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Vitamin D deficiency linked with airway changes in children with severe asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Sep 22 11
Children with severe therapy-resistant asthma (STRA) may have poorer lung function and worse symptoms compared to children with moderate asthma, due to lower levels…
Foreign children take at least 6 years to learn the language used in school
• Children's Health • Sep 21 11
There are now more and more foreign children in the classroom, and many of them speak a different language to that of their sociolinguistic…
Child abuse climbs with recession: study
• Children's Health • Sep 19 11
As the U.S. economy began to tank, the number of abused kids landing in the hospital with severe brain injuries spiked, a new study…
African children face life without healthcare
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Sep 19 11
Hundreds of millions of African children will never see a health care worker in their lifetime, increasing their chances of dying from preventable diseases,…
For kids with ADHD, regular ‘green time’ is linked to milder symptoms
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 15 11
A study of more than 400 children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has found a link between the children’s routine play settings and…
Michigan to track childhood obesity as part of health push
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 14 11
Michigan’s Republican governor said on Wednesday he will ask doctors in the state to begin reporting information on their young patients’ body fat levels…
Almost 17 percent of Spanish children suffer tics
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 08 11
Experts have confirmed it: tics are not a rare or uncommon disorder. It is the second study to be conducted in Spain to date,…
Mom better than dad at soothing baby’s pain: study
• Children's Health • • Pain • Sep 08 11
Preemies show less pain when mom holds them than when dad tries to comfort them, according to a new study of babies having blood…
Neonatal and infant feeding disorders program saves infants from lifetime of feeding tubes
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • Sep 06 11
An innovative approach to treating neonatal feeding problems at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has allowed infants who were struggling to feed orally to be discharged…
Developing technologies to improve the treatment of craniosynostosis in children
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • Sep 06 11
Engineers and surgeons are working together to improve the treatment of babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the bone plates in the…
Study finds payment for pediatric obesity services now can save money later
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 06 11
Pediatric obesity ends up costing $3 billion annually in the U.S., but a significant amount of that could be saved by streamlining medical coverage…
Black race, African ancestry tied to food allergies
• Children's Health • • Allergies • Sep 06 11
In a new study of two-year-olds in Boston, black kids were twice as likely as white kids to have an immune response to foods…
Study confirms that living with a smoker increases absenteeism in school children
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 05 11
Children who live in households where they are exposed to tobacco smoke miss more days of school than do children living in smoke-free homes,…
Obese kids have more asthma flare-ups
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Obesity • Sep 04 11
Shaving off extra pounds might help asthmatic kids prevent flare-ups of the disease, according to a study that found obese children have a harder…
The Face Is a Mirror Image of Childhood Development
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 01 11
The shape of your face provides not only clues to your childhood, but also may also redefine the phrase “Pretty is as pretty does,”…
Future climate change may increase asthma attacks in children
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Aug 31 11
Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have found that climate change may lead to more asthma-related health problems in children, and more emergency room…
Bilingual babies’ vocabulary linked to early brain differentiation
• Children's Health • • Brain • Aug 29 11
Babies and children are whizzes at learning a second language, but that ability begins to fade as early as their first birthdays.
Researchers at…
Baby research challenged in new report
• Children's Health • Aug 24 11
Tests of medical treatments in babies vary markedly in quality, at least as judged by the reports that make it into scientific journals, researchers…
For sleeping babies, softer isn’t safer
• Children's Health • Aug 24 11
Lots of African American moms put soft bedding such as pillows and blankets where babies sleep, despite warnings that the cushioning increases the risk…
Extreme morning sickness could lead to lifelong emotional, behavioral disorders in kids
• Children's Health • Aug 23 11
An extreme form of pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting known as hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) takes a heavy toll on thousands of women each year and…
Newest screen for newborns will indicate heart problems
• Children's Health • • Heart • Aug 22 11
About 1 in every 120 babies are born with congenital heart disease (CHD), of which about 25 percent is critical, requiring special care early…
Milk better than water to rehydrate kids: McMaster study
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Aug 18 11
Active children need to be watered with milk. It’s a more effective way of countering dehydration than a sports drink or water itself, say…
Food allergies and food intolerance
• Children's Health • • Allergies • • Nutrition and Food Safety • Aug 17 11
Some children can enjoy a peanut butter and jelly sandwich every day. Others cannot even be in the same room with a peanut butter…
Can oral care for babies prevent future cavities?
• Children's Health • • Dental Health • Aug 16 11
New parents have one more reason to pay attention to the oral health of their toothless babies. A recent University of Illinois study confirms…
Teething an unlikely cause of serious symptoms
• Children's Health • • Dental Health • Aug 10 11
High fevers and other potentially serious symptoms in infants should not be written off as normal signs of teething, according to a new study.
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