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Immigrant parents less likely to read to their children: study
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Jun 02 14
Minority children often lag behind their peers in language development when they start preschool. According to a new study, some of that disparity in…
One in 4 children with leukemia not taking maintenance medication, study shows
• Children's Health • • Cancer • Jun 02 14
An estimated 25 percent of children in remission from acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) are missing too many doses of an essential maintenance medication that…
Certain kids with diabetes are most at risk for excess weight: study
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Obesity • May 31 14
Children and teens with type 1 diabetes are already at increased risk for becoming overweight or obese, but certain traits make the odds even…
Researchers to study whether mobile phones affect teenage brains
• Children's Health • • Brain • May 20 14
British researchers are launching the largest study in the world to investigate whether using mobile phones and other wireless gadgets might affect children’s brain…
Bullying linked to increased inflammation: study
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 13 14
Researchers already know that many kids who are bullied appear to suffer socially, psychologically and even physically years later. According to a new study,…
Complications rare with baby circumcisions, rise with age
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • May 13 14
There are few reported complications after boys are circumcised during their first year of life, but the risk rises considerably if the procedure…
Children of nicotine-addicted parents more likely to become heavy smokers
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 12 14
The more time a child is exposed to a parent addicted to smoking, the more likely the youth will not only take up cigarettes…
As kids age, snacking quality appears to decline
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Obesity • May 07 14
The average U.S. child snacks three times a day. Concerned about the role of snacking in obesity, a team of researchers set out to…
Motivational interviewing can positively impact childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 05 14
Pediatricians and dietitians who used motivational interviewing techniques to counsel families about their young child’s weight were successful in reducing children’s body mass…
Study exposes risk of nutritional deficiencies in obese teens
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Obesity • May 05 14
A new study exposes the risk of nutritional deficiencies in severely obese teens - both those who had weight loss surgery and those who…
Drug pair cuts children’s urinary infections up to 80 percent
• Children's Health • • Infections • • Urine Problems • May 05 14
Long-term use of a drug combination reduces the risk of recurrent urinary tract infection by up to 80 percent in children with the urinary…
Few children receive dental care before recommended age of 1 year
• Children's Health • • Dental Health • May 05 14
Less than one per cent of healthy urban children surveyed in Toronto had received dental care by the recommended age of 12 months and…
Rules of thumb: 3 simple ideas for overcoming childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 01 14
ristopher Kaliebe, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, offers parents and caregivers three…
Parents just as likely to use cell phones while driving, putting child passengers at risk
• Children's Health • • Public Health • May 01 14
Despite their precious cargo, parents are no less likely to engage in driving distractions like cell phone use than drivers from the general…
Urgent care centers must be made ready for kids: New AAP guidelines
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • Apr 27 14
Today the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued an updated policy statement making recommendations and highlighting gaps in knowledge about the treatment of children…
Medical devices for kids are often only tested on adults
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Apr 14 14
Most medical devices that have been recently approved for use in pediatrics weren’t actually tested on kids first, according to a new study.
Almost…
Study supports detrimental effects of television viewing on sleep in young children
• Children's Health • • Sleep Aid • Apr 13 14
A study following more than 1,800 children from ages 6 months to nearly 8 years found a small but consistent association between increased television…
U.S. childhood obesity rates have increased since 1999: study
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 07 14
U.S. childhood obesity rates have increased over the past 14 years, according to a study published on Monday, casting doubt on a recent analysis…
Health benefits of ‘green exercise’ for kids shown in new study
• Children's Health • • Physical activity -exercise • Apr 07 14
Children who are exposed to scenes of nature while exercising are more likely to experience health-enhancing effects after activity, according to a Coventry University…
Bullying happens to popular teens too
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 31 14
A new University of California, Davis, study suggests that for most adolescents, becoming more popular both increases their risk of getting bullied and worsens…
Even if they don’t reduce body fat, obesity prevention programs can lower kids’ blood pressure
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 28 14
One of the serious health consequences of obesity is elevated blood pressure (BP), a particular problem in children because research has found that high…
3 Companies Using GMOs in Baby Formula
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Mar 27 14
It seems with the many reports of birth defects, organ failure, cancer, and other unsavory health conditions associated with GMO consumption, we should limit…
Blood test may help predict whether a child will become obese
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 25 14
Scientists have found that a simple blood test, which can read DNA, could be used to predict obesity levels in children.
Researchers at the…
Under new guidelines, only 10 percent of children at risk of low vitamin D levels, Loyola study find
• Children's Health • Mar 25 14
Under new guidelines from the Institute of Medicine, the estimated number of children who are at risk of having insufficient or deficient levels of…
New childhood tuberculosis estimates double the number previously thought
• Children's Health • • Tuberculosis • Mar 23 14
Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) in Boston have estimated that around one million children suffer from tuberculosis…