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Why do infants get sick so often?
• Children's Health • Aug 07 12
Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System are helping to quell parents’ worry about why infants seem to get sick so often.
It’s…
Infants of overweight mothers grow more slowly
• Children's Health • Aug 07 12
Pregnant women who are overweight or obese can encounter a host of health complications. The added weight also appears to affect how their children…
Benefits of breastfeeding
• Children's Health • • Gender: Female • Aug 05 12
Recently, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg grabbed headlines when he publicly advocated breastfeeding for babies rather than feeding by formula. His pro-breastfeeding position…
Kids who drink soda may not drop milk
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Aug 04 12
Kids who drink sugary beverages are not necessarily switching to them and away from milk, according to a new study whose results contradict earlier…
In-utero exposure to magnetic fields associated with increased risk of obesity in childhood
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 28 12
In-utero exposure to relatively high magnetic field levels was associated with a 69 percent increased risk of being obese or overweight during childhood compared…
Understand Childhood Obesity, Researchers Look to Inactive, Fat Rats
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 24 12
Childhood obesity has nearly tripled in the past three decades, and by 2009, 17 percent of those 2-19 years of age were classified as…
Tooth fillings made with BPA tied to behavior issues
• Children's Health • • Dental Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 16 12
Kids who get dental fillings made using BPA are more likely to have behavior and emotional problems a few years later, according to a…
Walking to school, sports tied to teen weight
• Children's Health • • Weight Loss • Jul 16 12
Teens who play a couple of team sports and walk or bike to school are less likely to be overweight or obese, says a…
ACL reconstruction technique improves outcomes in pediatric patients
• Children's Health • • Surgery • Jul 14 12
A new study demonstrates the superiority of a specific technique to perform anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in children. In recent years, the number…
Moms’ caffeine not tied to kids’ behavior problems
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Pregnancy • Jul 10 12
If your kindergartner is hyperactive, there’s no reason to blame the caffeine you had during pregnancy, new research suggests.
In a study of more…
Smoking in movies may turn teens to cigarettes: study
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 10 12
Youth who watch a lot of movies with cigarette-smoking characters, no matter what the film’s rating is, are more likely to start smoking themselves,…
Study confirms uncircumcised boys’ UTI risk
• Children's Health • • Sexual Health • • Urine Problems • Jul 10 12
Baby boys who are uncircumcised have an increased risk of urinary tract infection - whether their foreskin is “tight” or not, a study published…
Tobacco Use More Prevalent among African-American Adolescents Living in Public Housing Communities, MU Researcher Says
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 10 12
Today, nearly 4,000 adolescents in the United States will smoke their first cigarette, and about a fourth of those youth will become daily smokers,…
Schools don’t see teen dating violence as a priority
• Children's Health • Jul 09 12
Despite research showing up to a third of U.S. teens experience dating violence, a new study finds a majority of high schools don’t have…
On-screen smoking may turn teens on to cigarettes
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 09 12
Youth who watch a lot of movies with cigarette-smoking characters - whether the films are rated R or PG-13 - are more likely to…
Babies in dog-owning families may be healthier
• Children's Health • Jul 09 12
Dogs are no longer just man’s best friend: The furry family members may also protect infants against breathing problems and infections, a new study…
Sunscreen forbidden at schools and camps
• Children's Health • Jun 28 12
When parents send children to school or camp, they may worry about many things, from bullies to bus accidents. But unauthorized sunscreen use?
It…
Phthalate, environmental chemical is linked to higher rates of childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 26 12
Obese children show greater exposure than nonobese children to a phthalate, a chemical used to soften plastics in some children’s toys and many household…
Kids’ cereals are healthier, ads aren’t: study
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 22 12
While U.S. food companies are making healthier breakfast cereals for children, they’re also aiming more ads for their unhealthiest products at kids, according to…
U.S. kids getting more ADHD drugs, fewer antibiotics
• Children's Health • Jun 18 12
The number of drugs dispensed to U.S. minors has dropped slightly over the past decade, bucking the rise in prescriptions to adults, according to…
Soft drink consumption not the major contributor to childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 14 12
Most children and youth who consume soft drinks and other sweetened beverages, such as fruit punch and lemonade, are not at any higher risk…
Childhood obesity found linked to math performance
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 14 12
Obesity among children has increased dramatically over the past 40 years and has been tied to many health problems. Now a new study has…
Kids don’t eat less when serving themselves
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 08 12
Allowing pre-schoolers to help themselves to food is thought to teach kids healthy eating habits like portion control, but a new study finds that…
Second-Hand Smoke Affects Bladder Function in Children
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • • Urine Problems • Jun 08 12
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, parents are responsible for 90 percent of children’s exposure to environmental (second-hand) tobacco smoke. Children with mothers who…
Meditation practice may decrease risk for cardiovascular disease in teens
• Children's Health • • Heart • Jun 06 12
Regular meditation could decrease the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in teens who are most at risk, according to Georgia Health Sciences University researchers.
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