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Health experts: Kids should get seasonal flu shot
LONDON - Dutch scientists made a controversial suggestion Friday that children might be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year - a proposal flatly rejected by other health experts.
Nations:Canada Finland Mexico Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AP)
2009-10-29
Alarming weight gain seen in kids on psych drugs
CHICAGO - Children on widely used psychiatric drugs can quickly gain an alarming amount of weight; many pack on nearly 20 pounds and become obese within just 11 weeks, a study found.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-27
Giving babies Tylenol may blunt vaccines' effects
Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations may backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests.
Source:(AP)
2009-10-16
Day care next frontier in fighting kids' obesity
WASHINGTON - Grilled chicken replaced the hot dogs. Strawberries instead of cookies at snack time. No more fruit juice - water or low-fat milk only. This is the new menu at a Delaware day care center, part of a fledgling movement to take the fight against obesity to pudgy preschoolers.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-13
Study: Ibuprofen is best for kids with broken arms
MILWAUKEE - Kids with a broken arm do better on a simple over-the-counter painkiller than on a more powerful prescription combination that includes a narcotic, a surprising study finds.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-08-19
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- Health experts: Kids should get seasonal flu shot 2009-10-29
- Alarming weight gain seen in kids on psych drugs 2009-10-27
- Giving babies Tylenol may blunt vaccines' effects 2009-10-16
- Day care next frontier in fighting kids' obesity 2009-10-13
- Study: Ibuprofen is best for kids with broken arms 2009-08-19
- Study: Parental Stress Increases Kids' Risk of Asthma 2009-07-23
- Kids' cholesterol study reassuring, doctors say 2009-02-17
- When toddlers point a lot, more words will follow 2009-02-12
- Largest study of US child health begins 2009-01-13
- Breast-Fed Baby May Mean Better Behaved Child 2008-10-29
- Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendations 2008-10-13
- Fans Reduce Infants' Sudden Death Risk 2008-10-06
- Doctors: No hamsters or exotic pets for young kids 2008-10-06
- FDA urged to recall cold medicines for youngsters 2008-10-02
- 200,000 Afghan children miss out on polio vaccination: UN 2008-09-30
- US kids three times likelier to be medicated than in Europe: study 2008-09-24
- More flu vaccine aimed at key flu spreaders: Kids 2008-09-08
- Cholesterol drugs recommended for some 8-year-olds 2008-07-07
- Fighting classroom germs helps keep kids healthy 2008-06-03
- Study: Kids' cancer rates highest in Northeast 2008-06-01
- China's child obesity problem 'ballooning' 2008-05-21
- Mom's infection may boost epilepsy risk in offspring 2008-05-10
- Abuse changes brains of suicide victims 2008-05-08
- Philippines, Peru lauded for child health progress 2008-05-06
- 10M children worldwide die from lack of health care 2008-05-06
- Study links child's autism, parents' mental illness 2008-05-05
- 3 out of 4 new moms in US now breast-feed their infants 2008-04-30
- Hair of the dog keeps children's allergies at bay 2008-04-29
- Quarter of kids don't meet vaccine schedule 2008-04-29
- Report says 90,000 U.S. infants maltreated a year 2008-04-03
- Maternal antibodies may contribute to autism 2008-03-26
- Study links preemies, long-term risks 2008-03-25
- Death more common in baby boys than girls 2008-03-24
- Baby suffers from rare 'aging' disease 2008-03-17
- Pediatric allergies take toll on kids, too 2008-03-16
- Device helps fat kids cut screen time, and weight 2008-03-03
- Diet change gives hyperactive kids new taste for life in Norway 2008-02-25
- Cut salt to keep children thin: study 2008-02-20
- Eye blinks may spot kids with fetal alcohol syndrome 2008-02-12
- HIV can be passed to babies in pre-chewed food 2008-02-07
- Infant study casts doubt on vaccine-autism link 2008-01-30
- Cold meds send 7,000 kids to hospitals 2008-01-29
- China child mortality still a worry - WHO 2008-01-26
- Poor countries must be proactive in cutting child deaths: UNICEF 2008-01-22
- Seawater spray cures kids colds, say to Czech researchers 2008-01-21
- FDA: Cold medicines too risky for tots 2008-01-17
- Poor sanitation seen killing 5,000 children a day 2008-01-15
- Checklist to identify severe illness in infants 2008-01-11
- Study: Rare gene change linked to autism 2008-01-10
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