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Antipsychotics tied to weight gain in kids, teens
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Oct 28 09
In children and adolescents, treatment with “second-generation” antipsychotic drugs is associated with significant weight gain and increased cholesterol levels, researchers warn in the…
Diagnosis, abortion of Down’s babies rising in UK
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 27 09
A rise in older women becoming pregnant has led to a big jump in Down’s syndrome diagnoses in Britain, but fewer babies are born…
Latest analysis confirms suboptimal vitamin D levels in millions of US children
• Children's Health • Oct 26 09
Millions of children in the United States between the ages of 1 and 11 may suffer from suboptimal levels of vitamin D, according to…
Why are preemies more likely to develop autism?
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 20 09
Researchers have long seen signs of autism in children born prematurely, and some studies have suggested that such signs can develop into full-blown autism…
Helping Children With Cancer go Back to School
• Children's Health • • Cancer • Oct 19 09
A one-day free conference dedicated to educating teachers, nurses, social workers, guidance counselors, and other educators about the medical and educational issues that children…
Johnny wants a pet turtle? Just say no
• Children's Health • • Infections • • Public Health • Oct 19 09
Despite a long-standing federal ban on the sale of small turtles, the reptiles continue to be sold in the US and to make…
Drug Deemed Safe, Effective for Post-Surgical Pain in Children
• Children's Health • • Pain • Oct 16 09
Parents and physicians alike want to know the best options for pain relief for children, especially following painful surgical procedures. A new review from…
Over half of SIDS deaths occur during co-sleeping
• Children's Health • Oct 14 09
In a study from England, most babies who died from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) were sleeping with an adult or another child…
Dyslexia varies across language barriers
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Oct 12 09
Chinese-speaking children with dyslexia have a disorder that is distinctly different, and perhaps more complicated and severe, than that of English speakers. Those differences…
Obese children at significantly greater risk for post-adenotonsillectomy complications
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Obesity • Oct 08 09
Obesity in children significantly increases the risk of major and minor respiratory complications following surgery to correct sleep disordered breathing (SDB), according to new…
Keeping children safe: Rethinking design
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • Oct 05 09
Injury is the leading cause of death for children over the age of 1 in industrialized countries and improving the safety of the manmade…
Half of babies born in rich world will live to 100
• Children's Health • Oct 02 09
More than half of babies born in rich nations today will live to be 100 years old if current life expectancy trends continue,…
Do We Know How to Put a Baby to Bed?
• Children's Health • Oct 01 09
A poll of Pennsylvania adults suggests that most may not be aware of the best way to put a baby to sleep which as…
Moms-to-be who smoke risk psychotic kids: study
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 01 09
Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms as teenagers, British scientists said on Thursday.
Researchers from…
Childhood kidney disorder has lasting effects
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Sep 25 09
A kidney condition that can arise in children and was until recently believed to disappear after puberty may persist into adulthood and cause significant…
New DNA Test Predicts Risk of Severe Scoliosis
• Children's Health • Sep 25 09
A simple test could reinvent how scoliosis is cared for in adolescents. NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is among the first centers nationally to…
Babies see it coming
• Children's Health • Sep 24 09
Do infants only start to crawl once they are physically able to see danger coming? Or is it that because they are more mobile,…
H1N1 Flu: Are Parents Underestimating Risk to Kids?
• Children's Health • • Flu • Sep 24 09
With schools back in session, H1N1 flu has become more active across the United States—especially among children. A new vaccine against H1N1 flu—strongly recommended…
Pediatrics: Kids need specialized care in hospital emergency departments
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • Sep 21 09
According to a recent IOM report, only 6 percent of U.S. hospital emergency departments are fully equipped to properly care for children. With high…
Guideline: Kids with Small Head Size at Risk of Neurologic Problems, Screening Needed
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 15 09
A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology, developed in full collaboration with the Child Neurology Society, finds that children with microcephaly…
Children with emotional difficulties at higher risk for adult obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 11 09
Previous research has shown that low self-esteem and emotional problems are found in people who are overweight or obese– but not which influences which.…
Multiple factors impact adolescent smoking risk
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 11 09
There is no one-size-fits-all explanation for why teenagers take up smoking, hint findings of a Canadian study.
Therefore, focusing on one single risk factor…
Children with asthma more vulnerable to H1N1 virus
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Swine Flu • Sep 08 09
Nearly a dozen 7th graders with asthma were welcomed along with other classmates back to school today by a special guest who had a…
UK kids taking fat pills up 15 fold in 8 years
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 04 09
The number of young people in the UK taking anti-obesity pills has risen 15 fold in the past 8 years, a study has shown,…
Current national primary care policies for childhood obesity need to be improved
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 04 09
Current primary care policies aimed at reducing obesity and increasing physical activity in children do not work and are very costly to run, according…