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Breastfed infants may need vitamin D supplements
• Children's Health • Aug 07 06
Breastfed babies living in northern latitudes often lack healthy levels of vitamin D, and may even be severely deficient, results of a new study…
Shopping cart-related injuries among children
• Children's Health • Aug 07 06
More than 20,000 children were treated in United States hospital emergency departments in 2005 for shopping cart-related injuries.
According to a study published in…
Examination not sensitive enough to detect breech babies
• Children's Health • Aug 04 06
The routine examination doctors use to check if a baby is lying in the correct position before birth is not sensitive enough, concludes a…
Strattera seen effective for ADHD over 2 years
• Children's Health • Aug 04 06
Pooled data from 13 trials indicate that the drug Strattera, known technically as atomoxetine, continues to work well for teens with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder…
Too much breast-feeding makes babies more prone to allergies
• Children's Health • Aug 03 06
Breast-feeding babies gives them the best start in life, but too much of a good thing may make them more prone to allergy, a…
Breastfed babies cope better with stress in later life than bottle fed babies
• Children's Health • Aug 03 06
The findings are based on almost 9000 children, who were part of the 1970 British Cohort Study, which regularly monitors a sample of the…
Pride, prejudice, and paediatrics
• Children's Health • Aug 03 06
Actively barred from pursuing medical careers elsewhere, women paediatricians were able to carve out careers in the specialty because it paid poorly and carried…
Lung disease study hope for premature babies
• Children's Health • Aug 01 06
A Europe-wide trial involving premature babies is investigating whether the risk of chronic lung disease can be halved if they are given nitric oxide…
Study Points to Better Numbing Medicine for Kids Getting IV Sticks
• Children's Health • Jul 31 06
When a child needs to be treated with IVs, numbing the skin in advance can help ease or eliminate the pain of needle insertion,…
Play in Early Childhood Helps Stunted Children
• Children's Health • Jul 28 06
Effects of psychosocial stimulation and dietary supplementation in early childhood on psychosocial functioning in late adolescence: follow-up of randomised controlled trial BMJ Online First
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Babies finding early voice through sign language
• Children's Health • Jul 27 06
Nine-month-old Alexandra lets her mother know when she is hungry. Andrew, 11 months, makes it clear he wants some milk.
They may be too…
Improving Adolescent Nutrition in Bangladesh and Tanzania
• Children's Health • Jul 26 06
While a great deal of research has been conducted on child and adult malnutrition in developing countries, there are only a handful of studies…
Moderately premature infants often ill early on
• Children's Health • Jul 20 06
Infants born prematurely at 30 to 34 weeks’ gestation experience significant morbidity in the early months of life, researchers report
“Near-term babies are at…
Kids risk early deafness with MP3 players
• Children's Health • Jul 20 06
Teenagers and young adults who listen to MP3 players too loudly and too often risk going deaf 30 years earlier than their parents’ generation,…
‘Back To School’ Shouldn’t Mean Back Pain for Kids
• Children's Health • Jul 19 06
Back to school for many kids also means back to shoulder, neck and back pain caused by hauling heavy backpacks each day.
Experts agree…
Encouraging Laughter, Preventing Tears in the Playground
• Children's Health • Jul 19 06
New playground equipment in 34 Toronto District School Board (TDSB) schools has given Dr. Andrew Howard an opportunity to test the effect of different…
Preparing Kids For School Includes Bathroom Tips
• Children's Health • Jul 19 06
Going back to school can be exciting - and stressful, especially for kids ages 5 to 7 who are at risk of having wetting…
What motivates kids to do their homework?
• Children's Health • Jul 18 06
Why do some students work hard on their homework, while others do not? Results of a survey of students attending middle schools and high…
Children with eczema have the same impaired quality of life as those with kidney disease
• Children's Health • Jul 18 06
Children with serious skin conditions feel their quality of life is impaired to the same extent as those with chronic illnesses such as epilepsy,…
Children Who Live with Smokers Have More Respiratory Complications During Surgery
• Children's Health • Jul 17 06
Children are especially vulnerable to the effects of secondhand smoking, both because they are small and still growing and because they’re often a “captive…
Warning Signs for Potential Re-Abuse of Children Identified
• Children's Health • Jul 13 06
Doctors have identified a set of warning signs that could increase an abused child’s risk of further abuse.
The findings are based on evidence…
Older dads seem to have sicklier babies
• Children's Health • Jul 10 06
Findings from a recent study indicate that new fathers in their 40s and 50s are slightly more likely to have an infant with…
Whooping Cough “Endemic” Among UK School Children
• Children's Health • Jul 07 06
Nearly 40% of school age children in the United Kingdom who visit their family doctor with a persistent cough have evidence of whooping cough…
Poorest Children Face Highest Risk of Death from Injury
• Children's Health • Jul 07 06
Children from the poorest families in England and Wales face greater risks of dying from injury than children in all other social groups, finds…
Bullied kids have more behavioral problems
• Children's Health • Jul 07 06
Children who are bullied during their early school years may experience behavior problems as a result, new study findings suggest.
“Our results indicate that…