Childhood
vaccines
Baltimore Sun
August 16, 2007 |
| And, this year, both the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics
are recommending that children receive four new ... Read
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Food
allergies
USA Weekend - USA
April 1, 2007 |
| The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breast-feeding
babies for the first year of life, in part to lower their
risk of developing food allergies. Read
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Giving
Juice To Your Baby
American Chronicle - Beverly
Hills,CA,USA
March 17, 2007 |
| Fruit juice for babies -- it sounds healthy enough,
doesn't it? Yet giving juice to your baby is not as beneficial
as many parents believe. Read
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Anti-seizure
drug calms irritable kids
Scientific American - USA
February 26, 2007 |
| Treatment with the anti-seizure drug gabapentin may
improve the irritability seen in certain children with
neurologic impairments, researchers report in the journal
Pediatrics. Read
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How Sick Is Too Sick for School?
6abc.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
February 22, 2007 |
The lethargic, shuffling steps into the kitchen. Coughs
and complaints of a sore throat and the hint of a feverish
forehead.
Deciding whether or not to send your kid to school can
sometimes be a tough call. After all, it's not always
easy to distinguish simple theatrics from true illness.
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Doctors
Call For Second Chickenpox Vaccination
NBC10.com
January 25, 2007 |
An illness thought to be eradicated has made its
return.
Local doctors told NBC 10 News that they are seeing
an outbreak of chickenpox in the Philadelphia area right
now.They describe the current outbreak as "breakthrough"
chickenpox. This means that the infected children were
previously vaccinated against the disease and are getting
it anyway...Read
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Health
Experts Revise Guidelines on Kids' Shots
By Karen Shideler
January 23, 2007 |
The good news: More childhood diseases than ever
can be prevented.That means pediatricians, family physicians
and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
are recommending more childhood vaccinations than ever.
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Obesity of China's kids stuns officials
USA Today
January 9, 2007 |
BEIJING — China is super-sizing its children
as fast as its economy, prompting fears of an American-style
obesity crisis here.
New figures from the Health Ministry show that urban
Chinese boys age 6 are 2.5 inches taller and 6.6 pounds
heavier on average than Chinese city boys 30 years ago.
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Overweight
Girls at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
Food Consumer
January 8, 2007 |
Being overweight at young age may likely be a high
risk for short term and long term health problems such
as high blood pressure and heart disease, according
to new results from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute (NHLBI) Growth and Health Study. Read
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Prenatal Vitamins Linked to Healthier Babies
Forbes
January 5, 2007 |
FRIDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) - Prenatal vitamins
may reduce the risk of low birth-weight babies for certain
women, researchers say.
Low birth weight, or infants weighing less than 2,500
grams (about 5.5 pounds) at birth, is a major predictor
of death during infancy and is also associated with
an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke
and high blood pressure later in life. Read
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