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Not Sure How to Treat Your Child’s Cough Or Cold This Year?
• Children's Health • Nov 05 07
It’s been a few weeks since the FDA recommended that all infant cold and cough medications be pulled from shelves. But as cold and…
U of M performs first systemic therapy for fatal childhood disease
• Children's Health • Nov 02 07
University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview physicians have performed the first bone marrow and cord blood transplant to treat recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB).
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Breastfed babies breathe better, except when mom has asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Respiratory Problems • Nov 01 07
When it comes to feeding babies, the old adage “breast is best” certainly holds true, with breastfed babies having less diarrhea and fewer ear…
Sound training rewires dyslexic children’s brains for reading
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Oct 30 07
Some children with dyslexia struggle to read because their brains aren’t properly wired to process fast-changing sounds, according to a brain-imaging study published this…
Recent Colds Influence Adverse Respiratory Events after Surgery in Children
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • • Surgery • Oct 24 07
For children undergoing general anesthesia for surgery or other procedures, the risks of several adverse respiratory (breathing-related) events are greater if the child has…
Watching Funny Shows Helps Children Tolerate Pain for Longer Periods
• Children's Health • • Pain • Oct 21 07
Watching comedy shows helped children tolerate pain for longer periods of time, suggesting that humorous distraction could be used in clinical settings to help…
Scientists find predisposition to bronchiolitis in some babies
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • Oct 19 07
Scientists have found that a large proportion of infants who suffer from bronchiolitis have an inherent pre-disposition to the disease.
The disease is the…
Evaluation of a child with cerebral palsy
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Oct 13 07
Evaluation of a child with cerebral palsy (CP) requires a multidisciplinary approach with a team of professionals comprising of a pediatrician or pediatric neurologist,…
Teens who exercise smoke less, wheeze less
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 11 07
New research suggests that teenagers who exercise are less likely to develop symptoms of asthma - a finding that appears to be largely explained…
Kids still not drinking enough milk
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Oct 04 07
American children are drinking too little milk and what they are consuming is too high in fat, according to a Penn State study.
“There…
Evidence of a relationship between swimming babies and infections
• Children's Health • • Infections • Oct 04 07
Neuherberg, 4 October. Scientists of the GSF – National Research Center for Environment and Health (Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) found indications for…
Early treatment of children with bilateral amblyopia essential, according to multisite study
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Oct 01 07
When a child is farsighted or has astigmatism or has both conditions in both eyes, bilateral amblyopia may develop. In contrast to single-eye amblyopia…
Childhood TV viewing a risk for behavior problems
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 01 07
Daily television viewing for two or more hours in early childhood can lead to behavioral problems and poor social skills, according to a study…
Initial reaction to nicotine can dictate addiction
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 01 07
Following up on studies that have indicated the speed with which adolescents can get hooked on cigarettes, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical…
Stress in Seniors Linked to Low Birth Weight
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 27 07
Low birth weight children may be at a greater risk of stress-related health problems as adults, according to a new study accepted for publication…
Secondhand smoke increases teen test failure
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 20 07
Teens exposed to secondhand smoke at home are at increased risk of test failure in school, suggests a new study in the Journal of…
Those Who Stay in School, Stay Healthier
• Children's Health • Sep 19 07
Both education and income can determine whether a person will remain healthy, but those who stay in school longer have the best odds, largely…
Healthy Lunches, Key to School Success
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Sep 15 07
School cafeterias have an indistinguishable smell… no matter what’s on the menu. The sectioned off Styrofoam or cardboard plates usually hold some kind of…
CT scan benefits outweigh risks for kids
• Children's Health • Sep 15 07
The increased risk of cancer from the radiation used in a CT scan is negligible compared with the benefits for children who need a…
A Child’s I.Q. Could be Affected by Maternal Epilepsy
• Children's Health • • Epilepsy • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 11 07
A history of maternal epilepsy and its associated treatment may be linked to impaired intelligence later in life, says a new study published in…
Children stressed six months before starting school
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 05 07
The first few days at school can be an anxious time as children face the challenge of a new environment and making new friends…
Overweight toddlers and those not in day care at risk
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 04 07
A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found that overweight toddlers and those not enrolled in day care are at high…
Mothers’ smoking linked to kids’ marijuana use
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 31 07
Children with mothers who smoke cigarettes are more likely to be regular marijuana users by early adulthood, a new study suggests.
Part of the…
US approves drug for two pediatric mental disorders
• Children's Health • • Drug News • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 23 07
Johnson & Johnson won U.S. approval to promote its drug, Risperdal, for two psychiatric conditions in children, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.
The…
New research explores newborn in-hospital weight loss
• Children's Health • • Weight Loss • Aug 21 07
Healthy, full-term newborn babies tend to lose weight during the first few days after their birth. A groundbreaking new study published in the latest…