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Children and Orthopaedic Surgical Emergencies
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • • Surgery • • Trauma & Injuries • Feb 25 09
Severe musculoskeletal conditions in children include bone and joint infections, a hip problem known as slipped epiphysis, and elbow fractures. These can lead…
Young Smokers Increase Risk for Multiple Sclerosis
• Children's Health • • Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 23 09
People who start smoking before age 17 may increase their risk for developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study released today that will…
Kids who watch R-rated movies are more likely to smoke
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 23 09
A new study finds that kids who are allowed to watch R-rated movies are much more likely to believe it’s easy to get a…
Rise in strep infection seen in black newborns
• Children's Health • • Infections • Feb 18 09
From 2003 to 2006, cases of infection with group B streptococcus (GBS), which can be life threatening, have increased among black newborns in the…
Parents of Children With Disabilities Face More Daily Stress
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Feb 17 09
Raising a child with a disability can cause more daily stress and long-range health problems than parenting a child without disabilities, according to a…
Glaucoma eye drops can harm kids, experts warn
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Feb 16 09
In children, accidental exposure to prescription eye drops may cause serious harm requiring hospital admission, doctors warn in a report in the latest…
High uric acid raises risk of death in adults
• Children's Health • • Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Feb 13 09
In middle-aged Chinese adults, high blood levels of uric acid are a strong predictor of death from cardiovascular disease, stroke and all causes, according…
Video games seen good for children
• Children's Health • Feb 13 09
Video games can be good for children, encouraging creativity and cooperation, a European Union report concluded Wednesday which ran counter to the violent reputation…
School-based health program boosts kids’ activity
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Feb 11 09
Primary schools are suitable settings for promoting healthy lifestyles to students, say researchers in the United Kingdom.
Over a 10-month period, students attending schools…
Playing violent video games has risks: study
• Children's Health • Feb 05 09
Among young college students, the frequency and type of video games played appears to parallel risky drug and alcohol use, poorer personal relationships,…
The Home Can be a Dangerous Place for Teens
• Children's Health • Feb 04 09
While studies have shown that the home can be one of the most dangerous places for young children, a new study finds that…
Babies & Robots: Infant Power Mobility On Display
• Children's Health • Feb 04 09
Children with mobility issues, like cerebral palsy and spina bifida, can’t explore the world like other babies, because they can’t crawl or walk. Infant…
Kids Need More Physical Activity in School, Review Says
• Children's Health • Feb 03 09
Did your daughter work up a sweat playing basketball in gym class today or did she spend half the class hanging out on the…
Kids most in need least likely to take vitamins
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Feb 03 09
Children and teenagers who face the greatest risk of nutritional deficiencies tend to use vitamin and mineral supplements the least, researchers reported Monday.
Among…
Parents’ mental woes raise teens’ migraine risk
• Children's Health • • Headaches • • Migraine • Feb 02 09
Adolescent girls of parents with depression or a variety of psychopathology, including antisocial behavior and drug dependence, are at risk for migraine headaches,…
Shoulder Injuries in U.S. High School Athletes Occur More Often in Boys
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 26 09
Although shoulder injuries accounted for just 8 percent of all injuries sustained by high school athletes, shoulder injuries were relatively common in predominately male…
Unmet Medical Needs Are Most Common Among Vulnerable Children
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Jan 26 09
Despite recent government efforts, the medical needs of about six million children in the United States are not being met, according to data from…
Cell Phones Are Dangerous for Child Pedestrians
• Children's Health • Jan 26 09
Children who talk on cell phones while crossing streets are at a higher risk for injuries or death in a pedestrian accident, said psychologists…
New Clinical Equation Accurately Measures Kidney Function in Children
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Jan 22 09
Measuring a child’s kidney function has traditionally been time-consuming, costly, and difficult to perform, but a new equation that uses parameters collected at routine…
Childhood obesity ‘boot camps’
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 19 09
Overweight children and their families will attend free 10-week health courses as part of a campaign to tackle childhood obesity.
The £1.4 million scheme…
Youngsters often miss diet and exercise marks
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jan 19 09
According to their parents, pre-school children have somewhat better diets than school-age children, but both groups fall short when it comes to getting recommended…
Kids with arthritis benefit from early treatment
• Children's Health • • Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Jan 19 09
In children with arthritis, the time from diagnosis to the start of treatment with methotrexate appears to be an important predictor of their…
Living with a smoker hard on tiny infants
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 19 09
Infants born at very low birth weights are at increased risk of lung ailments in the first 12 months of life, and a…
Some teens more prone to depression from bullying
• Children's Health • • Depression • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 16 09
Teenagers who are subjected to bullying and teasing are at risk of becoming depressed, but those from either low-income or wealthier families may be…
Paintballs can cause ‘devastating’ eye injuries
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 15 09
Paintballs can cause severe and ‘visually devastating’ eye injuries, especially when used in unsupervised settings without proper eye protection, reports a study in the…