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Delayed vaccines tied to whooping cough risk
• Children's Health • • Immunology • Sep 14 13
Children who are not vaccinated according to the schedule recommended by U.S. health officials are at an increased risk of catching whooping cough, according…
Diet during pregnancy and early life affects children’s behaviour and intelligence
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 13 13
The statement “you are what you eat” is significant for the development of optimum mental performance in children as evidence is accumulating to show…
More than one-third of populations worldwide may have low levels of vitamin D, study shows
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Public Health • Sep 04 13
A new systematic review published in the British Journal of Nutrition*, is one of the first to focus on patterns of vitamin D status…
Ear Infections: Treat All Kids
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 04 13
All children younger than 2 with acute otitis media diagnosed according to current American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines should receive antibiotics, researchers said.
Among…
Hygiene, sanitation tied to small effects on growth
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Aug 30 13
Children from poor regions with clean water, hygiene and sanitation programs tend to be slightly taller than those who grow up in similar areas…
New U.S. clinical trial poses risks to premature babies: watchdog
• Children's Health • Aug 23 13
A new clinical trial funded by the U.S. government exposes premature infants suffering from anemia to risks without fully informing their parents, advocacy group…
Probiotics linked to lower risk of allergies for kids
• Children's Health • • Allergies • Aug 23 13
Babies whose mothers take probiotics while pregnant and those who are given the so-called “good bacteria” supplements early in life may be at lower…
BPA, phthalates tied to kids’ weight, diabetes risk
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Obesity • Aug 19 13
Children exposed to two chemicals commonly used in food packaging are more likely to be obese or show signs of diabetes precursors than those…
Why are smart kids more likely to do drugs?
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 18 13
There is plenty of anecdotal evidence that a relationship exists between intelligence and drug use. Some of the greatest thinkers, artists, and musicians openly…
New study shows vitamin D-related ‘molecular switches’ predict childhood bone mass
• Children's Health • Aug 16 13
Researchers at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, have demonstrated that the degree to which a gene related to vitamin D action…
Soft drinks and behavioral problems in young children
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Aug 16 13
Americans buy more soft drinks per capita than people in any other country. These drinks are consumed by individuals of all ages, including…
Global team identifies new genes behind severe childhood epilepsy
• Children's Health • • Epilepsy • • Genetics • Aug 12 13
A large-scale international study on the genes involved in epilepsy has uncovered 25 new mutations on nine key genes behind a devastating form of…
Children who overestimate their popularity less likely to be bullies
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 11 13
Children who overestimate their popularity are less likely to be bullies than those who underestimate or hold more accurate assessments of their social standing,…
Research shows negative effects of half-siblings
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 11 13
Adolescents who have half-siblings with a different father are more likely to have used drugs and had sex by age 15 than those…
Caesareans weaken gut microbiota and increase risk of allergies
• Children's Health • • Allergies • Aug 09 13
Children who came into the world by Caesarean section are more often affected by allergies than those born in the natural way. The…
Tide might be turning on U.S. childhood obesity: CDC
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 06 13
The obesity rate among low-income children between the ages of 2 and 4 is falling in 19 U.S. states and territories after having doubled…
Parental smoking tied to kids’ risk of lighting up
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 06 13
Children born to parents with a history of cigarette smoking are more likely to light up than kids of people who never smoked, according…
Breastfeeding may protect against persistent stuttering
• Children's Health • Aug 05 13
A study of 47 children who began stuttering at an early age found that those who were breastfed in infancy were more likely to…
Sugary drinks tied to obesity among preschoolers
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Aug 05 13
Five-year-olds who drink sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks or juices every day are more likely to be obese than those who have sugar-sweetened beverages less…
Take your child’s word for it on asthma, study finds
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Aug 02 13
Children’s perceptions of living with asthma may differ significantly from their caregivers’ perceptions, which means both should be interviewed when they visit the doctor’s…
Disabled children treated more harshly in developing world
• Children's Health • Jul 30 13
Children with disabilities receive harsher punishment across the developing world, according to a new study based on interviews with nearly 46,000 caregivers in 17…
Young cannabis-smokers aware of the health risks
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • Jul 29 13
91 percent of on average 20-year-old Swiss men drink alcohol, almost half of whom drink six beverages or more in a row and are…
Improving medicine acceptance in kids: A matter of taste
• Children's Health • Jul 24 13
Despite major advances in the pharmaceutical treatment of disease, many children reject medicines due to an aversion to bitter taste. As such, bitterness presents…
Univ. of MD finds that marijuana use in adolescence may cause permanent brain abnormalities
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 24 13
Regular marijuana use in adolescence, but not adulthood, may permanently impair brain function and cognition, and may increase the risk of developing serious psychiatric…
Timing of first solid food tied to child diabetes risk
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • Jul 14 13
When babies already at increased risk for type 1 diabetes had their first solid foods before four months of age or after six months,…