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Beriberi seen after teen gastric bypass
• Children's Health • Sep 03 04
The nutritional disorder, beriberi - caused by lack of vitamin B1 in the diet - can appear in teens who have undergone gastric bypass…
Great outdoors may ease ADHD symptoms
• Children's Health • Aug 30 04
Parents may find some help for their children’s ADHD symptoms by going back to nature, new research suggests.
The study of 452 parents of…
Drugs helpful for boys with breast enlargement
• Children's Health • Aug 20 04
Many teenage boys experience some degree of enlargement of the breasts around the time of puberty. When the condition is troublesome, anti-estrogen drugs seem…
Late start may delay toilet training
• Children's Health • Aug 19 04
The average age when children are successfully toilet trained is going up, and new research has identified certain factors related to this trend.
Children…
Better research needed on youth physical activity
• Children's Health • Aug 12 04
Few dispute that the increasingly overweight youth of the U.S. need to get moving, but many studies fail to take into account all…
Post-trauma therapy helps children
• Children's Health • Aug 11 04
Treating children for traumatic stress appears to be more effective than routine care or no treatment, according to results of a new study.
“Despite…
New technique saves babies with immune disorder
• Children's Health • Aug 04 04
A new technique that combines an immune-suppressing drug with a transplant can save the lives of otherwise doomed babies with a rare genetic disorder,…
Atypical antipsychotics increasingly used in kids
• Children's Health • Aug 03 04
Atypical antipsychotic drugs are increasingly being prescribed for children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and mood disorders, investigators report. However, there is little…
US kids without insurance miss doctor visits
• Children's Health • Aug 03 04
Nearly half of the 8.5 million U.S. children who lack health insurance have not seen a doctors or nurse for a medical check-up in…
Infant deaths on the decline, says CDC
• Children's Health • Jul 29 04
Deaths of babies less than a month old declined by a quarter in the United States the last decade, thanks to advances in the…
Cholesterol Drug OK For Kids
• Children's Health • Jul 21 04
Statin drugs, prescribed to millions of American adults to ward off heart attacks and strokes, can safely reduce cholesterol levels and even reverse narrowing…
Mexico Set to OK Glaxo Children’s Vaccine
• Children's Health • Jul 15 04
Mexican regulators are to approve this week a new vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline against rotavirus, a disease that causes diarrhea and kills up to 600,000…
Helmets urged for child ice skaters
• Children's Health • Jul 13 04
Children who ice skate are at risk for head injuries and should be required to wear a helmet while skating, according to a new…
Teens seeing too many magazine alcohol ads: report
• Children's Health • Jul 09 04
Teenagers may be more likely than adults of legal drinking age to come across alcohol ads in their favorite magazines, new research suggests.
The…
Brief screening spots domestic abuse
• Children's Health • Jul 07 04
It takes only a few minutes and a couple of questions to spot many hidden cases of domestic abuse in adults accompanying children to…
U.S. study examines why some children not vaccinated
• Children's Health • Jul 06 04
Struggling, inner-city parents are more likely to neglect completely vaccinating their children, while parents who refuse to vaccinate at all tend to be white…
Parents set rules, but kids still see TV violence
• Children's Health • Jul 06 04
Most parents think their children regularly see TV violence despite their efforts to impose limits, a study published Tuesday shows.
Researchers say the findings…
Weekend peak in SIDS persists
• Children's Health • Jun 21 04
Despite a dramatic overall drop in the number of cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) following the “Back to Sleep” campaign, a relatively…
Environment hazards a big killer of children - study
• Children's Health • Jun 18 04
Environmental hazards such as pollution, unsafe water, poor sanitation, lead poisoning and injuries are the cause of one third of child and adolescent deaths…
School Smoking Lowest In 10 Years
• Children's Health • Jun 17 04
Smoking among high school students has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade as fewer students say they’ve tried the habit,…
Study finds many kids deficient in vitamin D
• Children's Health • Jun 17 04
Vitamin D deficiency may be a common but unrecognized problem among U.S. adolescents, new study findings suggest.
Researchers found that among 11- to 18-year-olds…
Warning: Playing in sand can be dangerous to kids
• Children's Health • Jun 16 04
Although it rarely happens, children can be killed while playing in sand. “Sand dunes, beach digging, and other areas of substantial sand buildup, including…
Botswana races to immunize children in polio scare
• Children's Health • Jun 15 04
Health workers backed by helicopters and dugout canoes raced on Tuesday to immunize children across Botswana against polio after the first case in a…
Early malnutrition curbs cognition in children with cystic fibrosis
• Children's Health • Jun 14 04
In children with cystic fibrosis, preventing prolonged malnutrition by early diagnosis and nutritional therapy is associated with heightened cognitive function, according to researchers.…
Parents accurately assess kids’ ADHD treatment
• Children's Health • Jun 09 04
Doctors often rely on teachers to let them know how well a child responds to treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but parents are just…