textbook of pediatrics in the United States, the listing of Kawasaki disease was established.

John Travolta Fires Back After Autistic Son Conspiracy Claims  -  Jun 1, 2007
Starpulse.com,...because his controversial religion Scientology sees it as a "weakness", and instead claim the teen is suffering from Kawasaki Disease.

What's Up Doc: Complexities of vasculitis  -  May 14, 2007
Daily News Tribune,Medium-sized vessels are involved in polyarteritis nodosa and Kawasaki disease. Finally, diseases such as Wegner's granulomatosis, Churg-Strauss syndrome,

Aspirin and children  -  May 26, 2007
Malaysia Star,...there are a few diseases in children that require them to take aspirin over the long-term such as Juvenile Chronic Arthritis (JCA) and Kawasaki disease.

Dream 'coming true'  -  May 14, 2007
Toronto Sun,Button suffers from Kawasaki disease, an inflammatory condition that causes heart arteries to swell and normally affects children under the age of 5 and

Legislative floor actions from May 15  -  May 16, 2007
Wilmington News Journal, OH,To Reference. SCR 10 KAWASAKI DISEASE (Stivers) - To designate the first week of February as 'Kawasaki Disease Week.' To Reference.

Grads turn a page in books of their lives  -  May 27, 2007
Corpus Christi Caller Times,Since the age of 11 Veronica has dealt with the effects of Kawasaki disease, a rare illness that can weaken the coronary arteries, produce blood clots or

Our kids are at risk from mouldy, damp home, claim couple  -  May 17, 2007
Ely Standard,Chris claims that his youngest child six-year-old Laura spent a week in a hospital intensive care unit after contracting Kawasaki Disease - a rare blood

Still in there pitching  -  Apr 18, 2007
Sun-Sentinel.com,Finally, Spoo's primary doctor discovered Spoo had Kawasaki disease. Kawasaki is a vascular disease that usually strikes infants, making Spoo's case rare.

Most Patients Don't Need Antibiotics Before Dental Procedures  -  Apr 21, 2007
Playfuls.com,MD, chair of the AHA Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee, a co-author of the guidelines and professor of pediatrics at New York

Steroid Drugs Won't Help Most Kids with Kawasaki Disease  -  Feb 14, 2007
Washington Post,14 (HealthDay News) -- Adding corticosteroid drugs to conventional treatment for a childhood cardiac illness called Kawasaki disease did not make a

Corticosteroids of no benefit in Kawasaki disease  -  Feb 14, 2007
TheHeart.Org,..."We had hoped we could make things better for everybody with Kawasaki disease by adding steroids to primary treatment." The team did, however,

Kawasaki disease in India  -  Jan 30, 2007
Newindpress (subscription),Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute self-limiting systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. The disease was first described by Dr Tomisaku Kawasaki in Japan in

Pulsed Corticosteroid Therapy No Bonus in Kawasaki's  -  Feb 14, 2007
MedPage Today,14 -- For children with Kawasaki's disease, a single pulsed dose of intravenous methylprednisolone added to conventional therapy has drawn a therapeutic

Clint Hurdle's daughter keeps swinging away  -  Feb 9, 2007
9NEWS.com,...“One in 10000 children incurs Kawasaki disease. So we figured she spared 9999 other kids from having to deal with this. (With) Prader Willi, she cut 12999

Summer camp teaches children to reach beyond their medical limitations  -  Feb 4, 2007
Nashua Telegraph (subscription),...but there are those who acquire heart damage because of an infection and from illnesses such as rheumatic fever and Kawasaki disease.

Discovery May Lead to Novel Treatments for Inflammatory Diseases  -  Jan 30, 2007
EndoNurse,For years, doctors have used IVIG to treat patients with autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases, such as dermatomyositis, Kawasaki disease,

Predicting Treatment Failures in Kawasaki Disease  -  23 Jan 2007
AAP Grand Rounds (subscription),Kawasaki Disease (KD) is one of the most common pediatric systemic vasculitides and is the leading cause of acquired heart disease during childhood in the

Fever in children  -  Jan 15, 2007
Sun.Star,During the first week of fever, Kawasaki disease maybe suspected when other features appear such as redness of the eyes without discharge, redness of the

CME Questions  -  Dec 29, 2006
AAP Grand Rounds (subscription),List 3 laboratory tests that can help predict whether a patient with Kawasaki Disease will not respond to IVIG therapy. State whether most physicians do or

She lived life to the full, she enjoyed every second...  -  Dec 19, 2006
Leeds Today,PE session. Her parents Helen and Ian said she suffered from Kawasaki disease which left her with heart problems. Mrs Greatorex ...

1.4 million children suffer from heart disease in Pakistan  -  Dec 17, 2006
The News - International,Acquired heart disease, which develops sometime during childhood, includes diseases such as Kawasaki disease, rheumatic fever ant infective endocarditic. ...

Viral Suspect Exonerated in Kawasaki's Disease  -  Nov 22, 2006
MedPage Today,22 -- A newly identified human coronavirus implicated as a possible cause of Kawasaki's disease appears to be an innocent bystander, researchers here reported. ...

New study finds no link between Kawasaki disease and newly ...  -  Nov 20, 2006
SpiritIndia,A newly described virus is not a cause of Kawasaki disease, according to an article by a group of researchers in Denver, Colorado. ...

New Study Finds No Link Between Kawasaki Disease and Newly ...  -  Nov 21, 2006
DG NewsALEXANDRIA, VA -- November 21, 2006 -- A newly described virus is not a cause of Kawasaki disease, according to an article by a group of researchers in Denver ...

New study finds no link between Kawasaki disease and newly ...  -  Nov 21, 2006
PressZoom (press release),The cause or causes of Kawasaki disease, an important pediatric infection that may lead to heart disease, have long been elusive. ...

Nice surprise for tiny twins on Christmas  -  Nov 24, 2006
Toronto Star,Months ago, he contracted Kawasaki disease, a rare ailment of unknown cause that's given him a rash, attacked his glands and threatened to damage his heart. ...

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