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Significant Behavioral Problems in Immunodeficient Children
• Children's Health • Feb 15 06
Children with pediatric immunodeficiency disorders (PIDDs) have an increased risk of behavioral and emotional difficulties according to a study published this month in Annals…
After puberty, girls at higher risk of insomnia
• Children's Health • Feb 14 06
Adolescent girls appear to be at greater risk of insomnia after they begin menstruation, a study has found, suggesting that hormonal changes play a…
Common genetic variation increases SIDS risk in African Americans
• Children's Health • Feb 13 06
About five percent of deaths from SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) in African Americans can be traced to defects in one gene and half…
Program gets adolescents to eat better, move more
• Children's Health • Feb 13 06
A home-based program that combines a doctor’s advice with computer assessment, mailings and phone calls may help teens become more active and improve their…
Urgent Need for Lethal Bacteria Disease Vaccine
• Children's Health • Feb 10 06
Children in developing countries are at far greater risk of contracting potentially lethal bacterial infections than was previously thought, new research reveals today.
The…
Children Fare Better at Pediatric Trauma Centers
• Children's Health • Feb 09 06
A study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and Children’s Research Institute concludes that the risk of death for injured…
Tiniest babies can become functional young adults
• Children's Health • Feb 08 06
Once they reach their early 20s, people who were born at extremely low birthweight (ELBW) in the late 1970s and 1980s have almost as…
Some kids gain weight after adenotonsillectomy
• Children's Health • Feb 08 06
After having their tonsils and adenoids out because of obstructed breathing during sleep, some children tend to become overweight. The reason may be a…
Poverty early in life may set into motion a consistent pattern of antisocial behaviours
• Children's Health • Feb 07 06
Children in low-income families start off with higher levels of antisocial behaviour than children from more advantaged households. And if the home remains poor…
Teens fight less if they think parents disapprove
• Children's Health • Feb 07 06
Adolescents who get the message from their parents that violence is not an acceptable way to resolve conflict are less likely to get into…
New Saint Louis University research finds SIDS strikes premies later
• Children's Health • Feb 06 06
Because premature and small babies are at risk for SIDS later and longer than full-term infants, pediatricians should adjust when they offer counseling to…
Childhood flu vaccination rates in US still low
• Children's Health • Feb 02 06
Influenza vaccination rates in young children improved, but were still low, two years after the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) encouraged universal…
Gene Variation Increases SIDS Risk in African Americans
• Children's Health • Feb 01 06
About five percent of deaths from SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) in African Americans can be traced to defects in one gene and half…
Parents Happier with Alternative to Liquid Meds for Tonsillectomy
• Children's Health • Jan 31 06
After getting their tonsils out and going home from the hospital, along with ice cream, young children must take pain medication until their throat…
Headache, Sleep Problems Connected in Children
• Children's Health • Jan 27 06
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that frequent headaches in children appear to be associated with sleep problems. More than two-thirds of children studied who…
African-American girls have a better chance of survival as premature babies
• Children's Health • Jan 26 06
Extremely premature baby girls, especially those who are African American, are much more likely to survive than extremely premature white boys, according to research…
New Service Helps Women at Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
• Children's Health • Jan 20 06
Sudden cardiac death is responsible for one-third of coronary artery disease deaths in women, and the reason why women with heart disease and recurrent…
Child’s height linked to intellectual development
• Children's Health • Jan 20 06
Children who are short for their age may perform more poorly on tests of intelligence than their taller peers, a new study suggests. The…
Pimecrolimus cream safe for infants with eczema
• Children's Health • • Allergies • Jan 17 06
While pimecrolimus cream can be very effective for treating atopic dermatitis (often called eczema), there has been concern about infections because it is an…
Early Drinking in Teens Linked to Alcohol Use in Films
• Children's Health • Jan 13 06
Seeing movies that feature characters drinking alcohol can predispose young adolescents to experiment with alcohol at an early age, concludes a study led by…
Loud aircraft noise may affect children’s reading
• Children's Health • Jan 13 06
Children who live or attend schools near airports - within hearing range of loud takeoffs and landings - tend to show impaired reading comprehension,…
Prenatal factors may help predict SIDS risk
• Children's Health • Jan 12 06
Several prenatal factors can be used to help predict the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to a report in the current…
Family Dinners Benefit children long after the meal is over
• Children's Health • Jan 12 06
Last month, millions of Americans spent the holidays gathered around the table, but are the holidays the only time that you eat dinner together…
Breastfed babies may become leaner kids
• Children's Health • Jan 10 06
A new study suggests that the longer infants are breastfed, the lower the likelihood they’ll be overweight as adolescents, a relationship that does not…
Many Parents Unaware of RSV: Tips on This Winter-Borne Virus
• Children's Health • Jan 09 06
Although respiratory syncytial virus (commonly known as RSV) affects almost all children at least once before they are two years old, many parents may…