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New Studies: Commercials Aren't Making Kids Fat

...." This echoes FTC's conclusion that the average child aged 2 to 11 viewed about 10 percent fewer television advertisements in 2004 than in 1977. FTC researchers stated that their data "do not support the view that children are exposed to more television food advertising today." "It took scientists and...

A Pratical Tool to Detect Bone Mass Deficiencies in Children With Chronic Diseases

...p a way to determine, for example, if a 7-year-old child ranking in the 50th percentile for bone mass remains or falls behind that percentile by age 15, and whether he or she may be at risk for osteoporotic fracture later in life. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, one of the leading pediatri...

March of Dimes Praises Folic Acid Fortification

...th a severely underdeveloped brain. Maternal and child health experts agree that all women capable of becoming pregnant should take a multivitamin containing at least 400 micrograms of folic acid every day beginning before pregnancy, as part of a healthful diet containing foods fortified with folic acid ...

Experts Stresses the Need for National Vaccination Policy

...sts just 2 cents to track 15 notified diseases per child per year," said Jacob John, scientist emeritus at the department of virology at Vellore's Christian Medical College. The national rate of success for the vaccination programme is 42 percent, with wide regional variation. While it is just 11 percent...

Jordan Opts to Go for Vaginoplasty Surgery

...e wants to 'tighten up' her vagina after her third child is born. The British glamour model is due to give birth to her daughter this month and is firm to have vaginoplasty surgery to do up her vagina. 'The thing is I'm a very small girl and my first son Harvey was a very big baby to push out and I know...

Whooping Cough Spreads from a Massachusetts Hospital

... DTaP vaccine against pertussis beginning when the child is between six weeks and two months of age. Adults are often given a booster shot of anti-pertussis vaccine when they receive tetanus shots....

Younger and Violent Sex Offenders on the Rise

...hiatric Institute and Clinic. The very fact that child offenders are that -- children -- means that they are still developing, still capable of change, Kolko said. They are often amenable to programs that steer them in the right direction. Franklin Zimring, an expert on juvenile justice who is a profe...

Scientists Have Found Way to Delay Menopause

... might be too old to get pregnant, or even carry a child full term. The chances of success fall dramatically after the age of 37 and are negligible by 45 because by then very few eggs are being produced. Professor Winston, professor of fertility studies at Imperial College, said that what made the pr...

10 Year Sentence for Teen Sex Repealed

... sentence and amended it to misdemeanor aggravated child molestation with a 12-month sentence, plus credit ...hold 189 inmates who were sentenced for aggravated child molestation when they were 21 or younger. Wilson was caught on video tape having sex with a 15 year ...

Village Health Centres to the Rescue of Infants

...traditional health practices. It was only when her child died of cold and cough, an easily curable ailment,...ots Features. "I kept watching helplessly as my child lay dying on my lap," said Padmavati. "We went to the Gunia (the local traditional healer) but the c...

Recurrence of SIDS Overestimated: Study

Parents who have lost their first child sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) shouldnt live ... across to those parents who have lost their first child that they do not have a significant risk of losing a second," said co-author of the study Dr Christo...

New Gene Discovery Raises Hope for Childhood Blindness Cure

...e comparatively rare. As it is a recessive gene, a child would need to be carrying two copies of the gene to develop LCA, one from each parent. However, the disorder is more widespread within populations where marriage to first or second cousins is common, such as the Pakistani community. "If a parent is...

Shrinking of Mt. Kilimanjaros Ice Cap Not Due to Global Warming: Study

...onclusive. As such, using the mountain as a poster child for climate change is inaccurate, they say. According to Mote, in the tropics particularly on Mt. Kilimanjaro processes very different from those that have diminished glacial ice in temperate regions closer to the poles are at work. The ice dec...

Chinese Surname Shortage Sparks Rethink

...ou and mother named Zhu could choose to call their child either Zhou, Zhu, Zhouzhu or Zhuzhou, the report added. Guan Xihua, a household registration officer with the Beijing public security bureau, said the lack of variety caused trouble in daily life and the new regulation would slash repetition. Du Rouf...

Women Choose Their Men With Their Fathers Resemblance

...rocess which involves the relationship between the child and the adult upon whom they imprint. This reveals the importance of parental relationships in partner selection, which could move studies in areas like evolutionary biology, fertility and genetics a step forward and offer new insights in areas su...

Child Vaccines a Key Issue for OIC Forum in Malaysia

...rbated by HIV/AIDS and armed conflict, result in a child born in sub-Saharan Africa with a life expectancy of only 46 years," they said. Malaysia's Health Minister Chua Soi Lek, in an interview with the state Bernama news agency released late Monday, said halal vaccines were sorely needed to prevent inf...

Therapist Arrested For Breaking Lives

A child molester, represented in public by a charming, h...itted to eight counts of forcible lewd acts upon a child and four counts of exhibiting a minor in pornography. Bleyle also admitted abusing four of his pati...

Breast-feeding may Protect Against Childhood Sleep-related Breathing Disorder

...y, who filled out a brief survey about whether the child had been breast, formula or both breast and formula fed as an infant. There were 197 surveys completed. The average age of the children at the time of polysomnography was 6.7 years. Fifty-two percent of them were formula fed, 10 percent breast fed ...

Exposure to Chlorinated Swimming Pools Could Increase Asthma Risk in Children

...Olympic swimmer Samantha Riley began swimming as a child to help combat her asthma. Riley, who now runs ...nerally avoids indoor pools. "I had asthma as a child and I remember it always used to get worse when I went swimming at the pool,'' she said. "My chil...

Students With Sleep Disorder Symptoms Score Badly in Maths

.... They suggest that parents who suspect that their child might be suffering from a sleep disorder must consult with their child's paediatrician, who will then refer them to a sleep specialist.The study was presented at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS...

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