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Bigger low-birth-weight babies need extra iron too
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Sep 08 10
Babies at the larger end of the low-birth-weight spectrum are at risk of iron deficiency, and should get iron supplements, according to a…
Half of ‘untreatable’ asthma cases may be treatable
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Sep 08 10
Good news for kids with treatment-resistant asthma: Their breathing troubles just might be treatable.
Approximately one in every 10 kids in the U.S.…
Expert Advisory: Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 07 10
Virginia Commonwealth University has experts available in pediatric obesity, psychology, medicine and fashion to discuss a variety of topics including healthy eating, physical activity,…
Short nighttime sleep duration among infants, young children associated with obesity in later life
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Sleep Aid • Sep 07 10
Insufficient amounts of nighttime sleep among infants and preschool-aged children may be a significant risk factor for developing childhood obesity, according to a report…
Experts recommend universal screening of newborns for congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Children's Health • • Endocrinology • Sep 07 10
Today, The Endocrine Society released a new clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). The guideline features a…
Babies Born Past Term Associated With Increased Risk of Cerebral Palsy
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 01 10
While preterm birth is a known risk factor for cerebral palsy, an examination of data for infants born at term or later finds that…
What Causes Childhood Strokes, and Is Stenting an Effective Treatment?
• Children's Health • • Stroke • Aug 19 10
University at Buffalo neurosurgeon Elad Levy, MD, implanted a stent in an artery inside the skull of a 14-year-old boy to prevent a…
Obesity rates decline for many adolescents but disparities worsen
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 16 10
Obesity rates have started to decline and level off for many adolescents, but continue to increase for certain racial and ethnic minorities, according to…
Walking to School Could Reduce Stress Reactivity in Kids
• Children's Health • Aug 10 10
A simple morning walk to school could reduce stress reactivity in children during the school day, curbing increases in heart rate and blood pressure…
Latino children with asthma less accurate in determining their lung function
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Respiratory Problems • Aug 09 10
A new study by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center and the University of Puerto Rico may help explain some of the…
Marfan, A “Look-Alike” Disorder, Or Neither? Researchers Offer Simple List of Signs for Early Detect
• Children's Health • • Genetics • Aug 05 10
Johns Hopkins researchers have compiled what they believe are reliable lists of tell-tale physical signs to help doctors recognize children with Marfan and Loeys-Dietz…
Toddler cleaning product accidents dropping in US
• Children's Health • Aug 02 10
It’s becoming safer to be a little kid, at least when it comes to accidents involving cleaning products, U.S. researchers said Monday.
Using…
Can secondhand smoke hurt kids’ grades?
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 29 10
Children and teenagers exposed to secondhand smoke at home may get poorer grades than their peers from smoke-free homes, a study of Hong Kong…
Western diet link to ADHD
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 29 10
A new study from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a ‘Western-style’ diet in adolescents.
The research…
Pediatric Nutritionist Offers Tips to Help Kids Eat Healthy at School
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • Jul 23 10
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the prevalence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980…
Obese kids’ feet found to be flatter and fatter
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 23 10
It’s known that obese children tend to have “flatter” feet than their normal-weight peers, but it has been unclear whether that reflects a potential…
Overcoming childhood obesity means addressing mom’s weight issues as well
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 21 10
The information gap and general lack of understanding of obesity’s unique and disproportionate impact on women contributes to the challenges of the 65 million…
A Silent Death
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jul 20 10
As temperatures continue to rise across the country, more and more parents will no doubt take their children to the nearest pool to cool…
Kids’ high cholesterol may drop naturally
• Children's Health • Jul 20 10
Very high cholesterol levels in kids may decline over time even without intervention, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Children in good shape have better appetite control and energy expenditure
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Jul 15 10
The research conducted at the University of Granada reveals that this improvement may be caused by the metabolic changes generated by physical activity through…
Study Links Exhaled Nitric Oxide With Increased Risk of Childhood Asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Jul 15 10
Children with elevated levels of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) are at increased risk for developing asthma, particularly among children without a parental history of…
Longer breastfeeding may raise infants’ eczema risk
• Children's Health • • Dermatology • • Skin Care • Jul 14 10
Longer breastfeeding may increase, not decrease, the risk of a common itchy skin condition called atopic dermatitis that develops in about 12 percent of…
Success of community interventions for childhood obesity varies depending on the target age group
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 13 10
Stockholm, Sweden: Community-based interventions designed to prevent obesity in children seem to work best in those under the age of five, while there is…
Simple tools help parents understand a child’s risk of obesity, make positive changes
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 12 10
Some simple interventions used by pediatricians were enough to change a parent’s perspective about a child’s being overweight or obese, and change the…
Extremely obese children have 40 percent higher risk of reflux disease of esophagus
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 09 10
Extremely obese children have a 40 percent higher risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and children who are moderately obese have a 30 percent…