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Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendations
The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-10-13
Fans Reduce Infants' Sudden Death Risk
A new study by researchers with Kaiser Permanente Northern California suggests a simple strategy for reducing the risk of sudden death of infants in their sleep: turning on a fan at night.
Nations:U.S. Source:(Time)
2008-10-06
Doctors: No hamsters or exotic pets for young kids
CHICAGO - Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets -- or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter -- because of risks for disease.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-10-06
FDA urged to recall cold medicines for youngsters
WASHINGTON - With a new cold season coming, the government is trying once more to decide what to do about over-the-counter medicines for kids' coughs and sniffles. Doctors question the drugs' benefits and worry about their risks.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-10-02
200,000 Afghan children miss out on polio vaccination: UN
KABUL (AFP) - Nearly 200,000 children could not be vaccinated during a three-day polio immunisation drive in southern Afghanistan because of Taliban-linked violence in their areas, the United Nations said Monday.
Nations:Afghanistan Source:(AFP)
2008-09-30
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- 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
- Secondhand smoke may raise child allergy risk 2007-12-27
- Study: Try honey for children's coughs 2007-12-03
- Study: CT scans raise cancer risk 2007-11-28
- FDA: Flu drugs affecting kids' behavior 2007-11-24
- Proper sanitation key to tackling diarrhoea among children: study 2007-11-09
- Lack of sleep may lead to fatter kids 2007-11-05
- Social training helps kids keep weight off 2007-10-09
- Study of U.S. child health takes big step forward 2007-10-04
- Doctors report on heart attacks in kids 2007-10-01
- Blood pressure rising among U.S. children: study 2007-09-11
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