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Longer paid leaves promote breastfeeding success
• Children's Health • Jan 14 09
Giving working mothers paid maternity leave - and more of it - could go a long way toward helping them to continue breastfeeding…
Letting infants watch TV can do more harm than good says wide-ranging international review
• Children's Health • Jan 13 09
A leading child expert is warning parents to limit the amount of television children watch before the age of two, after an extensive review…
Children Who Spend More Time Outdoors May Be Less Likely To Become Nearsighted
• Children's Health • Jan 11 09
Spending two to three hours a day outdoors can markedly lower a child’s risk of developing myopia or nearsightedness, according to a paper appearing…
New Clues to Mystery Childhood Illness: Kawasaki Disease
• Children's Health • • Heart • Jan 09 09
A study looking at the entire human genome has identified new genes that appear to be involved in making some children more susceptible to…
Good childhood fitness tied to adult health
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jan 09 09
A person’s fitness level in childhood seems to influence certain measures of their health as young adults, new study findings suggest.
The study followed…
Eating habits and exercise behaviors in children can deteriorate early
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jan 09 09
As children transition from preschool-age to school-age, they may develop eating habits and leisure-time patterns that may not meet current recommendations and may…
Most Babies with Uncomplicated Febrile Seizures Can Avoid Spinal Tap
• Children's Health • Jan 06 09
When babies develop a fever high enough or abrupt enough to cause a seizure, frightened parents often rush them to the emergency room, where…
Obese kids who snore more sleepy in the daytime
• Children's Health • Dec 29 08
Obese children who have difficulty breathing while they sleep have excessive daytime sleepiness compared with slimmer children who are also chronic snorers, new…
Fast food + nearby schools = fat kids
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Dec 25 08
Youth who study just a short walk from a fast-food outlet eat fewer fruit and vegetables, drink more soda and are more likely to…
Bird flu vaccine protects children
• Children's Health • • Flu • Dec 23 08
A vaccine to protect against infection with the bird flu virus, the pathogen experts fear is capable of causing pandemic disease in humans, proved…
Obese siblings of diabetic children at risk
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Obesity • Dec 23 08
Compared with other overweight children, overweight siblings of children with type 2 diabetes mellitus have a significantly higher prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance,…
Video games may do the aging brain good
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 21 08
Older adults might want to take an interest in their grandchildren’s’ video games, if early research on the brain benefits of gaming is correct.
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Tonsillectomy results unaffected by kids’ obesity
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Obesity • Dec 17 08
Among children who undergo removal of their adenoids and tonsils to correct breathing problems when they’re sleeping, obesity does not necessarily predict an unfavorable…
Physicians Give Toys Safety Tips for Christmas
• Children's Health • Dec 16 08
The right toy can make the Christmas season the most wonderful time of the year for children and their parents.
But the wrong toy…
Strategic video game improves critical cognitive skills in older adults
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 11 08
A desire to rule the world may be a good thing if you’re over 60 and worried about losing your mental faculties. A new…
Reforms Needed in Health Care Services for Adolescents
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Dec 09 08
Reforms Needed in Health Care Services for Adolescents, Including Greater Coordination of Care and Better Training for Providers
WASHINGTON - Current health services for…
Overweight kids may have more anxiety, depression
• Children's Health • • Depression • • Obesity • Dec 08 08
Compared with their thinner peers, overweight children may be more prone to developing depression and anxiety symptoms by the time they reach middle school,…
Ultrasound Screening Helps Prevent Stroke in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
• Children's Health • • Stroke • Dec 08 08
Screening with an ultrasound machine has proved highly successful in preventing stroke among children with sickle cell disease, by identifying children who are then…
Children’s National convenes first childhood obesity symposium
• Children's Health • • Public Health • • Weight Loss • Dec 05 08
On Tuesday, November 25, 2008, the Obesity Institute at Children’s National Medical Center gathered experts from many disciplines to share ideas, failures and successes,…
Child abuse more common than statistics suggest
• Children's Health • Dec 04 08
About 1 in 10 children in the developed world is abused each year but official statistics indicate less than a tenth of those abused…
Lots of TV and Web harms kids’ health
• Children's Health • Dec 03 08
Spending a lot of time watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Web makes children more prone to a range of health problems…
Expert Offers Advice on How to Choose Age Appropriate and Safe Toys for Children During the Holidays
• Children's Health • Dec 03 08
With the excitement of the holidays, parents and relatives eagerly purchase the hottest toys and latest items for their children. But it’s during the…
Pediatric Obesity May Alter Thyroid Function and Structure
• Children's Health • • Endocrinology • • Obesity • Dec 03 08
In addition to its strong associations with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, pediatric obesity may induce alterations in thyroid function and structure, according to…
Press “One” if You Want Your Child to Eat Right
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Dec 02 08
Imagine turning the tech era’s most annoying invention — voice-response telephone systems —into something good.
Researchers say they did exactly that in a new…
Elementary School Intervention Increases Mental, Sexual Health, Economic Status
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Dec 02 08
Fifteen years after they completed an intervention program designed to help their social development in elementary school, young adults reported better mental health,…