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Many kids still exposed to secondhand smoke in cars
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 06 12
A new government study reports that while fewer kids and teens are getting exposed to secondhand smoke while riding in the car, rates of…
Positive parenting during early childhood may prevent obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 06 12
Programs that support parents during their child’s early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study in the online February 6…
Bossy mom at snack time tied to kid’s weight: study
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Obesity • Feb 03 12
Mothers who push their toddlers to eat more at snack time may end up with slightly chubbier children by the age of three, according…
Breastfeeding and lung function at school age: Does maternal asthma modify the effect?
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Feb 03 12
Breastfeeding is associated with improved lung function at school age, particularly in children of asthmatic mothers, according to a new study from researchers in…
Asthma rate and costs from traffic-related air pollution are much higher than once believed
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Jan 26 12
A research team led by University of Massachusetts Amherst resource economist Sylvia Brandt, with colleagues in California and Switzerland, have revised the cost burden…
More fruits, veggies in U.S. school lunch rules
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jan 25 12
U.S. schoolchildren, accustomed to a steady diet of pizza and french fries, will find more fruits, vegetables and whole grains on their cafeteria trays…
U.S. hepatitis A vaccine rates vary widely, survey shows
• Children's Health • • Infections • Jan 25 12
Although about 85 percent of kids in two U.S. states have had a complete set of hepatitis A vaccines, overall just three in 10…
Kids’ health predicts parents’ future heart disease: study
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Heart • • Stroke • Jan 25 12
When children have high cholesterol or blood pressure, their parents may have increased risks of diabetes and heart disease down the road, a new…
Understanding causes of obesity in Aboriginal children
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 24 12
To fully understand the causes of the obesity epidemic in Aboriginal children requires an understanding of the unique social and historical factors that shape…
Kids seek tans, use less sunscreen as they age: survey
• Children's Health • Jan 24 12
As kids go from elementary to junior high school ages, the desire to tan gets stronger while the habit of using sun protection gets…
Brain scans spot early signs of dyslexia
• Children's Health • • Brain • Jan 24 12
Instead of waiting for a child to experience reading delays, scientists now say they can identify the reading problem even before children start school,…
Exposure to chemical found in personal care products may contribute to childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 21 12
Researchers from the Children’s Environmental Health Center at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have found an association between exposure to the…
Many strategies to increase physical activity for kids lack injury prevention measures
• Children's Health • • Physical activity -exercise • Jan 21 12
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Appendicitis racial disparities mostly unexplained
• Children's Health • • Surgery • Jan 19 12
Poverty and unfavorable health insurance account for only a small portion of the gap in the number of white versus Hispanic or black children…
Kids do well with two cochlear implants: study
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • Jan 19 12
Deaf children who already had one cochlear implant had improvements in speech, hearing and related quality of life measures after a second was implanted…
Choking game prevalent among teens in Texas
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 19 12
Nearly one out of seven college students surveyed at a Texas university has participated in the Choking Game, a dangerous behavior where blood flow…
Study suggests junk food in schools doesn’t cause weight gain among children
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • • Weight Loss • Jan 17 12
While the percentage of obese children in the United States tripled between the early 1970s and the late 2000s, a new study suggests that—at…
Babies’ cries get a speedy response
• Children's Health • Jan 10 12
The sound of babies crying is uniquely able to get adults to react at speed, British scientists said on Tuesday.
A study by Oxford…
For Kids with Near-Vision Disorder, Treatment Reduces Problems at School
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • Jan 07 12
For children with convergence insufficiency (CI) - who have difficulty focusing on objects close up - effective treatments can help to reduce problems at…
Want your kids to do better in school? Try exercise
• Children's Health • Jan 04 12
Children who get more exercise also tend to do better in school, whether the exercise comes as recess, physical education classes or getting exercise…
Teen Obesity Tied to Poor Mom-Child Relationship
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 03 12
Toddlers who have poor relationships with their moms are more likely to pack on extra pounds as they grow up, a new U.S. study…
FDA Warns of Changes in Infant Acetaminophen Dosage
• Children's Health • • Drug News • Jan 03 12
In an effort to reduce accidental overdoses that occur in infants given acetaminophen products, manufacturers have reduced the concentration of pain and fever reducing…
Toddlers don’t listen to their own voice like adults do
• Children's Health • Dec 23 11
When grown-ups and kids speak, they listen to the sound of their voice and make corrections based on that auditory feedback. But new evidence…
Breastfeeding saved babies in 19th- Century Montreal
• Children's Health • Dec 20 11
Breastfeeding increased infant survival rates in 19th -Century Montreal in two major ways, according to research from Concordia University and McGill University. Mother’s milk…
UCSF-led team discovers cause of rare disease
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Dec 16 11
A large, international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has identified the gene that causes a rare…