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Smoking may be influenced by Parents

... to a new study it is observed by researchers that children who light their parents' cigarette or clean out th... to become smokers themselves. In addition, asking children to bring the cigarettes,// buy them at the store or light a cigarette for the parent are all behavio...

Short stature -a problem

Very short children are more likely to suffer from behavioural problem...believe this work demonstrates that all very short children need to be evaluated thoroughly by psychologists as well as by paediatricians and endocrinologists."...

Juices are Best! but which one?

...f adequate iron is essential for infants and young children as it is a vital factor for physical and intellectual growth. To ensure proper intake of iron consumption of cereals, formulas, and juices are necessary as they are typically fortified with iron. Researchers from Cornell are set out to determine i...

Acupuncture in Paediatric care

...tric treatment yet. Very few acupuncturists treat children and not many pediatricians are familiar with acupu...ture. Acupuncture could be effectively used for children who suffer from chronic, recurrent, or severe pain such as migraine, chronic abdominal pain, and pai...

Offspring's birth weight affected by father's diabetes

...ight of their offspring. In contrast to overweight children given birth by women with diabetes, children born to men with// diabetes are likely to weigh less than other children. Children born to men wit...

Want to have a nice day? Eat breakfast!

Recent study on more than 100 children in elementary schools and earlier studies on teena... of more than 100 children. Researchers found that children who ate school breakfast, in addition to improving their psychological dimensions also improved thei...

Lamictal as add-on therapy for children with epilepsy

...new drug Lamictal (lamotrigine) as an addition for children whose partial seizures are inadequately controlled...generalized seizures of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome in children two years of age and older. Partial seizures are the most common type of epilepsy and they begin wi...

Children exposed to smoke show decreased levels of Vitamin C

...results in smokers. The study, which involved 520 children aged 2 to 12 years, who were exposed to smoke at h...itre than unexposed children. Both these groups of children had consumed the same amount of Vitamin C and researchers found that even with very low exposure, th...

Do you heed to healthy eating advice?

...those aged between 16 and 24 and just one in eight children between the age of five and 15. One of the most disturbing findings of the study was that despite the fact that three out of four women and almost half of men said they knew they should eat five portions per day, it was found that women eat only 3.7...

Stroke also in list of common childhood ailments

The most common diseases among children that were known until now were chickenpox, ear inf...nyway, though the symptoms of stroke in adults and children are similar. She suggested that an MRI could assess the level of brain damage and confirm a stroke. ...

Backpacks cause more than just back injuries

...acks cause more injuries to the heads and faces of children than they do to the back. The study was published...anuary issue of Pediatrics. The study covered all children age 6 to 18 whose backpack-related// injuries were reported to the National Electronic Injury Survei...

Women who quit smoking during pregnancy tend to relapse

...ncy to help reduce the danger to infants and older children from second-hand smoke....

Research on Celiac Disease in children

... to assess IGA-EMA// as a screening test for CD in children with IDDM (Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, al...on. The results indicated that all Type I diabetic children should be screened for CD. He also noted that there was significant risks if diabetes and CD are lef...

Televisions ruling baby's world!

...t the Tufts University in Boston has revealed that children as young as 12 months old are influenced by emotions displayed on television. They also use emotional information picked up from adults around them to make decisions. Donna Mumme, assistant professor of psychology at Tufts University, and her team t...

Abuse of prescription drugs among youths on the rise

...s that, though illegal drug use is declining among children and young adults, they are abusing prescription dr...used prescription drugs and should also warn their children of the side effects and addictive nature of prescription pain relievers and other prescription drugs...

Adult COPD or asthma could be effectively treated with Xopenex

...hood illness and affects approximately 8.6 million children under the age of 18. A new study conducted at the Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston, suggested Xopenex as a viable first-line therapy for hospitalized adult COPD or asthma patients. Lead author of the study, Terrance Truitt said that Xopenex...

Children! Protecting them from medical mistakes

...ding to earlier studies, is three times higher for children than for adults. The rates for babies in hospitals...to 57,000 pediatricians and to groups representing children and parents. Medicine-related medical errors can occur when a child is given the wrong medicine or ...

Fear of the dark could be more than just fear!

Researchers have found that children who complain that they are afraid of the dark, may...insisted curtains be drawn much earlier than other children would choose to. One girl also had a fear of shadows. After suggestion by the researchers to use and...

Drinking milk: Good or bad?

...ith good health and parents world over, have urged children to drink milk to grow up healthy. However, a recent study in New Zealand has raised doubts about this well established fact(or is it still?). A study involving 20 countries published in the New Zealand Medical Journal found a significant link between...

Children who used anaesthesia drugs could suffer brain damage

...Neuroscience suggest that brain damage occurred in children who had used common anaesthesia drugs. The researchers, who studied the effect of commonly used anaesthesia drugs in paediatric surgery, on infant rats, found that the rats suffered from learning and memory problems. The researchers anaesthetized 7-d...

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