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Lead Scare Causes Thomas to Derail

... are the most affected. Karen Liller, an expert on child injury at the University of South Florida, said lead can accumulate in a child's nervous system, damaging brain development and potentially causing learning difficulties. Once that happens, irreversible damage can occur, she said. She said symptoms...

AIDS No Longer a Death Sentence for South Africa's Children

...tised treatment for children as rates of mother to child transmissions were much lower in the developed world than Africa. "Paediatric formulations are not a big priority for big pharma. You don't make lots of money from children," Gray told AFP. "It's an ongoing battle, the pressure for paediatric formu...

Charlotte Church Turning to ITunes to Overcome Labour Pains

...e 'Crazy Chick' singer, who is expecting her first child with beau Gavin Henson, hopes that the iTunes will help her overcome the pain she will undergo during labour. An insider said that the Rugby star had consulted his friends, who have had kids, on advice for making childbirth easier. The source added...

Breast-feeding Protects Mothers from Rheumatoid Arthritis

...le-fed babies. Breast-feeding not only helps the child against various diseases but benefits the mother as well. Previous studies have shown that it can lower a mother's risk of getting cancer....

Child Car Seat Danger

...n a properly-fitted, Australian Standards-approved child restraint. The review, co-authored by Assistant ...sustain a head injury than those using a dedicated child restraint. Many children move to an adult seatbelt too early, Dr Zurynski said. In New South Wales...

Increase in the Rate of Food Allergy

... not talking about tired or hyperactive kids, or a child with a snotty nose. Thats not allergy. Were talking about proven allergic reactions soon after food, such as severe facial swelling and rashes, vomiting and in some cases, potentially dangerous difficulty breathing or collapse (anaphylaxis). Even w...

Twin Brother may Reduce Sister's Fertility by 25 Percent

...foetuses have similar oestrogen levels, the female child is more likely to be affected, she says. With a view to determine the effects of testosterone on female fertility, the researchers studied Finnish medical records spanning 1734 to 1888. The pre-industrial population was chosen because advanced heal...

Autism Case Hearing Still to Produce Clinching Evidence on Vaccine Linkage

...illo family's argument for how vaccines hurt their child was presented most efficiently by Kennedy, a virus...hy, the court generally requires evidence that the child lost consciousness for an extended period following the shot. Michelle does not seem to have had a s...

Thirty One Kids Rescued from a Pedophile Ring

...ed up. The suspects were running an international child pornography network from a British-based website....s of the investigation belonged to a larger global child porn probe called Project Wickerman, which has already led to dozens of arrests around the world, To...

Autistic Kids can Understand Other People Through Stereotypes

...ender stereotypes, the answer David does not. Each child completed 36 similar scenario-based questions. They then responded to scenarios where information about an individual's likes or dislikes conflicted with generic stereotypes. Autistic children with Theory of Mind difficulties performed in the same ...

Decline in Breastfeeding Linked to Child Deaths in Asia: UNICEF

...tatement they said this was "an alarming threat to child survival," and called on countries in the region t...ing in Cambodia had contributed to a sharp fall in child mortality. In 2000, just 11 percent of Cambodian mothers breastfed their babies for the first six mo...

AIDS Charity AVERT Launches Stop AIDS in Children Campaign

...n, a campaign that calls for an end to the 380,000 child AIDS deaths and half a million new infant HIV inf...eight most powerful countries had a chance to stop child AIDS deaths by committingspecific funds for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) servi...

Tamil Nadu Orders Probe into Operation by Minor

...rgery was performed have said that both mother and child are fine....

Social Dealings at Three can Predict Future Academic Performance

How a child interacts with other people at the age of three mi...vides comprehensive services to families until the child is three years old. Researchers found that EHS children performed better on measures of cognition, ...

Employer Leave Helps the Parents of Chronically Ill Kids

...eave are forced to choose between being with their child and keeping their job, said Schuster, who is also ...roved. Of those who went back to work before their child was better, more than 60 percent said they returned because they needed the pay. Almost half of ad...

Childrens Health Program Covering More Adults Than Children

...ospitals that arranged the Washington trip for the child advocates and their families. At 5 years old, Joseph Greenwood's heart failed. After a complicated heart transplant and medical bills that reached the lifetime insurance cap, his family -- an upper-middle class family of 4 -- turned to Medicaid. F...

Indigenous Child Abuse

...Federal Governments measures to address Indigenous child abuse, initially in the Northern Territory, and a...rk with community elders and families to eliminate child abuse and improve overall health. This initiative is an important step in closing the gap in life ...

First-borns Have Higher IQs Than Their Younger Siblings

...gher IQs than their younger siblings. Even if a child had lost an older sibling and was raised as the el...tunity. Another theory holds that the first-born child gets more of the parents' attention, but Sulloway also discounts this theory. Still another explanat...

Doctors Warn of Deficiencies in Antenatal HIV Testing

...st month, the BMJ reported that rates of mother to child transmission of HIV are dramatically reduced by antiretroviral use, caesarean section, and avoidance of breastfeeding. However, none of these interventions can take place without awareness of the mothers HIV status, argue two senior doctors from War...

Novel Treatment Beneficial for Colon and Liver Cancer

A brain child of Leire Garca Navarro, a researcher at the School of Pharmacy at the University of Navarra, has raised hopes for patients suffering colon and liver cancer. The new treatment has shown promise in retarding the growth of such cancers. This discove...

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