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Children eschew the fat if dads aren’t lenient
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Obesity • Jun 09 11
This Father’s Day, dad’s choice of where to eat could literally tip the scales on his children’s health.
A father’s use of restaurants and…
Treating children’s eye infections without surgery
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Jun 08 11
Researchers from Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, R.I., report that medical management may be preferred over surgery for children with orbital cellulitis, an acute…
“Active” video games may be better for kids’ weight
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Gambling addictions • Jun 08 11
Overweight kids might benefit from swapping their traditional video games for “active” ones that get them off the couch, a new study suggests.
The…
Should babies be screened for untreatable diseases?
• Children's Health • Jun 02 11
A new poll shows parents are split over whether their newborns should be screened for fragile X syndrome, the most common type of inherited…
Children eat more vegetables when allowed to choose
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jun 02 11
A study conducted at the University of Granada has proved that children eat up to 80 percent more vegetables when they are allowed to…
Why does flu trigger asthma?
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Flu • May 30 11
When children with asthma get the flu, they often land in the hospital gasping for air. Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have found a…
Asthma often elicits unneeded antibiotics for kids
• Children's Health • May 24 11
One out of six kids with asthma receives an antibiotic they don’t need, according to new study findings.
The researchers found that doctors prescribe…
Poorer African states put children first: study
• Children's Health • • Public Health • May 24 11
The oil-rich governments of Sudan and Angola are among the worst in Africa for looking after children, while poorer Tanzania, Mozambique and Niger are…
New study finds that violence doesn’t add to children’s enjoyment of TV shows, movies
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 24 11
Despite growing concern about the effects of media violence on children, violent television shows and movies continue to be produced and marketed to them.…
New commitments to save women and children
• Children's Health • • Gender: Female • • Public Health • May 19 11
Today 16 countries announced new commitments to dramatically reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality, as part of the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s…
Validating preschool programs for children with autism
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • May 19 11
Researchers from the University of Miami (UM) Department of Psychology participated in a multi-site study to examine different teaching models for children with Autism…
Sun protects against childhood asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • May 18 11
Vitamin D, which is primarily absorbed from the sun, plays a role in protection against childhood asthma. Now, a new study led by Valencian…
Extremely obese children have higher prevalence of psoriasis, higher heart disease risk
• Children's Health • • Dermatology • • Heart • May 18 11
Children who are overweight or obese have a significantly higher prevalence of psoriasis, and teens with psoriasis, regardless of their body weight, have higher…
Sleepiness in children linked to obesity, asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Obesity • May 17 11
Obese, asthmatic, anxious or depressed children are more likely to experience excessive daytime sleepiness, or EDS, according to Penn State College of Medicine sleep…
No increase in severe cardiovascular events for children, adolescents taking ADHD medications
• Children's Health • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • May 16 11
Despite recent concerns that medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could increase the risk of cardiovascular events in children and adolescents, an observational…
A little waiting may be good for head-injured kids
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • May 09 11
Observing some kids after a head injury may help doctors decide which ones need a head x-ray, according to a new study published in…
BMI differences: The immigrant equation
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 05 11
The obesity problem plaguing Canadians is a story heard frequently these days. For Katerina Maximova, making connections between the rising body mass index, or…
Estimated Costs of Environmental Disease in Children at $76.6 Billion Per Year
• Children's Health • • Public Health • May 04 11
In three new studies published in the May issue of the journal Health Affairs, Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers reveal the staggering economic…
Family meals might help kids keep a healthy weight
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 03 11
Kids who sit down to eat with their families are less likely to be overweight and eat unhealthy foods, according to U.S. researchers who…
Researchers Join Forces to Cure Deadly Childhood Disease
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 03 11
The Center for World Health and Medicine at Saint Louis University and the Institute for OneWorld Health have established a joint research agreement to…
Simple Exercise Improves Lung Function in Children with CF
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • May 03 11
A small Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of children and teens with cystic fibrosis (CF) shows that simple exercise, individually tailored to each patient’s…
Parents have role in smoking prevention
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 02 11
Parents shouldn’t let up when it comes to discouraging their kids from smoking.
That’s the message of a study to be presented Monday, May…
Injured children may not be getting best possible care
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • May 02 11
Most injured children are not being treated at pediatric trauma centers, arguably the most appropriate location of care for young patients, according to a…
2 tests better than 1 to diagnose diabetes in overweight children
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Obesity • May 02 11
A new study found that the recommended blood test may not be enough to catch type 2 diabetes in overweight children, missing more than…
Grandma was right: Infants do wake up taller
• Children's Health • May 01 11
Science is finally confirming what grandma knew all along: infants wake up taller right after they sleep.
Findings from the first study of its…