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Media Ignores Health Consequences of Drinking and Driving Among Young Celebrities
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Apr 23 09
The recent drinking and driving (DUI) arrests of celebrities—Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie, Michelle Rodriguez and Lindsay Lohan—yielded widespread news coverage, however, very little of…
Hospital Care Varies Greatly for Children with Urinary Tract Infections
• Children's Health • • Infections • • Urine Problems • Apr 21 09
More than 45,000 infants and children in the United States are hospitalized each year for urinary tract infections, but a new study reveals significant…
Breast-feeding blocks pain of infant vaccination
• Children's Health • • Pain • Apr 15 09
Turkish investigators report that breast-feeding an infant appears to significantly reduce the pain associated with vaccination.
“Even young children have a pain memory,…
Screening to Help Prevent Stroke in Kids Increases, But Limited Access a Problem
• Children's Health • • Stroke • Apr 14 09
The number of children with a certain blood disorder undergoing an ultrasound to help prevent stroke is up significantly in the past 10 years…
Teens less and less active with each winter
• Children's Health • Apr 09 09
Adolescents’ physical activity drops during winter and increases during summer - but not enough to offset the winter decline, study findings indicate.
The net…
Teaching Autistic Teens to Make Friends
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 08 09
During the first week of class, the teens’ eyes were downcast, their responses were mumbled and eye contact was almost nonexistent. By Week 12,…
Kids’ sleep issues may affect mental ability later
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 08 09
A new study suggests an association between sleep problems in childhood and mental functioning in early adolescence.
Dr. Alice M. Gregory, at the University…
New, simple method identifies preterm infants at risk of eye disease
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 08 09
A simple way of establishing which preterm infants are at risk of developing the eye disease ROP is to follow their weight gain. A…
Troubled teen? A summer job might help
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 06 09
When a friend of a friend attempts suicide, at-risk teens are more likely to attempt suicide as well, new research suggests. But having…
Season of conception tied to birth defect risk
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • Apr 06 09
Women who conceive in the spring or summer may run a higher risk of having a baby with a birth defect - and pesticide…
Alternative Therapies Can be Safe, Effective for Children
• Children's Health • • Alternative Medicine • Apr 06 09
Today, more children than ever are being treated with complementary and alternative therapies. Recent studies indicate that about 30 percent of healthy children and…
Maternal personality affects child’s eating habits
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Apr 03 09
Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food. This is shown in a study from the…
Serious Vision Problems in Urban Preschoolers Rare but Not That Rare
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 01 09
In what is believed to be the first comprehensive eye disease study among urban pre-schoolers, Johns Hopkins investigators report that while vision problems…
Weight testing predicts eye disease in preemies
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 01 09
Weekly weight measurements can accurately predict which preterm babies are likely to develop retinopathy of prematurity, a potentially blinding condition that requires treatment, according…
Tonsillectomy linked to excess weight gain in kids
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Obesity • Mar 31 09
Children who undergo the surgical removal of their tonsils (tonsillectomy) with or without the removal of their adenoids (adenoidectomy) are at increased risk for…
Water in schools may cut kids’ obesity risks
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 31 09
Making drinking water more available to children at school may help reduce their risk of becoming overweight, a new study suggests.
In recent…
Fat infants at risk of being obese toddlers: study
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 31 09
Infants who gain too much weight as babies are more likely to grow into obese toddlers, showing the importance of early eating habits,…
Action video games improve vision
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 30 09
Video games that involve high levels of action, such as first-person-shooter games, increase a player’s real-world vision, according to research in today’s Nature Neuroscience.
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Too many kids spend little time outdoors
• Children's Health • Mar 28 09
Many children spend too little time outdoors and too much time in front of the TV - and a lack of suitable outdoor spaces…
United co-parenting may deter kids’ “acting out”
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 28 09
When mothers and fathers support each other as parents, their preschool children are less likely to develop “acting out” behaviors.
“Supportive co-parenting involves warmth…
Sugar eases pain, and more, for newborns
• Children's Health • • Pain • Mar 28 09
Giving newborn babies sugar water during a needlestick or other painful procedures is known to ease the pain they feel, and now it seems…
Many US middle school kids physically unfit: study
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Mar 26 09
US kids are not only too heavy; they’re also out of shape, according to a new study of 5th and 7th grade students in…
Surgery Safe for Babies & Toddlers Suffering from Seizures
• Children's Health • • Epilepsy • Mar 23 09
A new study published in Epilepsia reveals surgery for babies and toddlers suffering from epilepsy is relatively safe and is effective in controlling seizures.…
Eczema in children is increasing, but diet is not the cause
• Children's Health • • Allergies • • Dieting • Mar 20 09
The number of children who have eczema has risen – one in five children are now affected by this skin condition, which is often…
Sustained exercise seen best for kids’ weight
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 19 09
Longer bouts of exercise may be better for maintaining a healthy weight in children than is sporadic activity accumulated throughout the day, a new…