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| 76% of teenagers aged 12-18 report being sexually violated
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| Almost 90% of teenagers aged 12-18 claim to have been victims of some level of sexual violence, according to a study conducted jointly by the University of Haifa and Ben Gurion University.
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October 16, 2007 |
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| 100 percent oxygen resuscitation after brain injury may do more harm than good to children
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| The current standard practice of giving infants and children 100 percent oxygen to prevent brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation may actually inflict additional harm.
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July 1, 2008 |
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| Active parents raise active children
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| Parents who are active during pregnancy and early in their child's life tend to raise more active children, finds a study published on bmj.com.
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November 27, 2007 |
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| Activities for kids and parenting tips.
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| Parenting tips activities for children ideas for moms
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| Adlerian Counselling & Consulting Group
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| for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
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| Adolescents At Risk Of Developing A Substance-use Disorder Have Deficits In Frontal Brain Activation
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| Children and adolescents at high risk for developing a substance-use disorder (SUD) tend to show deficits in executive cognitive function (ECF). A study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess eye movements in adolescents has found a link between brain functioning and risk for developing an SUD.
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March 7, 2008 |
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| Adult Medication Blamed for 6-Year-Old's Death
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| A 6-year-old girl from East Harlem, N.Y., died Sunday afternoon after her foster mother allegedly gave her a fentanyl pain patch to treat her neck pain, reports 7online.com.
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May 19, 2008 |
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| After School
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| A study of the growing and disturbing trend of teachers having sex with their students.
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| Aggressive tots agressive adults!
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| New research suggests that three and four-year-olds are more physically aggressive than most adults; anyone subjected to the wrath of an indignant pre-schooler will not argue with that.
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October 16, 2007 |
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| Almost 75 Percent of New Mothers Breastfeeding
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| More women are breastfeeding, but the percentage of mothers choosing to breastfeed exclusively is still far short of national objectives, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday in its weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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August 2, 2007 |
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| Antibiotics Can Prevent Wound Complications Of Childbirth
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| A single dose of antibiotics can significantly aid healing of the severe tearing that occurs in vaginal tissues during many births, according to researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, the Stanford University School of Medicine and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The study is the first to show that the simple treatment can prevent many of the short- and long-term repercussions of this relatively common complication of childbirth.
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June 10, 2008 |
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| Antibiotics Do Not Appear Helpful In Preventing Fluid Buildup In Children With Ear Infections
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| When prescribed to children with middle ear infections, antibiotics are not associated with a significant reduction in fluid buildup in the ear, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies.
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February 20, 2008 |
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| Antipsychotics in Kids May Add Weight
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| Study Shows Drugs Cause Changes in Body Fat and Blood Fat Levels.
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May 7, 2008 |
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| Are HIV Prevention Gels Safe For Pregnant Women, Their Babies?
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| Clinical trials hoping to identify a vaginal microbicide that is both safe and effective against HIV have all but skirted questions befitting the evaluation of an approach intended primarily for sexually active women of childbearing age: What if a woman becomes pregnant while using a product? Can exposure to a product, especially early in pregnancy, pose a risk to the developing fetus? Does pregnancy affect how a particular microbicide is supposed to work?
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June 17, 2008 |
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| Asthma risk increases in children treated for HIV
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| Children whose immune systems rebound after treatment with potent anti-viral drugs for HIV infection face an increased risk of developing asthma, said a federally funded consortium of researchers led by those from Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
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July 1, 2008 |
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| Babies Swimming In Public Pools Linked To Infections
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| National Research Center for Environment and Health found indications for an association between attendance of swimming pools in the first year of life and the frequency of infections.
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October 8, 2007 |
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| Baby Fitted With Pacemaker at 5 Days Survives MRSA
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| A baby who was fitted with a pacemaker at just 5 days old has overcome another health hurdle — he has survived MRSA, the Press Association reported Thursday.
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June 13, 2008 |
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| Bacteria May Be Linked to SIDS
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| Study Shows Bacterial Infection May Be Connected to Cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
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May 29, 2008 |
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| Bacteria Mix in Guts of Babies Predicts Obesity
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| Babies with high numbers of bifidobacteria and low numbers of Staphylococcus aureus may be protected from excess weight gain, according to a team of researchers from the University of Turku in Finland.
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March 7, 2008 |
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| Breakthrough Drug for Children With Cancer
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| There’s new hope for children suffering with three kinds of cancer that are too often fatal.
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October 3, 2007 |
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| Breastfeeding Boosts IQ In Infants With 'Helpful' Genetic Variant
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| The known association between breast feeding and slightly higher IQ in children has been shown to relate to a particular gene in the babies.
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November 6, 2007 |
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| Breastfeeding is the normal, natural way to feed babies
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| Breastfeeding is part of laying the foundations for a healthy life from infancy and childhood and a really important tool to improve the health outcomes for New Zealanders.
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August 7, 2007 |
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| Breastfeeding now safer for infants of HIV-infected mothers
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| An antiretroviral drug already in widespread use in the developing world to prevent the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their newborns during childbirth has also been found to substantially cut the risk of subsequent HIV transmission during breast-feeding.
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February 4, 2008 |
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| Breastfeeding While Taking Seizure Medicine Does Not Appear To Harm Children
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| A first of its kind study finds breastfeeding while taking certain seizure medications does not appear to harm a child's cognitive development.
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April 22, 2008 |
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| Breastfeeding-friendly practices in hospitals improve long-term breastfeeding success
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| Breast milk and breastfeeding are recognized to be the ideal choices of nutrition and feeding for infants.
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August 30, 2007 |
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| Call for vaccine opt-out penalty
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| Tough sanctions are being proposed for parents who refuse routine vaccinations, such as MMR.
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May 10, 2008 |
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| Can children have strokes?
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| Childhood stroke is at least as common as brain tumours in children and may be as common as all childhood cancer but the condition is under-recognised by both the public and the medical profession. A new study hopes to address some of the large gaps in the understanding of this condition.
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July 1, 2008 |
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| CDC says one in four children are out of compliance with U.S. vaccination guidelines
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| Your toddler might be improperly vaccinated, even if she's had every immunization the government recommends, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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April 29, 2008 |
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| CDC Warns of 'Choking Game' After 82 Youths Die
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| At least 82 youths have died from the so-called "choking game," according to the first government count of fatalities from the tragic fad.
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February 14, 2008 |
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| CDC: Breast-Feeding Hits 20-Year High of 77 Percent
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| The U.S. breast-feeding rate has hit its highest mark in at least 20 years with more than three-quarters of new moms nursing their infants, according to a government report released Wednesday.
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April 30, 2008 |
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| CDC: Cough, Cold Medicines Send 7,000 Children to ER Each Year
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| Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the U.S. government said Monday in its first national estimate.
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January 28, 2008 |
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| CDC: Hospitals Doing Poor Job of Promoting Breast-Feeding
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| Most U.S. hospitals don't do very well when it comes to promoting breast-feeding, according to the first national report to look at the issue. The average hospital scored 63 out of 100.
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June 13, 2008 |
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| Certain Diseases, Birth Defects May Be Linked To Failure Of Protein Recycling System
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| A group of signaling proteins known as Wnt - which help build the human body's skin, bone, muscle and other tissues - depend on a complex delivery and recycling system to ensure their transport to tissue-building cell sites, according to a study at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
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December 26, 2007 |
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| Chickenpoxinfo.com
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| consumer information site from Merck.
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| Child Obesity Seen As Fueled By Spanish Language TV Ads
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| Spanish-language television is bombarding children with so many fast-food commercials that it may be fueling the rising obesity epidemic among Latino youth, according to research led by pediatricians from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Latino children, who make up one-fifth of the U.S. child population, also have the highest obesity and overweight rates of all ethnic groups.
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February 19, 2008 |
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| Childhood obesity leads to higher rate of problems during surgery
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| Add this to the growing list of health challenges faced by obese children: A new study from the University of Michigan Health System finds that obese children are much more likely than normal-weight children to have problems with airway obstruction and other breathing-related functions during surgery.
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February 25, 2008 |
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| Children Affected By Parents' Behavior Following Trauma
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| A new study examines the role that specific parenting practices may play in children's adjustment after trauma. The study suggests that the quality of parenting practices following trauma can mediate the relationship between trauma exposure and child adjustment. The study finds that certain parenting behaviors have the potential to significantly improve children's outcomes.
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May 3, 2008 |
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| Children Can Learn to Read Nutrition Labels
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| When 10-year-old Marie Grandguillotte goes grocery shopping with her mother, she reads the food labels. She looks for calories and ingredients and knows to avoid fat and cholesterol.
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September 18, 2007 |
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| Childhood Cancer Rates Highest in Northeast
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| Surprising research suggests that childhood cancer is most common in the Northeast, results that even caught experts off guard. But some specialists say it could just reflect differences in reporting.
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June 2, 2008 |
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| Children short of sleep three times as likely to be obese
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| According to new research by scientists in New Zealand children who do not get enough sleep face an increased risk of obesity and behavioral problems.
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January 2, 2008 |
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| Children's Consumption Of Sugar-sweetened Beverages
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| A recent study published in Pediatrics and led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are an increasingly large part of children and teens' diets. Teens who consume SSBs, which include sodas, fruit drinks and punches, and sports drinks, drink an average of 356 calories per day, a significant increase from 10 years earlier.
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June 6, 2008 |
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| Consumer Group Warns Crowded Cribs Linked to Baby Deaths
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| Parents are putting their babies at risk when they place pillows and other soft bedding in their cribs, the Consumer Product Safety Commission warned Thursday.
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February 28, 2008 |
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| Current Vitamin D Recommendations Fraction Of Safe, Perhaps Essential Levels For Children
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| The current recommended daily allowance (RDA) of vitamin D for children is 200 International Units (IUs), but new research reveals that children may need and can safely take ten-times that amount. According to new research this order-of-magnitude increase could improve the bone health of children worldwide and may have other long-term health benefits.
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May 28, 2008 |
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| Cutting Salty Snacks Key to Childhood Weight Loss
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| Kids who load up on salty meals and snacks get thirsty, and too often they turn to calorie-filled sodas. So maybe cutting back on the salt is a good way to cut the calories. That's the idea coming from a British study published Wednesday in an American Heart Association journal.
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February 21, 2008 |
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| Doctors report rare heart attacks in kids
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| Beth Meter is a cardiac nurse who has seen plenty of heart attacks, so when her son complained of sudden crushing chest pain that spread to his arm, she was certain he was having one.
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October 1, 2007 |
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| Don't Rock the Crib: Sleepless Babies At Greater Risk for Obesity
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| When the wind blows, the cradle will rock. And when babies sleep less, they may gain too much weight. A new Harvard study finds that babies and toddlers who sleep fewer than 12 hours daily are at greater risk for being overweight in preschool, startling evidence that the link between sleep and obesity may affect even very young children.
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April 8, 2008 |
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| Early Detection Critical In Treating Pediatric Thyroid Cancer
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| Efforts to treat pediatric papillary thyroid cancer are greatly improved by detecting the disease as early as possible, making the patient's age the most important factor in determining a prognosis.
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February 6, 2008 |
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| Early Neglect Predicts Aggressive Behavior In Children
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| Early child neglect may be as important as child abuse for predicting aggressive behavior, researchers say. Neglect accounts for nearly two-thirds of all child maltreatment cases reported in the United States each year, according to the Administration for Children and Families.
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April 7, 2008 |
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| Extra Vitamin D In Early Childhood Cuts Adult Diabetes Risk
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| Vitamin D supplements in early childhood may ward off the development of type 1 diabetes in later life, reveals a research review published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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March 13, 2008 |
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| FDA Considers Banning Cold Medicines for All Children Under Age 5
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| Cold and cough medicines recently pulled from sale for infants and toddlers aren't safe or effective in slightly older children either, say doctors lined up to press their case with government health advisers.
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October 18, 2007 |
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| FDA Puts Stop to Cough Medicines for Children
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| Government health officials on Friday gave drug companies until Oct. 31 to stop making and selling any unapproved medicines labeled for use by children younger than 6 that contain the painkiller and cough suppressant hydrocodone.
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September 28, 2007 |
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| FDA Recommends Adding Child Warning Labels to Tamiflu, Relenza Flu Drugs
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| Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological problems seen in children who have taken flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline.
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November 23, 2007 |
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| FDA: Plastic Baby, Water Bottles Are Safe
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| Plastic baby bottles and water bottles are safe, a federal health official said Tuesday, seeking to ease public concerns about the health hazards of a chemical used in the products.
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June 11, 2008 |
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| Flu vaccination rates in children low
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| Flu season is here. Are you, your children and your grandchildren vaccinated?
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January 22, 2008 |
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| For Adolescents, Inhalants Are Drug of Choice
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| Inhalants are being used more often than marijuana or prescription painkillers by kids on the brink of being teenagers, a new government report shows.
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March 13, 2008 |
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| Fruit Juice Consumption Not Related To Overweight In Children
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| Despite studies that assert otherwise, 100% fruit juice consumption is not related to overweight in children, according to a new study.
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May 23, 2008 |
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| Genetic Cause For A Type Of Childhood Epilepsy Identified
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| Imagine "blanking out" of consciousness up to 200 times daily while you're learning in a classroom, playing baseball, taking ballet lessons or riding a bike. This is a common occurrence in the life of a child with childhood absence epilepsy (CAE).
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May 30, 2008 |
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| Health Officials Trace Infant Whooping Cough Outbreak at Texas Hospital to Sick Nurse
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| A 2004 whooping cough outbreak at a Texas hospital has been traced back to a nurse who worked in the nursery at the time of the outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published June 6.
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June 6, 2008 |
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| As Your Daughter Enters Puberty.
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| Bathing Your Newborn.
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| Does Your Child Have Scoliosis?
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| Don't Smoke Near Your Kids.
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| If You're Breastfeeding.
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| If Your Child's Sinuses Are Blocked.
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| Is Your Teen Drinking?
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| Prevent Diaper Rash.
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| Preventing Sibling Rivalry.
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| Protecting Kids Who Lift Weights.
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| Recognizing Premature Labor.
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| Safe Use of Baby Strollers.
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| Heritage Consulting
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| providing genealogy products, a record search service, and professional ancestry research.
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| High blood pressure in children not being diagnosed
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| According to a study by researchers in the United States, children and adolescents with high blood pressure are not being diagnosed.
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August 21, 2007 |
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| HPV Vaccination Could Become Available for Boys by 2009
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| The human papillmovirus vaccination Gardasil could become available for young men as soon as next year, according to a report from The New York Times.
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February 25, 2008 |
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| HPV Vaccine -- What's A Parent To Do?
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| A random telephone survey of Hoosier adults' opinions about whether the HPV vaccine should be mandatory for middle school students reveals an "ambivalence about sexuality in our culture," similar to debates surrounding contraception and sex education
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March 19, 2008 |
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| Identical twins are not genetically identical
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| Contrary to our previous beliefs, identical twins are not genetically identical.
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February 18, 2008 |
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| Incubator Electromagnetic Fields Alter Newborns' Heart Rates
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| The electromagnetic fields produced by incubators alter newborns' heart rates, reveals a small study published ahead of print in the Fetal and Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease in Childhood. It is not clear what the long term effects might be, but this could have implications for babies born prematurely, who may spend several weeks or months in incubators, say the authors.
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May 2, 2008 |
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| Infected Babies Pass HIV to Mothers
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| Not long ago, she was a wife, mother and teacher. Now Dilfuza Mustafakulova is HIV-positive and has lost her husband and her job. Mustafakulova's baby son was among 72 children infected with the virus at two Kyrgyz hospitals. Sixteen mothers also have contracted it — in some cases by breast-feeding their children.
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April 10, 2008 |
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| Lack Of Training For Children's Medicines Prescribing May Increase Risk Of Error
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| Current training and assessment in curbing common pitfalls in medicines prescribing for children is inadequate in the UK, suggests new research.
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January 19, 2008 |
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| Low Vitamin D Levels Appear Common In Healthy Children
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| Many healthy infants and toddlers may have low levels of vitamin D, and about one-third of those appear to have some evidence of reduced bone mineral content on X-rays, according to a new report.
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June 6, 2008 |
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| Many Babies Who Suffer From Bronchiolitis Are Inherently Predisposed
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| Scientists have found that a large proportion of infants who suffer from bronchiolitis have an inherent pre-disposition to the disease.
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October 19, 2007 |
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| Many young children short on vitamin D
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| The study by doctors at Boston's Children's Hospital found that in a group of 380 healthy infants and toddlers aged 8 months to 2 years, 40% had low blood levels of vitamin D and 12% of those had a vitamin D deficiency.
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June 4, 2008 |
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| Maternal Alcohol Drinking During Pregnancy Associated With Risk For Childhood Conduct Problems
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| Previous research has linked maternal drinking during pregnancy to several problems in offspring, including conduct problems, criminal behavior, attention and impulsivity problems and alcohol disorders, according to background information in the article.
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November 6, 2007 |
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| Maternal Love: How A Mother's Brain Responds To Her Infant
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| The distinctive ability of mothers to identify the cries of their offspring is widely evident in nature, where it is critical to the survival of these offspring. In humans, we are aware that the distinctive ability of mothers to recognize and respond to the smiles and cries of their babies plays an important role in the psychological, cognitive, and social development of these babies.
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March 1, 2008 |
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| Medicine Mix-Ups Harm Hospitalized Kids
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| Medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions harm roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children, according to the first scientific test of a new detection method.
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April 7, 2008 |
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| Merck Recalls 1.2 Million Doses of Infant Hib Vaccine for Contamination Risks
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| More than a million doses of a common vaccine given to babies as young as 2 months were being recalled Wednesday because of contamination risks, but the top U.S. health official said it was not a health threat.
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December 12, 2007 |
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| Metabolic syndrome in children
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| Metabolic syndrome in children represents a potentially serious threat to health in adulthood, yet many parents and caregivers do not have a clear idea of what metabolic syndrome is and why it is dangerous.
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January 15, 2008 |
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| Mixed Results For Late-talking Toddlers
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| New research findings from the world's largest study on language emergence have revealed that one in four late talking toddlers continue to have language problems by age 7.
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May 16, 2008 |
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| More Canadian children are surviving cancer
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| More Canadian children are surviving cancer, according to Canadian Cancer Statistics 2008 released today by the Canadian Cancer Society.
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April 10, 2008 |
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| More Girls Than Boys Benefit From Breastfeeding
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| Challenging the long-standing belief that breast-feeding equally protects all babies against disease, research led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center investigators suggests that when it comes to respiratory infections, the protective effects of breast milk are higher in girls than in boys.
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June 3, 2008 |
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| Mother Stops 10-Year-Old Son's Cancer Treatments So Last Days Will Be 'Happy'
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| The mother of a little boy with a rare form of cancer has made the agonizing decision to stop treatment so that her son's final days can be filled with fun and laughter.
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January 4, 2008 |
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| Mothers And Offspring Can Share Cells Throughout Life
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| Cutting the umbilical cord doesn't necessarily sever the physical link between mother and child. Many cells pass back and forth between the mother and fetus during pregnancy and can be detected in the tissues and organs of both even decades later. This mixing of cells from two genetically distinct individuals is called microchimerism. The phenomenon is the focus of an increasing number of scientists who wonder what role these cells play in the body.
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May 5, 2008 |
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| MRSA in the community: A new threat to children's health?
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| Although hospital superbugs like MRSA - methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus - are now a widespread and recognised problem, new MRSA strains that have emerged and are spreading amongst the wider public in the USA may pose a bigger threat.
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November 28, 2007 |
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| Nature Trumps Nurture in Child Obesity
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| Study Shows Genes Play Important Role in Risk of Childhood Obesity.
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February 11, 2008 |
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| Nearly 1 in 3 Kids Take Supplements
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| Multivitamins and Multiminerals Are the Most Common Dietary Supplements for U.S. Kids.
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October 1, 2007 |
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| New Anti-Obesity Drugs Could Stunt Kids' Brains
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| The potential problems of a once-promising class of weight-loss drugs just keep growing.
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May 7, 2008 |
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| New Guidelines Proposed for Preschoolers on Antidepressants
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| With the number of preschool-age children being prescribed stimulants, antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs on the rise, a group of researchers has suggested a standardized approach to treatment.
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December 4, 2007 |
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| New Meningitis Vaccine Works in Infants
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| A new type of meningitis vaccine appears to offer protection for babies against several strains of the deadly bacterial form of the disease, British and Canadian researchers report.
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January 8, 2008 |
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| New role for p53 gene in childhood cancer
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| Researchers have identified a new role for a cancer-prevention gene in the response to drug treatment for childhood cancer.
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November 6, 2007 |
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| New Way To Screen Infants For Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Suggested
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| Children who have been diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) are more likely to have serious psychiatric and behavioral problems later in life, including a higher risk for dropping out of school, unemployment, and criminal behavior. Studies have shown that early intervention is a key element in minimizing the negative effects of FAS.
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March 7, 2008 |
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| Newborn Brain Cells Modulate Learning And Memory
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| Boosted by physical and mental exercise, neural stem cells continue to sprout new neurons throughout life, but the exact function of these newcomers has been the topic of much debate.
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January 31, 2008 |
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| Nexium Acid Reflux Drug Approved for Children Ages 1-11
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| FDA said Thursday it approved liquid and delayed-release capsules of Nexium in doses of 10 milligrams or 20 milligrams for these youngsters. It is already approved in doses of 20 milligrams or 40 milligrams for those aged 12 to 17.
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February 28, 2008 |
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| Novel brain cancer drug HhAntag for children may damage bones
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| A novel drug that fully eliminated brain tumors from mice in a dramatic 2004 study has shown a darker side - causing permanent bone damage in younger mice.
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March 11, 2008 |
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| Number Of Fat Cells Remains Constant From Teenhood In All Body Types
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| The radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960s has helped researchers determine that the number of fat cells in a human’s body, whether lean or obese, is established during the teenage years. Changes in fat mass in adulthood can be attributed mainly to changes in fat cell volume, not an increase in the actual number of fat cells.
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May 12, 2008 |
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| Obese Children Show Early Signs Of Heart Disease
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| Children who are obese or who are at risk for obesity show early signs of heart disease similar to obese adults with heart disease, a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found.
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October 20, 2007 |
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| Over-the-Counter Cold Medicine Too Risky for Young Children
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| Parents should not give sniffling babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines - they are too risky for tots so small, the U.S. government was to say on Thursday.
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January 17, 2008 |
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| Overweight In Adolescence Gives Increased Mortality Rate, Study Shows
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| People who were already overweight in adolescence (14-19 years old) have an increased mortality rate from a range of chronic diseases as adults; endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, colon cancer and respiratory diseases.
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May 21, 2008 |
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| Overweight Toddlers And Those Not In Day Care At Risk For Iron Deficiency
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| A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found that overweight toddlers and those not enrolled in day care are at high risk for iron deficiency.
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September 6, 2007 |
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| Pacifiers May Increase Child's Risk of Ear Infections
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| New research indicates that babies who are prone to ear infections should not use a pacifier, BBC News reported Friday.
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June 20, 2008 |
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| Parents in Maryland threatened with jail over child vaccinations
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| Parents there have been told that their children who are enrolled in schools in the Prince George's County Public School System must be immunised or will be barred from school.
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November 19, 2007 |
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| Parents May Underestimate Children's Difficulties Falling Asleep
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| Children have more difficulty initiating sleep than maintaining sleep. Further, parents tend to underestimate their children's sleep problems.
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October 3, 2007 |
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| Premature Infants Benefit From Diets Rich In Protein
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| More than 12 percent of babies are born prematurely, up more than 20 percent from 1990, and as premature birth rates continue to climb, neonatologists at Nationwide Children's Hospital are focusing their attention on the nutrition provided to premature infants during their first few days of life.
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May 5, 2008 |
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| Pushing Kids to Diet, Teasing Them Often Leads to Weight Gain
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| For parents concerned about their overweight teens, new research suggests the best tactic might be to just relax and cook a healthy Sunday dinner.
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October 15, 2007 |
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| Quitting Smoking In Pregnancy Boosts Chances Of Easygoing Child
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| Their mothers were classified as either non-smokers during pregnancy, quitters, light smokers, or those who smoked 10 or more cigarettes a day (heavy smokers).
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March 14, 2008 |
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| Reason For Concern In Childhood And Adolescent Obesity
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| Childhood and adolescent obesity negatively impacts vascular endothelial function, which relates to cardiac health, according to study findings presented at the May 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting.
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May 12, 2008 |
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| Simple Viral Infection Put Teenager on Transplant List
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| A simple viral infection has put Karele Galaise-Seguin on a waiting list for a new heart. For the past 17 days she has been hooked up to a heart-lung machine at the Montreal Children's Hospital, awaiting a transplant.
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May 15, 2008 |
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| Simplicity Recalls One Million Cribs
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| Simplicity Inc., a supplier of baby furniture to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other big retailers, is recalling about 1 million Chinese-made baby cribs which have been linked to at least two infant deaths.
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September 21, 2007 |
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| Some kids are being misdiagnosed with asthma
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| Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is the sudden, abnormal narrowing of the vocal cords during inhalation causing obstruction of the airflow, and is characterized by a noise that can mimic the sound of wheezing.
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September 2, 2007 |
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| STDs rife among US teenage girls
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| One in four teenage girls in the United States has a sexually-transmitted disease, a study has indicated.
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March 11, 2008 |
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| Study helps predict anesthesia-linked risks for children with chest tumors
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| Children with mediastinal masses - tumors in their chest outside the lungs - are at special risk for developing breathing problems when they undergo anesthesia.
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August 23, 2007 |
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| Surprise at how few children take vitamin supplements
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| In a study carried out by researchers at the National Institutes of Health it has been found that fewer children than expected take dietary supplements.
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October 2, 2007 |
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| Teens Getting Taller And Heavier
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| Adolescents have grown taller and put on weight over the last thirty years, but the problem of underweight teens may be worse.
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October 7, 2007 |
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| The Big 3
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| Mia Hamm encourages women to learn more about the important role they can play in their children's nutrition.
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| Toddler With Rare Cancer Saved by Frozen Stem Cells
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| The life of a 2-year-old British girl has been saved after she received a transplant of frozen stem cells, according to a report in the Daily Mail.
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February 6, 2008 |
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| Toddlers Affected Most By Secondhand Smoke Exposure At Home, Study Shows
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| Secondhand smoke in the home appears to induce markers for heart disease as early as the toddler years, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 48th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
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March 17, 2008 |
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| Tool Creates Personalized Catch-up Immunization Schedules For Missed Childhood Vaccinations
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| A new downloadable software tool will help pediatricians, parents and other health care professionals determine how to adjust complex childhood immunization schedules when one or more vaccine doses aren't received at the proper time.
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May 23, 2008 |
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| Treatment Helps Boy, 5, Taste Solid Food for First Time
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| A 5-year-old boy who had been fed through tubes his whole life can finally eat solid food thanks to specialized medical treatment he received in Austria, it is reported by the Daily Mail.
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March 10, 2008 |
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| U.S. Advisers OK Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine for Young Children
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| FluMist should help kids intimidated by needles.
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October 24, 2007 |
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| U.S. Panel Endorses Second Vaccine for Kids' Stomach Virus
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| A federal advisory panel has endorsed a second vaccine to combat a common and potentially fatal virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting in children.
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June 26, 2008 |
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| Very Young Found To Process Fear Memories In Unique Way
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| Very young brains process memories of fear differently than more mature ones, new research indicates. The work significantly advances scientific understanding of when and how fear is stored and unlearned, and introduces new thinking on the implications of fear experience early in life.
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February 13, 2008 |
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| Vitamin D Deficiency May Be To Blame For Soft Bones In Baby's Skull
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| Softening of the skull bones in normal-looking babies might reflect vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy, according to a new study. Furthermore, breast-feeding without vitamin D supplementation could prolong the deficiency, which might lead to a risk of serious health problems later in life, including type 1 diabetes and decreased bone density.
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March 28, 2008 |
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| Wisconsin Girl, 9, Diagnosed With Cancer for Third Time
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| Emily Miller was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia in 2002, overcame it in 2005 and was in remission until April of last year when she was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma.
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April 21, 2008 |
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| Young Age May Give Survival Advantage To Children With Certain Brain Tumors
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| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have shown that children under 3 years old who have a brain tumor called diffuse pontine glioma (DPG) appear to have a better outcome than older children with the same cancer.
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June 1, 2008 |
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| Young Children Rely On One Sense Or Another, Not A Combination
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| Unlike adults, children younger than eight can't integrate different forms of sensory input to improve the accuracy with which they perceive the world around them, according to a pair of studies reported online in Current Biology.
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May 3, 2008 |
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| Youngest Patient Worldwide To Have Auditory Implant In The Brain Stem
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| A team of ear, nose and throat surgery and Bartolomé Bejarano Herruzo, specialist in paediatric neurosurgery, have successfully operated on a 13 month-old girl from Murcia, who had been born deaf due to the lack of auditory nerves. She is the youngest patient in the world who has received an auditory implant in the brain stem.
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February 27, 2008 |
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