Parenting/Kids
- Masks, hand washing prevent spread of flu-like symptoms by up to 50%
- Wearing masks and using alcohol-based hand sanitizers may prevent the spread of flu symptoms by as much as 50 percent, a new study released Monday by University of Michigan suggests. (Xinhuanet Photo) WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Wearing masks an...
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- Survey: 25% Beijing babies consumed tainted milk powder
- BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A community screening has found nearly one quarter of the 300,000-strong babies in the Chinese capital once consumed tainted milk powder. The door-to-door survey among the city's 307,779 families with infants under age 3...
- Author:SoulflyingDate:10/27/08Click:0 Full Story »
- French health officials on trial for mad-cow disease deaths
- Seven French health officials charged with involuntary homicide over the death of more than 100 children infected with a human variant of mad-cow disease went on trial Wednesday in Paris, 16 years after the first victim of their alleged negligence d...
- Author:UnknownDate:02/26/08Click:7670 Full Story »
- SLeone women step up pressure to eradicate female circumcision
- Women's rights advocacy groups in Sierra Leone are piling up pressure on authorities for the speedy eradication of female circumcision prevalent in the country, one campaigner said on Wednesday. Finda Fraser, coordinator of the Advocacy Network, sai...
- Author:UnknownDate:02/26/08Click:7671 Full Story »
- Children of teenage dads risk problems at birth: study
- A child born of a teenage father is more likely to have problems at birth ranging from pre-term delivery and low birth weight, according to a Canadian study published Thursday. The same newborn is also at greater risk of dying, says the massive stud...
- Author:UnknownDate:02/26/08Click:7670 Full Story »
- Acupuncture boosts in-vitro pregnancy chances: study
- Acupuncture can increase the chance of success for couples seeking to have a baby through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), according to a review published online Friday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The paper looked at seven studies in which 1,...
- Author:UnknownDate:02/26/08Click:7670 Full Story »
- Kids of abused mothers visit ER more often
- Children whose mothers experience severe abuse at the hands of an intimate partner are more likely to wind up in hospital emergency departments, and their increased risk may persist for up to three years after the abuse has ended, new research shows...
- Author:Anne HardingDate:02/26/08Click:7672 Full Story »
- UN appeals for 15 million dollar emergency aid for NKorean children
- A United Nations relief agency has appealed for 15 million dollars in emergency aid for North Korean children, saying last year's floods increased their vulnerability. The financial needs for 2008 include eight million dollars for health and nutriti...
- Author:UnknownDate:02/26/08Click:7670 Full Story »
- Silver dental fillings may not harm kids' brains
- A new study adds to evidence that mercury-containing dental fillings do not harm children's brain development, as some have feared. Silver fillings, called amalgams, have been used to treat cavities for more than a century. The fillings are made fro...
- Author:UnknownDate:02/26/08Click:7670 Full Story »
- Health Tip: If Your Child Goes to the Hospital
- It can be a frightening experience for anyone to go to the hospital, particularly for a young child. Here are suggestions on how to prepare your child for a hospital stay, courtesy of Children's Hospital Boston: * Before you go, explain to your chil...
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- Young Sydney elephant's pregnancy sparks protests
- Sydney's premier zoo is celebrating the news that its 9-year-old Asian elephant is pregnant, but animal rights groups are shocked that the zoo has let a juvenile elephant fall pregnant. Allowing such a young elephant to fall pregnant was the equival...
- Author:Paris Maggs-SmithDate:02/26/08Click:7670 Full Story »
- "Choking game" deaths reported among U.S. youth
- Between 1995 and 2007, at least 82 children and adolescents in the United States died as a result of playing the choking game, according to a report released Thursday. The choking game, which is also called the pass-out game or space monkey, involve...
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- Breathing dirty air may lower kids' IQ
- Kids who live in neighborhoods with heavy traffic pollution have lower IQs and score worse on other tests of intelligence and memory than children who breathe cleaner air, a new study shows. The effect of pollution on intelligence was similar to tha...
- Author:Anne HardingDate:02/26/08Click:7671 Full Story »
- Metabolic syndrome in kids likely to persist
- Children with a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors that define the so-called metabolic syndrome are very likely to have the syndrome in mid-adulthood, or even overt heart disease or diabetes, according to a new study. The metabolic syndrome i...
- Author:Megan RauscherDate:02/26/08Click:7670 Full Story »
- Viral Therapy Slows Pediatric Tumors in Mice
- A laboratory-engineered virus can successfully slow the growth of two types of hard-to-treat pediatric tumors without harming healthy tissue, a new study shows. The targeted viral therapy, dubbed rQT3, slowed neuroblastoma and peripheral nerve sheat...
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